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Historical photographs & documents

Advertisement for "Second Annual Exploring Future Careers For Black Women" featuring Norma Sklarek

1982

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Cataloged as “Advertisement for "Second Annual Exploring Future Careers For Black Women" featuring Norma Sklarek” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.23_ref29
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Advertisement for the Cathrell Printing Company

ca. 1920

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A white advertising card for The Cathrell Printing Company. The card is bordered with a thin black line. On the left side is a small rectangle containing a black-and-white cut-out image of two (2) small girls. The children wear white rompers and stand on a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.91.1
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Advertisement for the Cathrell Printing Company

ca. 1920

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A white advertising card for The Cathrell Printing Company. The card is bordered with a thin black line. On the left side is a small rectangle containing a black-and-white cut-out image of two (2) small girls. The children wear white rompers and stand on a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.91.2
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Advertisement for the Dixie Spiritual Singers and a drawing of a boat

1920s

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A broadside advertising the Dixie Spiritual Singers of Richmond, Virginia. On the left side of the advertisement is a black-and-white photograph of the group dressed in coordinating dark suits. On the right side is red and black text with their group name…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.63.102.26
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Advertisement for the Norlin Corporation

after 1969

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A paper advertisement for Norlin. The advertisement consists of a single sheet of heavyweight paper folded in half. The text on exterior is oriented horizontally, while interior text is vertically oriented. The exterior pages say [Norlin TM] in white…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.29.1.5
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Advertisement for the record album Hot On the One

1980

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A hanging advertisement for the record album "hot on the one” by James Brown. The advertisement is made up of two record sleeves with a white card with yellow text attached between them. The two sleeves and card are attached with a black strip of fabric.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2008.7.11
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Advertisement for WLAC-TV Eyewitness News at 10

1976

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A newsprint advertisement featuring a black-and-white images of WLAC-TV co-anchors, Oprah Winfrey and Vic Mason. Winfrey and Mason are visible from the chest up. Both are facing the viewers and smiling. Mason is on the far right. He is wearing a dark suit…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.15.1
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Historical photographs & visual records

Advertisement of photographs (Kodak), Mombasa, Kenya

1994 August 3

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Cataloged as “Advertisement of photographs (Kodak), Mombasa, Kenya” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1994-008, Item EEPA 1994-008-0224
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Advertisement poster for the Eveready Gospel Singers

mid 20th century

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A broadside advertising the Eveready Gospel Singers of South Bend, Indiana. The page features a photograph of the group, seven women, who are all dressed similarly in light colored blouses and skirts with lace trim and flowered boutonnieres. Three of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.63.102.11
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Historical photographs & visual records

Advertisements Depicting Hair Salons and Styles (Intuit Exhibition, Chicago, 1994)

1994

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Cataloged as “Advertisements Depicting Hair Salons and Styles (Intuit Exhibition, Chicago, 1994)” (Slides [32056000030472]).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2005-002_ref18
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Advertisment for Bakerfix featuring and signed by Josephine Baker

ca. 1930

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A Bakerfix advertisement featuring an image of Josephine Baker. The image is a close up image of Baker from the shoulders up. She is leaning her head down, towards her proper right shoulder. Text written in French at the top reads: [Bakerfix / Brillantiné…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.135.1
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Historical photographs & visual records

Advisory meeting building, Gaborone (Botswana)

1983

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Cataloged as “Advisory meeting building, Gaborone (Botswana)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-065852
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Advisory meeting, Gaborone (Botswana)

1983

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Cataloged as “Advisory meeting, Gaborone (Botswana)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-065853
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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Advolly Richmond

1966–

Advolly Xotshiwe Taylor Richmond (born August 1966) is a garden writer, historian and a television presenter, who regularly appears on BBC Gardener's World.

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Film

Adwoa Aboah

1992–

Adwoa Caitlin Maria Aboah (born 18 May 1992) is a British fashion model and actress. In December 2017 she appeared on the cover of British Vogue.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Adza Masquerade, Masquerade Performance, Otsa Festival, Ugbekpe, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Adza Masquerade, Masquerade Performance, Otsa Festival, Ugbekpe, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-1051
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Adzimi Okpitu standing in a doorway behind an ukpi drum, Fugar-Avianwu, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Adzimi Okpitu standing in a doorway behind an ukpi drum, Fugar-Avianwu, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-4277
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Aegis, detail of striated face, Benin Museum, Benin, Nigeria

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Aegis, detail of striated face, Benin Museum, Benin, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0547
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Aegypten Süssigkeiten - Verkäufer

[ca. 1910]

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Printed caption on recto reads: "Aegypten, Süssigkeiten - Verkäufer. Printed text on verso reads: "Wanderer - Serie: AEGYPTEN No. 1336. / Le Caire, Marchand de Friandises. - Selling sweets." Artist's signature on recto image, text not legible. Publisher's…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA UA 1995-013-0082
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Photographs and Still Images

Aerial photograph fields in the Santee Coastal Reserve

2010

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A digital aerial photograph of remnant rice fields on the Santee Coastal Reserve on Cedar Island, South Carolina. The South Santee River can be seen in the image’s bottom left corner, just above a canal on Cedar Island. Cedar Island itself occupies most of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.73
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Photographs and Still Images

Aerial photograph of a confluence along the upper Satilla River

2012

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A digital aerial photograph of a confluence along the upper Satilla River. The Satilla can be seen in the bottom left corner an diverges into two tributaries. Waverly Creek, which can be seen on the right, disappears under the overgrowth close to the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.27
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Photographs and Still Images

Aerial photograph of a field inland of Jekyll Island

2012

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A digital aerial photograph of a field inland from Jekyll Island, Georgia. The image is taken just above some low clouds, which can be seen in the foreground. A river meandering below looks turquoise against the brown fields through which it flows. Higher,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.19
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Photographs and Still Images

Aerial photograph of a field near White Oak, Georgia

2012

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A digital aerial photograph of a remnant rice field along the Satilla River near White Oak, Georgia. The river, which appears sea blue under the sunlight, forms a diagonal in the right half of the image. Smaller tributaries connected to the river’s main…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.216.26
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