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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photographs of First AME Altar Boys

1960s

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Black and white photograph of a group of young boys dressed in altar clothes. The group includes eight (8) boys in several different rows. The boys wear white robes and dark skirts and dark collars over their clothing. On the left side of the image are two…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.227.5
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Archival documents & files

Photographs of Ina Gordon — Family Photographs

circa 1950-1995

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Cataloged as “Photographs of Ina Gordon”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref72
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Photographs of Mary [or Muriel] — Family Photographs

undated

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Cataloged as “Photographs of Mary [or Muriel]”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref75
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Photographs of Model Wearing Art Smith Cuffs, Necklaces, Earrings, and Pins — Professional Photographs of Jewelry and Art Smith

circa 1960s

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Cataloged as “Photographs of Model Wearing Art Smith Cuffs, Necklaces, Earrings, and Pins”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref217
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Photographs of Models Wearing Various Pieces of Jewelry for Exhibition and Promotion — Professional Photographs of Jewelry and Art Smith

circa 1950s-1960s

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Cataloged as “Photographs of Models Wearing Various Pieces of Jewelry for Exhibition and Promotion”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref216
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Photographs of the Elna Lawn Dancers — Personal Photographs

ca. 1940-1959

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Cataloged as “Photographs of the Elna Lawn Dancers” (Photographs).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref470
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Photographs of Young Ina Smith — Family Photographs

circa 1921

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Cataloged as “Photographs of Young Ina Smith”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref65
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Photographs of Yvonne O'Neal and Her Mother — Family Photographs

circa 1940-1970s

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Cataloged as “Photographs of Yvonne O'Neal and Her Mother”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref71
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Photographs-Parkside Ave. Block Party — Personal Photographs

ca. 1980

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Cataloged as “Photographs-Parkside Ave. Block Party” (Photographs).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref465
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photomechanical print of Jack's Memory Chapel

1960s

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A photomechanical print advertisement of Eunice and Samuel M. Jackson’s funeral home business. The primary image is a photograph of Jack's Memory Chapel at 639 E. Marshall Place in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At the upper left corner, a photograph of Eunice Jackson…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.86
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Historical photographs & visual records

Photos of friends and family in front of people, Lobatse (Botswana)

1947

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Cataloged as “Photos of friends and family in front of people, Lobatse (Botswana)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067657
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Archival documents & files

Photostatic Copies of Arthur Smith Medical Records from The Roosevelt Hospital (f. 1 of 2) — Personal Papers

1958

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Cataloged as “Photostatic Copies of Arthur Smith Medical Records from The Roosevelt Hospital (f. 1 of 2)”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref136
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Photostatic Copies of Arthur Smith Medical Records from The Roosevelt Hospital (f. 2 of 2) — Personal Papers

1958

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Cataloged as “Photostatic Copies of Arthur Smith Medical Records from The Roosevelt Hospital (f. 2 of 2)”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref137
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BIOGRAPHY
Civil Rights

Phyllis Terrell

1898–1989

Phyllis Terrell Langston (April 2, 1898 – August 21, 1989) was a suffragist and civil rights activist. She worked alongside her mother, Mary Church Terrell, in the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs and the White House pickets during…

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Historical photographs & documents

Pia Jordan Family Home Movie #1

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Pia Jordan Family Home Movie #1”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref943
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Historical photographs & documents

Pia Jordan Family Home Movie #10

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Pia Jordan Family Home Movie #10”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref952
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