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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 13, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This color slide depicts a family of six sitting outside a row of A frame shelters in Resurrection City. The shelters have coverings of white and blue striped plastic sheeting. Seated on the ground on the left side of the image is a woman wearing a dark…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.60
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photographic slide of the Poor People's Campaign

May 21, 1968 - June 23, 1968

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This photographic slide depicts a man sitting next to a woman holding a young child. The man is pictured in profile, seated to the right of frame, wearing a grey suit. He rests his elbows on his knees and holds a short cigarette between his fingers. Next…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.245.61
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photographic souvenir of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home in Anacostia, D.C.

ca. 1920

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A rectangular, framed photographic souvenir poster of the Frederick Douglass Memorial Home in Anancostia, D.C. The poster features three black-and-white photographs against a tan background. In the center is a rectangular photograph of the exterior of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.4
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Photographs and Contact Sheets- Models Wearing Jewelry For Display, Promotion — Professional Photographs of Jewelry and Art Smith

circa 1950s-1960s

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Cataloged as “Photographs and Contact Sheets- Models Wearing Jewelry For Display, Promotion”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref215
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Photographs - Charles and Family — Family Photographs

undated

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Cataloged as “Photographs - Charles and Family” (Graphic Materials).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref77
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Photographs of Art Smith's Jewelry and Life, Martine, Maser, Billops, Smith, and unknown (f. 3 of 3) — Advertising and Marketing Photographic Materials (A2023.56)

circa 1947-1987

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Cataloged as “Photographs of Art Smith's Jewelry and Life, Martine, Maser, Billops, Smith, and unknown (f. 3 of 3)” (Graphic Materials).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2022.64_ref326
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Photographs of Art Smith's Jewelry and Life, Martine, Moser, Billops, Smith, and Unknown (f. 1 of 3) — The Art Smith Project Life and Professional Photography

circa 1947-1987

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Cataloged as “Photographs of Art Smith's Jewelry and Life, Martine, Moser, Billops, Smith, and Unknown (f. 1 of 3)” (Graphic Materials).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2022.64_ref366
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Photographs of Art Smith's Jewelry and Life, Martine, Moser, Billops, Smith, and Unknown (f. 2 of 3) — The Art Smith Project Life and Professional Photography

circa 1947-1987

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Cataloged as “Photographs of Art Smith's Jewelry and Life, Martine, Moser, Billops, Smith, and Unknown (f. 2 of 3)” (Graphic Materials).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2022.64_ref367
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Photographs of Arthur at O'Neal Wedding — Personal Photographs

ca. 1966

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Cataloged as “Photographs of Arthur at O'Neal Wedding” (Photographs).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref469
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