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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph album of Booker T. Washington High School classes from the 1920s

1917-1978

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A forty two page (21 Leaves) photo album. The cover is red with gold lettering that reads “ALBUM.” A piece of tape on the cover is labeled with “Class of the 20’s.” The album contains color photographs of class reunions of Booker T. Washington classes from…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.79.31
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph album of Booker T. Washington High School Queen and King Hornet

1934-1967

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A forty two page (twenty-one leaves) photograph album. The cover is blue with a gold decorative border. The photograph has three metal rings for an inside binding. It contains black and white photographs with typed labels and a newspaper clipping. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.79.30
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Photograph album owned by Emily Howland

1864

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

Black leather photograph album owned by Emily Howland containing photographs of friends, family, and celebrities. The album covers and binding are made from embossed black leather with gold gilt decorations on the covers and spine. Both covers are the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.30
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph album page with three photographs

ca. 1922

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

Three black-and-white photographs mounted on construction paper. On one side of the paper there are two photographs showing people on a bridge (2013.79.14a) and people standing next to a building (2013.79.14b). On the other side of the paper is a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.79.14abc
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph album page with three photographs of women in Tulsa, Oklahoma

1920s

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A collection of three black-and-white photographs of Tulsa women mounted on black construction paper. 2013.79.20a: Black-and-white photograph of a woman wearing a dark dress with a white bodice and a black hat. She is standing on the exterior steps of a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.79.20abc
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Historical photographs & visual records

Photograph: Constance Stuart and four others sitting outside on a bench, dressed casually, with a small dog. Removed to vintage print box.

undated

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Cataloged as “Photograph: Constance Stuart and four others sitting outside on a bench, dressed casually, with a small dog. Removed to vintage print box.”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item 989
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Historical photographs & visual records

Photograph: Constance Stuart Larrabee and another woman in dresses and hats, with four men in suits standing at a rock wall at the ocean. Removed to vintage print box.

undated

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Cataloged as “Photograph: Constance Stuart Larrabee and another woman in dresses and hats, with four men in suits standing at a rock wall at the ocean. Removed to vintage print box.”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item 991
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Photograph folder from the Ubangi Club

ca. 1942

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A photograph folder from the Ubangi Club. The folder holds a sepia toned photograph (2013.46.25.66.1). The front of the folder features red and blue text and design. There are red and blue stripes running across the top and the bottom of the front cover of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.66.2
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Photograph folder from the Ubangi Club

ca. 1942

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A photograph folder from the Ubangi Club. The paper folder holds a black-and-white photograph (2013.46.25.67.1). The folder is green with a faux leather finish and is held together with two (2) staples along the spine. The front cover centrally features…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.67.2
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

Photograph: mounted on white cardboard. Depicts Constance Stuart Larrabee, with one other woman and four men, in dressy attire, around a dining table. Removed to vintage print box

undated

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

Cataloged as “Photograph: mounted on white cardboard. Depicts Constance Stuart Larrabee, with one other woman and four men, in dressy attire, around a dining table. Removed to vintage print box”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item 1006
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of a baby dressed in white and sitting in a chair

ca. 1870

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A sepia toned cartes-de-visite portrait of a baby dressed in white. The baby is sitting on a dark colored chair with a light colored decorative design on it. The photograph is bordered by a black, wavy line. There are no inscriptions on front or back.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.61.28
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MUSEUM OBJECT
cartes-de-visite

Photograph of a baby sitting in a chair

ca. 1870

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A sepia toned cartes-de-visite photograph of a baby dressed in white clothing. The baby is sitting on a floral patterned chair and looking at the camera. The photograph is in a cream colored card with two lines bordering the picture. The inner line is thin…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.61.2
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of a baby wearing dark colored clothing sitting in a chair

ca. 1870

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

Sepia toned cartes-de-visite of a baby wearing dark colored clothes. The baby has a full head of hair. The baby is sitting on a dark colored cushion with a light colored, decorative design on it. The photograph is bordered by a black, jagged line. There…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.61.30
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of a barn and telephone pole

1925

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white photograph of a wooden barn. On the right of the barn is a wooden fence. On the left is a telephone pole and on the background to the left two houses are visible, one with a wooden chimney running on the side. In the A black-and-white…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.68.4
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of a barn on the estate of Harriet Tubman

1940-1959

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A black-and-white photograph of a barn. The barn is a two story, dark painted structure, with two closed up square windows above a large open doorway. In front of the barn is a dog laying in a dirt patch. On the back is a handwritten inscription reading…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.50.14.2
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of a basketball game at St. Augustine High School

1960s - 1970s

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

Black & white photograph of a basketball game. This image depicts three students; two in white jerseys and one in a dark colored uniform. One student, wearing a white uniform, dribbles the ball as he runs up the court. He is guarded by a student in a dark…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.47.9
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of a Buffalo Soldier with hat, trumpet, mandolin, and cartridge belt

late 19th century

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A cabinet card photograph depicting a sepia toned image of a uniformed soldier displaying a 10th Cavalry campaign hat in his proper right hand, with a trumpet held by a cord over his proper left arm. There is a round-backed mandolin with 4 double course…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.5.2.24
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of a church building

1948 - 1970s

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white photograph of a church building. The building is one story and has an extension from the rear. The entrance porch has four small columns and a double door with two stained glass windows on either side. The building is made of brick and is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.137.7.17
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of a couple standing behind a chair

ca. 1890

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white cabinet card photograph of a woman and man in formal dress standing next to a chair. The woman is wearing a dark colored skirt, top and dark fingerless gloves. Her left hand is resting on the chair back. The man is wearing a dark colored…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.61.5
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of a crowd of people walking toward a building in Tulsa

1921

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white photograph of a crowd of people crossing the street toward a building in Tulsa during or after the Tulsa Race Massacre. There is a motorcycle in the midground. There is loss on the photograph at the top right and left corners, and the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2019.95.5
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of a crowd waving

1936

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white photograph of a crowd of men, women, and children at a dock. The men wear suits and the women wear dresses; everyone but three children wear hats. Behind the crowd, a building is visible. On the back is stamp logo [DURY'S / The Mark of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.36.57
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of a family posing in front of a house

early 20th century

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A sepia tone photograph of a family posing in front of a house. The two women, one man, two teenage girls, and a boy are depicted in three rows. At the front, seated in a matched pair of high back wooden chairs, is a woman and a teenage girl. Both the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.13.10
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of a girl in a white dress with flower arrangements

late 19th century

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A cabinet card photograph depicting a sepia toned image of a teenaged girl wearing a white dress, white gloves, white stockings and white shoes. She is standing next to a wicker chair covered in flower arrangements. Flowers are also on the ground in front…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.5.2.40
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of a girl wearing a pleated dress

1885-1900

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white cabinet card portrait of a girl wearing a dark colored, pleated dress with embroidery on both sides of the pleated area. A metal clasp is at her neck and she is wearing earrings. Written on the back is "Mau[...?].

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.61.15
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