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Photograph of four young women practicing first aid

June 14, 1951

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A black-and-white photograph of Frances Albrier teaching first aid to young women in Berkeley, California.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.16
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photographs

Photograph of Frances Albrier instructing a first aid class

June 14, 1951

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A black-and-white photograph of Frances Albrier overseeing a first aid class in Berkeley, California, where five young women are practicing on a sixth, who is laying on a table.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.20
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Frances Albrier teaching a first aid class

June 14, 1951

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A black-and-white photograph of Frances Albrier in a Red Cross uniform teaching first aid to a group of young women in Berkeley, California. Many of the women have their heads wrapped in bandages or their arms in a sling.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.19
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photographs

Photograph of Frances Albrier teaching first aid

June 14, 1951

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A black-and-white photograph of Frances Albrier teaching first aid practices to young women in Berkeley, California.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.15
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photographs

Photograph of Frances Albrier wearing a Red Cross uniform

1942

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A black-and-white photograph of Frances Albrier wearing a Red Cross uniform consisting of a hat, jacket, and collar clasp.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.10
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of James A. Parsons Jr. and his children

ca. 1935

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A black-and-white photograph of James A. Parsons Jr. and two of his children, Wanda and Anne. They are all standing outside of a building with columns seen in the background on the right. Parson is wearing a light color suit with a tie and is holding a hat…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.246.11
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of James A. Parsons Jr. at age 3

1903-1904

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A black-and-white photograph of James A. Parsons, Jr. at the age of three. Parsons is pictured seated, wearing a light color garment, with a belt wrapped loosely around his waist. He is holding a round object in his proper right hand. Parsons hair is long…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.246.9
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of James A. Parsons Jr. at age 8

1908-1909

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A black-and-white photograph of James A. Parsons, Jr. at the age of eight. Parsons pictured is standing, wearing a dark, double-breasted garment, with a belt wrapped loosely around his waist and a bow tied at the neck. Parson has both his hands behind his…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.246.10
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Photograph of James A. Parsons Jr. at family home

ca. 1915

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A black-and-white photograph of the Parsons family home in Dayton, Ohio. The house is two stories with an attic and a fully covered porch. There is an uphill yard in front of the house and foliage surrounds the porch. James A. Parsons, Jr. sits on the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.246.12
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Photograph of James Parsons with lab colleagues at Duriron Co.

1930s

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A black-and-white photograph group portrait of James A. Parsons, Jr. with five lab colleagues from Duriron Co. Parsons is seated in the front row, left seat. Two other men are seated next to him, with three additional men standing behind. All six are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.246.14
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Photograph of Kelly Elaine Navies, Rebekah S. Otto, and Dr. MaryLouise Patterson

May 25, 2023

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A digital image of pediatrician Dr. MaryLouise Patterson with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s oral historian, Kelly Elaine Navies, and scholar activist from the University of Maryland, Rebekah S. Otto at the Museum. Navies…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.2.5
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Lt. Louise Lomax in her Army Nurse Corps uniform

1943-1947

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A sepia toned photograph of Lt. Louise Lomax. She is wearing a white nurse’s uniform and cap. She is smiling and looking forward, slightly away from the camera. On her proper right lapel is a Lieutenant bar insignia and on her proper left lapel is an Army…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.42.6
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Photograph of Lt. Louise Lomax in uniform

1943-1949

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A sepia toned photograph of Lt. Louise Lomax, Army Nurse Corps. She is wearing an Army Nurse Corps uniform. She is photographed from the chest up and is looking forward, slightly away from the camera. The uniform includes a hat, jacket and a necktie. U. S.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.42.10
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Photograph of members of 20th Engineer Brigade at a mess tent in Vietnam

August - December 1970

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A color photograph of unidentified members of Delta Company, 31st Combat Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade, at LZ Buttons/Sông Bé Base Camp in Vietnam. The image depicts several soldiers standing by a mess tent with a flat roof. The canvas sides…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.11.4.7
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Photograph of members of Delta Co., 31st Combat Engineer Brigade, in Vietnam

August - December August - December 1970

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Photograph of Staff Sergeant Willie Tilman (left) with an unidentified member of Delta Company, 31st Combat Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade, in Vietnam. The image depicts two men in olive green military fatigues, holding their clasped fists in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.11.4.1
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Photograph of members of the 20th Engineer Brigade in Vietnam

August - December 1970

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A color photograph of four unidentified members of Delta Co., 31st Combat Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade, at LZ Buttons/Sông Bé Base Camp in Vietnam. The image depicts four American soldiers posed with raised fists. Wearing military fatigues and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.11.4.5
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Photograph of midwife Susie Carey

1940 - 1953

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A black-and-white photograph of third-generation midwife Susie Carey, standing on a dirt road in a rural landscape. She is wearing a white dress, black shoes and dark cardigan sweater. Her hair is pulled back and she wears glasses. On the verso is a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.282
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Photograph of music recording equipment used by Felton Williams, Jr.

1977

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A color photograph of equipment in Felton W. Williams' recording studio, Double U Studio. The image depicts several pieces of recording equipment sitting on a brown desk and in front of a large window. Handwritten in blue ink on the lower margin of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.64.2
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Photograph of Rebekah S. Otto and Dr. MaryLouise Patterson at NMAAHC

May 25, 2023

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A digital image of University of Maryland student Rebekah S. Otto and pediatrician Dr. MaryLouise Patterson at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Otto interviewed Dr. Patterson for the Social Justice Conversations Oral…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.2.3
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Photograph of Rebekah S. Otto and Dr. MaryLouise Patterson at NMAAHC

May 25, 2023

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A digital image of University of Maryland student Rebekah S. Otto and pediatrician Dr. MaryLouise Patterson at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Otto interviewed Dr. Patterson for the Social Justice Conversations Oral…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.2.6
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Photograph of Rebekah S. Otto, Garland Core, Jr., and Dr. MaryLouise Patterson

May 25, 2023

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A digital image of pediatrician Dr. MaryLouise Patterson, her romantic partner Garland Core, Jr., and University of Maryland student Rebekah S. Otto, at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Otto interviewed Dr. Patterson…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.12.2.4
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Photograph of street sign for Selena’s House of Beauty & Hair-Weev Technology

September 14, 2019

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A digital image of the street signed for Selena’s House of Beauty & School of Hair-Weev Technology, a family business hair salon in Chicago, Illinois. It is held as a TIFF file (.tif). The yellow sign is a blade sign mounted perpendicular to the façade of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.4.6
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Photograph of three buildings in Clarksville, Tennessee

1911-1930

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A black-and-white photograph of three buildings with the addresses 122, 124, and 126 N. 3rd Street in Clarksville, Tennessee. The building on the left is called the “Burt Building,” the first concrete building in Clarksville. Outside of the Burt Building…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.136
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Photograph of two members of 20th Engineer Brigade in Vietnam

August - December 1970

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A color photograph of two unidentified members of Delta Co., 31st Combat Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade at LZ Buttons/Sông Bé Base Camp in Vietnam. The image depicts two soldiers wearing military fatigues and standing side by side. The figure of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.11.4.4
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