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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

651. Cotton is King - A Louisiana Plantation Scene, (Prize Cotton).

1900

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This stereograph card depicts a group of people picking cotton. There is a large container of cotton in the foreground. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in the center of the card. At either end of the card…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.248.4.19
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66. Congo Belge Buli; Le Lualaba

ca. 1910

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Printed caption on recto reads: "66. Congo Belge / Belgisch Congo / Buli; Le Lualaba. / De Lualaba." Translated postcard caption reads, "66. Belgian Congo; Buli; The Lualaba river." Printed postage stamp on verso. Items EEPA CG-24-09 and EEPA CG-24-10 are…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1993-019-0090
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665 – 1232

Jan. 1874–Feb. 1875

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Cataloged as “665 – 1232”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M2029, Item 1.8.3.3
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68 Congo Belge. Les rapides du Congo à sa sortie du Stanley-pool

ca. 1919

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Translated postcard caption reads, "68 Belgian Congo. Rapids of the Congo at the outskirts of the Stanley-pool." Printed text on recto reads: "68 Congo Belge Les rapides du Congo à sa sortie du Stanley-pool / Belgisch Congo De snelstroomingen van den…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0837
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69. Congo Belge. Albertville (Katanga)

ca. 1919

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Printed caption on recto reads: "69. Congo Belge - Belgisch Congo; Albertville (Katanga)." Translated caption reads: "69. Belgian Congo; Albertville (Katanga)." Postage stamp printed on verso. Postmarks, manuscript date and address on verso, date reads:…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1191
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Photographs and Still Images

6946. Morning start in Cotton Field.

1892

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This stereograph card depicts a group of people picking cotton. There are several large round wicker baskets in the foreground. In the background are two men on horseback. The stereograph card consists of two similar images side by side, with the images in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.248.4.18
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gelatin silver prints

6th Walk Neighbors

1940s

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6th Walk Neighbors - Kingsboro Housing Project, Ocean Hill, Brooklyn, New York, 1940's Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 17. A black-and-white photograph of a woman and two children walking up steps as another woman watches…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.74.20
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7 Congo Belge - Katanga Toa. Lac Tanganika

ca. 1910

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Translated postcard caption reads, "7 Belgian Congo. Katanga. Toa. Lake Tanganyika." Postage stamp printed on verso. Items EEPA CG-14-10 and EEPA CG-14-11 are duplicate postcards.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1993-019-0078
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7. De Koninklijke telgen van Katana

ca. 1910

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Printed text on recto reads: "7 De Koninklijke telgen van Katana - La descendance royale de Katana." Translated postcard caption reads, "The royal descendants of Katana.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0865
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70. Congo Belge Kisantu: Récolte du riz

ca. 1910

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Printed caption on recto reads: "70. Congo Belge / Belgisch Congo; Kisantu; Récolte du riz. / Rijstoogst." Translated postcard caption reads: "70. Belgian Congo. Kisantu. Rice harvesting." Printed postage stamp on verso. Items EEPA CG-26-09, EEPA CG-26-11…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1994-006-0088
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Photographs and Still Images

705. Troop D, 9th Cav., on the Trunk of the Fallen Monarch, Mariposa Grove, Cal., U.S.A.

1905

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This is a black and white stereograph card of two rows of mounted soldiers, the top row standing on top of a large fallen tree trunk. Consisting of two similar images side by side, the card is arranged with the images in the center. The front row of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.7.16
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72. Congo Belge Api: Eléphants trainant un chariot

ca. 1915

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Printed caption on recto reads: "72. Congo Belge / Belgisch Congo; Api: Eléphants trainant un chariot / Olifanten, een kar voorttrekkend." Translated postcard caption reads: "72. Belgian Congo; Api: Elephants pulling a wagon." Items EEPA CG-26-17, EEPA…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1993-019-0091
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73. Congo Belge Elisabethville: La résidence du Gouverneur

ca. 1922

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Printed caption on recto reads: "73. Congo Belge / Belgisch Congo; Elisabethville; La résidence du Gouverneur. / De woning vanden Gouverneur." Translated postcard caption reads: "73. Belgian Congo; Elisabethville; The Governor's residence." Manuscript…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG-28-41
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747 Plane replica, Nigeria

Date not recorded

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Original text on slide reads, "747 Plane replica".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1733
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75. Congo Belge Elisabethville: Observatoire

ca. 1922

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Printed caption on recto reads: "75. Congo Belge / Belgisch Congo; Elisabethville; Observatoire. / Observatorium." Translated postcard caption reads: "75. Belgian Congo; Elisabethville; Observatory." Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads:…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1216
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75th Street Mural by Marcus Jefferson, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Date not recorded

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Original text on slide reads, "75th Street Mural by Marcus Jefferson. From his brochure".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1884
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76. Congo Belge Elisabethville: Ateliers de menuiserie

ca. 1910

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Printed caption on recto reads: "76. Congo Belge - Belgisch Congo / Elisabethville / Ateliers de menuiserie. / Werkhuuis voor schrijnwerkers." Translated postcard caption reads: "76. Belgian Congo. Elisabethville: Carpentry workshop." Postage stamp printed…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1314
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

7652. My Old Woman and I.

1892

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This stereograph card depicts an elderly couple standing on a narrow wood plank bridge. The man, wearing a light shirt, dark pants and a dark vest gazes at the viewer, while the woman, wearing a long checked dress, gazes to the viewer's right. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.248.4.32
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7TH OCTAVE Vinyl

2006

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Cataloged as “7TH OCTAVE Vinyl” (Audio; Vinyl record).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref983
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8 – 359

Jan.–June 1868

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Cataloged as “8 – 359”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, Item 4.20.8.4
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8. Bœfs du Baguirmi sur la route de Carnon (Haute-Sanga)

ca. 1910

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Printed text on recto reads: "8 Bœufs du Baguirmi sur la route de Carnot (Haute-Sanga)." Translated caption reads: "8 Baguirmi cattle on the road to Carnot (Haute-Sanga).".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CX 2011-001-0447
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8. Congo Belge Rassemblement de travailleurs à Irebu

ca. 1910

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Printed caption on recto reads: "8. Congo Belge; Rassemblement de travailleurs à Irebu. / Belgisch Congo; Bijeenroeping van werklieden te Irebu." Translated postcard caption reads: "8. Belgian Congo. Gathering of workers at Irebu." Items EEPA CG-35-10,…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1993-019-0072
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8. Congo Belge. Stanleyville Sabeti chef des Arabisés

ca. 1917

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Translated postcard caption reads, "8. Belgian Congo. Stanleyville. Sabeti chief of the Arabized." Additional printed text on verso reads: "Phototypie modern Bruxelles 2e Dist. - Reproduction interdite. Manuscript message and address on verso, message…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0887
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8 postcards of 'I will return' Nelson Mandela

ca. 1970

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Original caption reads, "8 postcards of 'I WILL RETURN' NELSON MANDELA.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SA-15-23
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