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15,889 matching cards · 24 cards per page
ca. 1870
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sepia toned cartes-de-visite photograph of a woman wearing a white dress with puffy shoulders and earrings. The photograph is in a cream colored card. Written at the bottom of the card is "Mattie Jones Old Friend." There is no inscription on the back.
1924
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph portrait of General Colin L. Powell’s mother, Maud Ariel (Mckoy) Powell. This photograph captures a portrait of Maud Ariel Powell seated in a wicker chair beside a staircase. She wears a chain necklace and round-neck top with…
June 26, 2023
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of Howard University student Maya N. Clayton and sociologist Dr. Joyce Ladner at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Clayton interviewed Dr. Ladner for the Social Justice Conversations Oral History…
1988
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph of MC Hammer. He is wearing black leather pants, a long black leather trench coat, and black shoes. He is also wearing tinted glasses, a watch, a bracelet, and several rings on both hands. He is standing on a sidewalk in NYC. The…
1995; printed 2004
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph of MC Lyte in her dressing room, ca. 1995. Lyte is sitting next to a lighted mirror and looks towards the camera with her left arm resting on the counter. She is wearing a red hat, gold earrings, yellow shirt, and red and black striped…
ca. 1920
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white gelatin silver print of children playing football on a dirt lot next to two houses in Tulsa, Oklahoma. At center left, one boy holds a football while a group of boys run towards the right side of the photograph. Two boys on the left side…
1940 - 1953
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of third-generation midwife Susie Carey, standing on a dirt road in a rural landscape. She is wearing a white dress, black shoes and dark cardigan sweater. Her hair is pulled back and she wears glasses. On the verso is a…
1940s-1950s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBlack and white portrait image of a man wearing a dark jacket, dark vest, white shirt, and white bow-tie. He has a mustache and goatee and looks the left of the camera. The image is hazy at the corners and along the bottom. The background is darker near…
1993
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph of Naughty by Nature. Treach is in the center. He is wearing a black leather jacket with circle patches on each side. The patch on the proper right reads [MALCOM X] at the top and [- TOUR] on the bottom. The patch on the left reads…
1993
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph of Naughty By Nature. Treach is in the center. He is wearing a black leather jacket with circle patches on each side. The patch on the proper right reads [MALCOM X] at the top and [WORLD TOUR] on the bottom. The patch on the left reads…
undated
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Photograph of Norma Sklarek as a child in New York” (Photographs).
1916-1921
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of North Greenwood Ave. in Tulsa, Oklahoma, prior to the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot. The photograph was taken looking north down the avenue from East Archer Street. The Williams Building is visible on the left side of the photograph.…
ca. 1940
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBlack and white photograph of an unidentified woman posing in front of an early 20th century convertible style car with the top down. She is wearing a hat with a large black bow on top and a matching blazer and skirt suit set.
1980
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph of Baltimore's Orchard Street United Methodist Church, which is believed to have played a role in the Underground Railroad, captured by great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman Mariline Northrup Wilkins. This image depicts the pressed-brick…
1980
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph of Baltimore's Orchard Street United Methodist Church, which is believed to have played a role in the Underground Railroad, captured by great-grandniece of Harriet Tubman Mariline Northrup Wilkins. This image depicts a boarded up section…
2000
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photograph of P. Diddy. He is wearing a puffy silver FUBU coat over denim overalls, several rings, a baseball cap, tinted glasses, and an earring in his proper left ear. He is sitting on the hood of a Mercedes-Benz. His proper left foot is on the…
1925
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of the exterior of a house developed by Dawson Kraft Shop in Columbia, Tennessee. The image features a door with a window to the left and porch. In front of the porch and window is the stump of a tree. A chimney is visible on…
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBlack-and-white photograph of Paul and Della Williams and Harold Williams at a dinner in honor of Paul Williams. The three (3) people are seated behind a dinner table in the center of the image. Della Williams is in the center with her white top visible.…
March 14, 2024
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of activist and book publisher Paul Coates with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s scholar activist, Isabella Salcedo, at NMAAHC. Salcedo interviewed Paul Coates for the Social Justice Conversations Oral History…
March 14, 2024
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of activist and book publisher Paul Coates with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s scholar activist, Isabella Salcedo, at NMAAHC. Salcedo interviewed Paul Coates for the Social Justice Conversations Oral History…
March 14, 2024
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of activist and book publisher Paul Coates with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s oral historian, Kelly Elaine Navies, at NMAAHC. Navies coordinated the Social Justice Conversations Oral History Project. The image…
March 14, 2024
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of activist and book publisher Paul Coates with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s director, Kevin Young, at NMAAHC. The image captures the two standing side-by-side on a balcony, looking directly into the camera.…
March 14, 2024
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of activist and book publisher Paul Coates at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. The image captures Coates sitting and looking directly into the camera, smiling. He wears a black long sleeved shirt and…
March 14, 2024
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA digital image of activist and book publisher Paul Coates with National Museum of African American History and Culture’s director, Kevin Young, and oral historian, Kelly Elaine Navies, at NMAAHC. Navies coordinated the Social Justice Conversations Oral…
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