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2003-08-25
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal Carousel 16, slide 21.
2003-08-30
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal Carousel 17, slide 9.
1940s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis dark brown mink stole was worn by Dinah Washington. The stole has a straight back, shoulders that fall midway at the upper arm, and two front tails that end below the waist. The stole is lined with a grayish brown silk brocaded in dark brown and blue…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA brown pin-striped suit jacket (.1) and pants (.2) with tan and blue accents worn by Sammy Davis Jr. The jacket is made from a heavy wool with a design of wide brown and tan marled stripes with thin brown and light blue marled stripes. It has a wide…
1953
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis gelatin silver print depicts the Brown sisters walking between train tracks en route to Monroe Elementary, the segregated Black school closest to their home. The sisters walk between a passing or parked train and unoccupied train tracks which both…
2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color screenprint by Faith Ringgold illustrating Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham City Jail.” The print depicts an armed National Guardsman outside a school as two young Black children approach the door from the left foreground. On the…
1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis is a color lithograph that depicts a young Black girl from the chest upwards. The child wears a Brownie uniform that consists of a jumper with wide straps over a button-down blouse. A short tie is crossed and buttoned at the neck, and a wide sash is…
1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Piedmont blues musician Brownie McGhee at a performance in Miami, FL. McGhee is framed from the chest up and is looking down behind a microphone. He wears a shirt with an open neck and a dark colored cloth cap.
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Mark Brown (born March 8, 1962), better known by the stage name Brown Mark, also styled Brownmark and BrownMark, is an American musician, bassist and record producer.
circa 1981-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Broze Bowl with Monkeys” (Slides (photographs)).
1965–
Bruce Church (born c. 1961), better known by his stage name Bruce Bruce, is an American comedian and actor. He hosted BET's ComicView from 2000 to 2002 and has appeared in such films as The Wash (2001), XXX: State of the Union (2005), Idlewild (2006) and…
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Bruce Darnell (born July 19, 1957) is an American choreographer, model and television personality based in Germany. He is best known as a jury member for the TV shows Germany's Next Topmodel and Das Supertalent.
1984–
Bruce Franks Jr. (born September 22, 1984) is an American community activist, musician, battle rapper, and former politician. He served in the Missouri House of Representatives representing the 78th District and as the chairman of the Subcommittee on…
1952–1991
Bruce Hubbard (1952 − 12 November 1991) was an American operatic baritone. A Drama Desk and Laurence Olivier Award nominee for Best Actor, he performed on Broadway, the Metropolitan Opera, BBC television, in concert and made several recordings. He is most…
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Chester Bruce Johnson (June 5, 1950 – April 3, 2022) was an American television news anchorman and reporter for WUSA 9 (CBS) TV in Washington, D.C. He focused on politics and urban affairs as a journalist. In 2018, Johnson was honored by NATAS with its…
1939–2019
Bruce McNeil (February 19, 1939 – May 16, 2019) was an American environmental fine arts photographer predominantly known for photographic work which has documented the Washington, DC area waterways. For over two decades his environmental photography has…
1963–
Bruce Morrow (born 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American, LGBTQ writer and editor living in New York City.
1949–
Bruce Wayne Talamon (born 1949) is an American photographer. He is best known for photographing R&B and soul musicians during the 1970s and 1980s, and for his editorial work as a contract and stills photographer.
Biography
Bruce W. Smith is an American film and television producer, animator, character designer and film director. He is best known as the creator of Disney Channel's The Proud Family (2001–2005) and Disney+'s The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022–2026).…
1927–2014
Brumsic Brandon Jr. (April 10, 1927 – November 28, 2014) was an African-American cartoonist whose 1969-1986 Luther was one of the earliest mainstream comic strips to feature an African American in the lead role.
1980
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGDonor notes read: "Sinkunia iron smelting site; Brushing furnace #8; furnace #7 in is the foreground. Taken on a trip to Sinkunia with Simon Ottenberg, July 7, 1980. The date on the slide is JUL 80.".
Dates not recorded
Shaun Barker, known by the stage name Bruza, is a British grime MC and rapper from Walthamstow, East London. Bruza is known for rapping in a Cockney accent. Before grime music emerged in the early 2000s, Bruza was part of the drum and bass collective…
1945–2020
Bryan Stephen Berteaux Sr. (April 11, 1945 – April 17, 2020) was an African-American news photographer. He worked as a combat photographer for the United States Army and later as a photographer for The Times-Picayune.
1959–
Bryan Carrott is an American jazz musician playing vibraphone and marimba. He has recorded with Butch Morris, Henry Threadgill, Dave Douglas, David "Fathead" Newman, Ralph Peterson, Steven Kroon, Greg Osby, Tom Harrell, John Lurie and The Lounge Lizards,…
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