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People and military officers resting at Dougall Hall Boys Club dance, Pretoria (South Africa)

1938

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Cataloged as “People and military officers resting at Dougall Hall Boys Club dance, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068344
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People dancing at Dougall Hall Boys Club dance, Pretoria (South Africa)

1938

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Cataloged as “People dancing at Dougall Hall Boys Club dance, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068334
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People displaying finished Bokolanfini textile, Bamako, Mali

1969

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Cataloged as “People displaying finished Bokolanfini textile, Bamako, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1205
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People displaying the Bokolanfini textile before the final washing, Bamako, Mali

1969

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Cataloged as “People displaying the Bokolanfini textile before the final washing, Bamako, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1208
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People dressed in Ceremonial robes for funeral

2004 November 6

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People dressed in Ceremonial robes for funeral. Original Carousel number, 1, Slide number, 73.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0069
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People gathered in the churchyard of Debre Birhan Selassie Church, Gondar, Ethiopia

Spring 1974

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Cataloged as “People gathered in the churchyard of Debre Birhan Selassie Church, Gondar, Ethiopia” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-013, Item EEPA 2013-013-0041
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People in Front of Coptic Church, Asmara

undated

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EEPA 2007-003-2529.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2007-003_ref89
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People in Traditional Dress, Ilogbo, Ishara, and Ikenne

circa 1973-circa 1982

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Cataloged as “People in Traditional Dress, Ilogbo, Ishara, and Ikenne” (Slides [32056000030514]).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2005-002_ref211
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People leaving their home in boat, Bohican, Benin

2004 November 17

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People leaving their home in boat. Original Carousel number, 4, slide number, 83.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0478
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People Modeling Textiles, Ilishan and Ishara, Nigeria

circa 1975-circa 1983

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Cataloged as “People Modeling Textiles, Ilishan and Ishara, Nigeria” (Slides [32056000030555]).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2005-002_ref538
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People outside of Biete Gabriel Raphael church for an Orthodox religious ceremony , Lalibela, Ethiopia

1997

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Cataloged as “People outside of Biete Gabriel Raphael church for an Orthodox religious ceremony , Lalibela, Ethiopia” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1322
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People partaking in an Orthodox religious ceremony at Biete Gabriel Raphael church, Lalibela, Ethiopia

1997

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Cataloged as “People partaking in an Orthodox religious ceremony at Biete Gabriel Raphael church, Lalibela, Ethiopia” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1315
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People processing during an Orthodox religious ceremony at Biete Gabriel Raphael church, Lalibela, Ethiopia

1997

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Cataloged as “People processing during an Orthodox religious ceremony at Biete Gabriel Raphael church, Lalibela, Ethiopia” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1314
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People resting at Dougall Hall Boys Club dance, Pretoria (South Africa)

1938

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Cataloged as “People resting at Dougall Hall Boys Club dance, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068340
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Photographs and Still Images

People's Voice

1940s

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A black-and-white photograph of two women from the Abyssinian Baptist Church standing outside in front of a microphone. The woman on the right holds two pieces of paper, on the backs of which is the same advertisement for the People's Voice.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.74.93
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People, Shagamu and Ilishan

1983

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Cataloged as “People, Shagamu and Ilishan” (Slides [32056000030571]).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2005-002_ref580
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People shopping at a textile and clothes stall in the main market (Le Grand Marché), Bamako, Mali

1967

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Cataloged as “People shopping at a textile and clothes stall in the main market (Le Grand Marché), Bamako, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2093
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People sitting at a church, Asmara, Eritrea

1995

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Cataloged as “People sitting at a church, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0814
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People standing in front of St. Michael's Orthodox Church, Asmara, Eritrea

1990s

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Cataloged as “People standing in front of St. Michael's Orthodox Church, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0992
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People walking down a road in the countryside near Biete Gabriel Raphael church, Lalibela, Ethiopia

1997

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Cataloged as “People walking down a road in the countryside near Biete Gabriel Raphael church, Lalibela, Ethiopia” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1336
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People washing their feet for a Maundy Thursday ceremony at Yohannes Church, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

1974

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Cataloged as “People washing their feet for a Maundy Thursday ceremony at Yohannes Church, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-013, Item EEPA 2013-013-0045
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People Wearing and Illustrations of Various Textiles, Ikenne

circa 1973-circa 1983

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Cataloged as “People Wearing and Illustrations of Various Textiles, Ikenne” (Slides [32056000030514]).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2005-002_ref221
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People working outside home near Antemoro, Madagascar

2003-09-01

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Original Carousel 17, slide 105.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2155
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Peoples Drug Company, A. J. Latimer, Prop., Tulsa, Oklahoma

mid-20th century

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Three (3) black-and-white photographic postcards of a Peoples Drug Company store in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 2-story brick building has windows on both levels. The first-story windows at the proper left are labeled with the signage for a business that shares…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.11.1-.3
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