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1890s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white cabinet card photograph of a man in a dark colored suit with a necktie loosely tied around his neck. He has a mustache. The photograph is oval shaped and adhered to green card stock. There are no inscriptions.
late 19th century - early 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of a man wearing a suit, derby hat and holding a suitcase. A handkerchief is in the man’s right breast pocket. He is holding the suitcase in his right hand. His left hand is resting on a chair covered with printed fabric. A…
late 19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white cabinet card portrait of a bearded man. The man is wearing a light colored jacket and necktie with a white, high collared shirt. Printed below the photograph at the bottom of the card is “JANOUSEK,” “EXTRA FINISH” and “YANKTON.” The dark…
late 19th century - early 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sepia toned cartes-de-visite portrait of man with a beard. The man is wearing a dark colored jacket and vest and a white shirt. He is looking directly at the camera. The image is oval in shape. Part of a printed mark is visible on the back. It reads…
late 19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white cabinet card portrait of a man wearing a dark colored jacket and a light shirt. The top button of the jacket is buttoned and he has a mustache. The oval photograph is on black cardstock. There are no inscriptions on the front or back.
early 20th-mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of three (3) men and a woman dressed in theatrical costumes. The woman is depicted center, standing on a white platform with her arms slightly raised at her sides. She is wearing a feathered bikini…
early 20th-mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of three (3) men and a woman dressed in theatrical costumes. The woman stands left of center on a white platform with one (1) of the men. She is wearing an embellished, corset dress overlaid with a…
early 20th-mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of three (3) men and a woman dressed in theatrical costumes. The woman stands left of center, with her torso turned towards one (1) of the men. She is wearing an embellished, corset dress overlaid…
early 20th-mid 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of three (3) men and a woman dressed in theatrical costumes. The woman is centrally depicted, standing on a white platform with her arms slightly raised at her sides. She is wearing a feathered…
May 23, 2023
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of journalist A. Peter Bailey and University of Maryland student Rebekah S. Otto in Bailey’s home in Washington D.C. Otto interviewed Bailey for the Social Justice Conversations Oral History Project.The mid-length image captures Bailey and…
May 23, 2023
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of journliast A. Peter Bailey and University of Maryland student Rebekah S. Otto in Bailey’s home in Washington D.C. Otto interviewed Bailey for the Social Justice Conversations Oral History Project. The full-length image captures Bailey…
May 23, 2023
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of journalist A. Peter Bailey in his home in Washington D.C. The image captures Bailey up close as he looks forward but slightly above the camera. He wears a multi-color patterned shirt, likely a Kente textile, and a scarf with the…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph of Chief Rabbi Levi Ben Levy holding a piece of matzo at a seder table at Beth Shalom Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation. Levy's son, Sholomo Levy, and his god son, Asa Manot, stand on either side of the rabbi wearing yarmulkes and tallitot.…
ca. 1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white photograph of unidentified woman sitting in a chair on a tennis court at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. The woman, the referee, is wearing a long dress and her chair is pulled further out than the other chairs to the left of the…
1930-1960
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGSepia toned black and white photograph of Mae Reeves' Aunt Savannah and Uncle Chester found in the file box 2010.6.33.1 from Mae's Millinery Shop. The couple is seated on a bench facing the camera. Chester sits on the left and wears a suit, holding a hat…
1970-1989
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph of a small child playing with two cats on the porch of the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The child is seated cross-legged in the corner of a porch, just to the right of a white metal door. The child is wearing a yellow shirt and a maroon coat…
ca. 1950
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a man dressed in a WW II U. S. Army military uniform. On his left shoulder two chevrons identify him as having the rank of corporal. An Army Expert Marksmanship Qualification Badge is on his left breast pocket. His right…
after 1951
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBlack and white photograph of a kneeling student kissing a ring of a robed clergy member wearing a biretta. The student, wearing a graduation robe and mortarboard, kneels in front of a row of seated clergy dressed in full ecclesiastic robes. He kneels on a…
ca. 1960
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis black and white photograph depicts a female store clerk showing a male customer a light-colored polo shirt. The shirt is being pulled out of a box that rests on a glass counter and both the man and woman are looking towards the shirt examining it. The…
late 19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white cabinet card photograph of a young girl standing on a wicker chair. She is wearing a light colored dress with a bow around her neck and dark colored boots. Her left hand is holding onto the chair back while her right rests in her lap.…
ca. 1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGColor photograph of a yard sign with a white t-shirt hanging over top. The sign is seen in an outdoor setting, centrally positioned in the photograph. The white shirt has black text [The race is not always/to the swift…/but to those who/keep running./WEBB…
late 19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card photograph depicting a sepia toned image of a woman wearing a dark dress and a girl in a white dress. The woman is on the left side of the photograph and is sitting down. the girl is standing next to her and has her right arm resting on the…
late 19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card photograph depicting a sepia toned image of a light-colored dress with a frilled collar. Printed text beneath the picture reads "Buchanan," "Extra / Finish" and Huntsville, Ala." The back of the card is inscribed with “Mrs.” Several other…
late 19th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card photograph depicting a black and white portrait of a woman wearing a white dress. The dress has a high collar and the woman is wearing a long necklace. The woman is photographed from the waist up. The back of the photograph is blank.
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