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1988-08
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Portrait of Ife-Olu [Solaru]".
1929
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe yearbook for the Howard University College of Medicine has black print on white paper and a brown/black marbled cover with gold lettering. There are black-and-white photographs of College of Medicine students. The book has seventy-two unnumbered pages.
2006
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA postcard commemorating the Grand opening of the Wellington E. Webb Center for Primary Care. The front of the card features an illustration of the exterior of the center with foliage in the top right corner of the image. Below the drawing is a block of…
1940
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis movie poster depicts a large bust-length image of a man, Ralph Cooper, along with two smaller vignettes and a banner that bisects the top and bottom half of the poster. The poster's top left quadrant showsCooper from the shoulders up, standing in…
2017
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGHandmade poster from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. One side of the white poster has a "Hands of My Pussy" graphic consisting of two (2) blue handprints [OFF / MY] in gold glitter letters and a grey and black cat made of collaged paper. The other…
2017
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGHandwritten poster from the 2017 Women’s March on Washington. The white poster has purple text which reads [I MARCH / for / Rosie Jimenez / 10.3.1977]. The reverse is blank.
1975-06-16
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Pots (one said to be Idowu and rest are"water pots"). Also Shango, Eshu, and Ogun supposed). Monday".
1988
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Potter coiling clay, a process by which the rim is added to the pot, Ile Malubi, Ilorin” (Slides (photographs)).
1980
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Potter constructing clay storage pot, adding the rim, Ebu Dada pottery center, Ilorin” (Slides (photographs)).
1980
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Potter constructing clay storage pot, beginning to build up sides using coiling method, Ebu Dada pottery center, Ilorin” (Slides (photographs)).
1980
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Potter constructing clay storage pot, building up sides using coiling method, Ebu Dada pottery center, Ilorin” (Slides (photographs)).
1980
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Potter constructing clay storage pot, smoothing out the rim, Ebu Dada pottery center, Ilorin” (Slides (photographs)).
1988
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Potter smoothing rim of clay pot, Ile Malubi, Ilorin” (Slides (photographs)).
1988
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGClay pits just outside the city of Ilorin, and close to Ebu Dada, the biggest pottery production center. Potters are seen gathering clay, to which they will add a decomposed quartz-schist (called wuyan by the potters), which is dug nearby, or,…
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Powtawche N. Valerino is an American mechanical engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She worked as a navigation engineer for the Cassini mission.
1914–1989
Edward Preston Mitchell III (May 6, 1914 – November 30, 1989) was an American football coach, college athletics administrator, and educator. He served as the head football at Delaware State University for one season, in 1959, compiling a record of 1–7.…
1914–1995
Preston Valien (February 19, 1914 - 1995) was an African-American sociologist. He was a Sociology professor at Fisk University and Brooklyn College, and he worked for the U.S. federal government, including as a cultural attaché in Nigeria. He was the…
May 5, 1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn unattributed clipping from the Farmville Herald article titled "Prince Edward Midwife Is One of 118 Licensed In Virginia." The article is a short profile of midwife Amanda Carey Carter. Above the two columns of text is a photograph of Carter with her…
May 5, 1972
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn unattributed clipping of a Farmville Herald article titled "Prince Edward Midwife Is One of 118 Licensed In Virginia." The article is a short profile of midwife Amanda Carey Carter. Above the two columns of text is a photograph of Carter with her…
1980–
Princess Imoukhuede (pronounced I-muh-KWU-e-de) (born 1980) is an American chemical engineer who is a Professor in Bioengineering at the University of Washington as the Hunter and Dorthy Simpson Endowed Chair. She conducts groundbreaking research on…
ca. 1950
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA printing plate used by the Chicago Defender. The image on the front of the plate is not visible. There is a lot of corrosion on both the front and back of the plate. There are numbers written in black ink at the top and bottom center of the back of the…
1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA printing plate of Alberta Long used by the Chicago Defender. Long is featured from the chest up and looks toward the camera. She is wearing a top that has a bow tied at the neck and has a flower in her hair. There is text inscribed in the lower half of…
ca. 1950
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA printing plate used by the Chicago Defender. The image on the plate is difficult to see. The image depicts a group of people. At bottom center, is the face of an unidentified man. The back of the plate has an inscription that reads [The Zeniths].
ca. 1950
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA printing plate of an unidentified man. The man is featured from the neck up and is turned towards the photographer. He is wearing a suit jacket, tie, and glasses. The back of the plate has an inscription with a number and [Livingston] on the back.
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