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Historical photographs & visual records

Castle of Christansborg, Gold Coast Colony

[ca. 1910]

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Printed caption on verso reads, "Castle of Christansborg, Gold Coast Colony.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1992-004, Item EEPA 1992-004-059a
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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Cat Anderson

1916–1981

William Alonzo "Cat" Anderson (September 12, 1916 – April 29, 1981) was an American jazz trumpeter known for his long period as a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra and for his wide range, especially his ability to play in the altissimo register.

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Cat behind screen, Johannesburg (South Africa)

1947

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Cataloged as “Cat behind screen, Johannesburg (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-064295
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BIOGRAPHY
Politics

Cat Brooks

Biography

Cat Brooks is an American activist, playwright, poet, union-buster and theater artist. She was a mayoral candidate in Oakland's 2018 election.

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Music

Cat Burns

2000–

Catrina Burns-Temison (born 6 June 2000) is a British singer-songwriter who gained prominence with her 2020 single "Go". The song's popularity increased in 2022 through TikTok, eventually reaching number two on the UK singles chart. It was described by…

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Music

Cat Glover

1962–2024

Catherine Vernice Glover (July 24, 1962 – September 24, 2024) was an American choreographer, dancer, singer, and rapper.

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Historical photographs & visual records

Cat in Alexis Preller's studio, Pretoria (South Africa)

1960

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Cataloged as “Cat in Alexis Preller's studio, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-065160
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Arts & Performance

Cat Simmons

1981–

Cat Simmons is an English actress, known for her role as DC Kezia Walker in the long-running ITV drama The Bill, and for starring in Family Affairs as Scarlett Anderson. She also played Sista Twista in Life and Lyrics. She also made appearances in No…

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Cat walking around potted plant, South Africa

circa 1936-circa 1988

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Cataloged as “Cat walking around potted plant, South Africa” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068516
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Arts & Performance

Cat White

1993–

Catherine Joy White is an English actress, producer, author and gender advisor for the United Nations (UN). White began her career with the UN as an intern whilst studying at university, later becoming a contracted advisor for them. She then made her debut…

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Historical photographs & documents

Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, and East Baton Rouge

1866–68

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Cataloged as “Catahoula, Claiborne, Concordia, DeSoto, and East Baton Rouge”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1905, Item 4.1.9.4
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Catalog and price list for Afritex fabrics

2013

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A catalog and price list for Afritex. The cover of the catalog has a photo of a woman wearing a blue and gold matching halter top and skirt. The woman is sitting down with fourteen different swaths of patterned fabrics in front of her. Behind the woman are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2025.18.20ab
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MUSEUM OBJECT
gelatin silver prints

Catching Up

1945

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Catching Up - Barrack Lovers, San Leandro Naval Hospital, California, 1945 Joe Schwartz, Folk Photography: Poems I've Never Written (2000), 186. A black-and-white photograph of two couples kissing passionately on a sidewalk at the San Leandro Naval…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.74.138
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Historical photographs & visual records

"Catéchisme en images" [Catechism in pictures], Conakry, Guinée

Date not recorded

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CONAKRY -- Catéchisme en images; CARTE POSTALE. Published by Congrégation de St Joseph de Cluny, 21, Rue Méchain. Paris.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0947
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Historical photographs & documents

Cathedral, Havana

undated

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Cataloged as “Cathedral, Havana” (Photographs).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.17.2_ref70
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Biography & Culture

Catherine Allen Latimer

1896–1948

Catherine Allen Latimer (1896 – 1948) was the New York Public Library's first African-American librarian. She was a notable authority on bibliographies of African-American life and instrumental in forming the library's Division of Negro History, Literature…

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Education & Scholarship

Catherine Coleman Flowers

1958–

Catherine Coleman Flowers (born 1958) is an American environmental health researcher, writer and the founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice. She was selected as a MacArthur Fellow in 2020. Her first book, Waste: One Woman's…

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Catherine Datta Fraser wearing a traditional embroidered dress, Eritrea

1995

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Cataloged as “Catherine Datta Fraser wearing a traditional embroidered dress, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0523
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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Catherine Fleming Bruce

1961–

Catherine Fleming Bruce (born December 3, 1961) is an American author, preservationist, and activist from South Carolina. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Fleming Bruce received the most votes in the Democratic primary for the 2022 United States…

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Arts & Performance

Catherine James Catti

1940–2009

Catherine James Catti (October 8, 1940 - November 7, 2009) was an African American visual artist. She is best known for her paintings, which explore themes of identity, memory, and emotion. Catti’s work is also expressed through mixed media and costume.

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Literature

Catherine Johnson

1962–

Catherine Johnson (born 1962) is a British author and screenwriter. She has written several young adult novels and co-wrote the screenplay for the 2004 drama film Bullet Boy (directed by and co-written with Saul Dibb).

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Arts & Performance

Catherine Lough Haggquist

Biography

Catherine Lough Haggquist is a Canadian actress, producer and entrepreneur. She has more than 140 acting credits in film and television, including three seasons as Inspector Nora Harris on the science fiction television series Continuum and recurring roles…

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Music

Catherine Souffront

Biography

Catherine Souffront, also sometimes credited as Catherine Souffront Darbouze, is a Canadian actress and singer from Quebec, best known for her regular roles as Mylène Rancourt in L'Œil du cyclone and Myrlande Prospère in Lakay Nou. Born and raised in…

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