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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of John Allen Cloman and an unidentified woman

December 16, 1962

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A black-and-white portrait-style photograph of John Allen Cloman Jr. and an unidentified woman. Cloman has neatly trimmed hair and is wearing wire-rimmed glasses, a dark suit and a tie. The woman has medium-length hair with a side part, and she is wearing…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.65
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of Johnny Gator's barbershop

ca. 1950

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A black and white photograph of Johnny Gator's barbershop. The photograph features Pete Boyd and Johnny Gator cutting patrons' hair. In the foreground a young is seated in a barber's chair receiving a haircut from a man in a printed shirt. In the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.31
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of Joseph S. Williams sitting on a chair, right leg crossed

1910s-1920s

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A black-and-white portrait-style photograph of Joseph Scipio Williams sitting in a wooden chair. Williams is wearing a three-piece suit with shirt and tie, hat and boots. He is sitting with his right leg crossed so that his right foot is resting on his…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.102
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of La Salle Beauty School

ca. 1938-1940

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A black and white photograph of La Salle Beauty School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The building has signs in the widows advertising the school. Two cars are parked outside on the street in front of the building. The bottom right corner has an inscription…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.76
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of LL Cool J

June 1989

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A black-and-white photograph of LL Cool J. He is depicted facing the viewer in a bust pose. He is wearing a dark colored, collarless, button down shirt with a dark, a silk pocket square tucked into his proper left shirt pocket, and a dark bucket hat with a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.386
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of Louis Armstrong and Ann Baker in a booth at Crawford Grill

May 1945

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A black and white photograph of Louis Armstrong and Ann Baker sitting in a booth at the Crawford Grill in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Armstrong is sitting on the interior and Baker on the outside. They both are looking at the camera and there are some cups…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.88
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of Louis S. Hayes, Jr. in uniform sitting at desk and writing

early 1940s

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A black-and-white photograph of Louis S. Hayes Jr., an Army Infantry Captain sitting at a writing desk in a swivel chair. Hayes is writing a letter, holding a pen with his right hand and a cigarette in his left. He is wearing his dress uniform. There are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.96
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Archival Collections

Photographic print of Mamie and Addison Fearing Scurlock

ca. 1914

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A black and white photograph of Mamie Scurlock and her son Addison Fearing Scurlock. Addison is featured sitting on a stool, while Mamie stands behind him with her hands on his back. The back of the photograph is blank.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2014.306.5.1.27
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Archival Collections

Photographic print of Mamie and Addison Scurlock's wedding

1912

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A black and white photograph of Mamie and Addison Scurlock's wedding party. Mamie is featured front right wearing a wedding gown and a flowered veil. She is holding a large bouquet. Addison stands at Mamie's right shoulder and is wearing a tuxedo. A young…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2014.306.4.3.2
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Archival Collections

Photographic print of Mamie Scurlock and two unidentified siblings

ca. 1900

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A deep purple-reddish brown photograph of Mamie Scurlock and two of her siblings. Mamie is to the right of the photograph (TA2014.306.3.3a). The back of the photograph is blank. The photograph is contained in a beige photograph holder (TA2014.306.3.3b).…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2014.306.3.3ab
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Archival Collections

Photographic print of Mary and Warren Fearing

ca. 1900

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A black and white photograph of Mary Alice and Warren Grice Fearing. Mary and Warren are pictured seated on a log. Two unidentified men are visible in the background. The back of the photograph is blank.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog TA2014.306.5.1.32
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of Mary Elizabeth and William Lewis holding Easter baskets

ca. 1940 - 1945

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A black and white photograph of two children identified as Mary Elizabeth and William Lewis with Easter Sunday baskets. Mary Elizabeth is wearing skirt, dress top, and jacket ensemble with a straw hat while William Lewis wears a darker, houndstooth…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.20
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of Mary Elizabeth and William Lewis holding Easter baskets

ca. 1940-1945

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A black and white photograph of two children identified as Mary Elizabeth and William Lewis with Easter Sunday baskets. Mary Elizabeth is wearing skirt, dress top, and jacket ensemble with a straw hat while William Lewis wears a darker, houndstooth…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.64
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of Maxine Sullivan and her children

ca. 1955

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A black and white photograph of Maxine Sullivan and her children, Paula and Orville Williams. The three are standing outside a building in a yard. A wooden pole structure is behind them. The back of the photograph is blank.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.29.131
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of Maxine Sullivan and Paula Williams

ca. 1955

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A black and white photograph Maxine Sullivan and her daughter Paula Morris. They are featured standing in a yard. They are surrounded by wooden poles that form a tripod structure. A building with a brick porch and staircase is visible behind them. The back…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.29.130
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of men and women in front of Vernon AME Church, Tulsa

ca. 1919

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A black-and-white photograph of a group of fifty (50) women, men and children standing in front of a church, possibly Vernon Chapel AME Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Everyone is standing except for six (6) people in the front row. Most of the group members…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.40
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of men gathered for State Funeral Directors' meeting

1926

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A black-and-white photograph of a group of men at the State Funeral Directors and Embalmers Meeting held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There are two (2) rows of men standing and sitting in front of an automobile parked underneath a carport. The picture was taken in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.88
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of miners in Library, Pennsylvania

ca. 1947

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A black and white photograph of a group of miners outside a mine entrance. Several of the miners are exiting the entrance. A line of mine cars sit on a track that enters the mine. An advertisement for a magic act is posted to the left of the mine entrance.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.79
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of Monie Love and her daughter Charleyna

July 1992

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A black and white photograph of Monie Love holding her daughter, Charleyna. The two are pictured in the center of the image, from the waist up, against a textured background. Love is pictured on the proper left side of the image, in profile with her face…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.298
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson and another woman in front of car

1926

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A black-and-white photograph of two (2) women and one (1) man standing in front of a dark-colored, 4-door automobile. The woman at the proper left is wearing a wide-brimmed hat, large studded earrings, a corsage, a button-up jacket with loose fitting…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of Mrs. Jackson and Samuel Jackson Jr. with a car

ca. 1925

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A black-and-white photograph of two (2) women standing next to a parked car, with a baby sitting on the hood of the car. At the center of the photograph is the baby Samuel Jackson Jr. He is wearing a light-colored bunting and a cap. He has his right arm…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.4
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of of 3 men, 2 boys and 1 woman posing on a porch

early 20th century

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A black-and-white photograph of a group of two (2) older men, one (1) woman, one (1) young man, and two (2) boys in front of a house porch. The two boys are sitting in the grass in the foreground of the photograph. One of the men is sitting behind one of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.112
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gelatin silver prints

Photographic print of of two women and three children sitting

ca. 1947

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A black and white photograph of two woman and three children sitting on grass in front of a flowering bush. The back of the photograph has [708] printed in ink.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.29.22
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of of two women and two children sitting

ca. 1947

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A black and white photograph of two women and two children sitting on grass in front of a flowering bush. The partial profile of a third woman is visible in the right side of the photograph. The back of the photograph has a [707] printed in ink.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.29.23
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