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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of two girls wearing white

late 19th century

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A cabinet card photograph depicting a sepia toned image of two young girls dressed in white. The girl on the left has her hair pulled back. She has a flower attached to her left shoulder. The girl on the right has her hair down. They are both looking at…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.5.2.50
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of two men and a woman taken at the Ubangi Club

ca. 1942

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A silver gelatin print depicting a black-and-white image of two men and a woman taken at the Ubangi Club. The souvenir photograph is framed in a green decorative folder (2013.46.25.67.2). The photograph depicts a woman seated between two (2) men. The man…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.67.1
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of two men and three women.

late 19th century - early 20th century

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A cabinet card photograph depicting a black and white image of two men and three women sitting and standing in two rows. The man standing in the back row on the left is wearing a light-colored suit and necktie. The woman standing in the back on the right…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.5.2.60
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MUSEUM OBJECT
cabinet photographs

Photograph of two young girls

late 19th century

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A cabinet card photograph depicting a sepia toned image of two young girls. The two girls are looking directly at the photographer. The girl on the right side of the photograph is resting her head on the other girl's chest. Printed on the bottom of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.5.2.1
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of unidentified child at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club

ca. 1945

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A black and white photograph of unidentified child and trophies. The photograph features a table decorated with a table cloth with several trophies of varying sizes on it. An unidentified child stands in front of the crowd holding a tennis ball. A crowd of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.205.17
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of unidentified child at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club

ca. 1945

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A black and white photograph of the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. The photograph features an unidentified girl standing in front of a table filled with trophies of varying sizes. A man is partially visible to the right of the photograph. They are on the tennis…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.205.18
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of unidentified Cosmopolitan Tennis Club members

ca. 1945

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A black and white photograph featuring two unidentified men on the courts of the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. The men are standing behind a net shaking hands. The man to the right of the photograph wears a long-sleeve sweater with stripes. The other man, on…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.205.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of unidentified men and woman at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club

ca. 1945

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A black and white photograph of two unidentified men and one unidentified woman standing on a tennis court at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. The three individuals featured in the photograph are standing at center court. The net is behind them on the ground…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.205.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of unidentified tennis player at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club

ca. 1945

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A black and white photograph of an unidentified man playing tennis at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. The man is featured playing on a court. His proper right hand is holding a racquet and he is reaching to hit a tennis ball that is in the air above his…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.205.20
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of unidentified woman at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club

ca. 1945

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A black and white photograph of an unidentified woman on tennis a tennis court. The woman is wearing a tennis dress that has stripes at the collar and cuffs and has a pleated skirt. There are more courts in the background of the photograph. The back of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.205.5
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Photograph of unidentified woman wearing French Antillean dress

1860-1880

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Photograph of a woman wearing a traditional Creole chemise jupe ensemble leaning on a column in a studio. She is facing directly forward and has one arm placed on the column and the other holding her hip under her skirt. She is wearing a white blouse with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.151.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of unidentified women at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club

ca. 1945

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A black and white photograph of an unidentified woman. The woman is standing on a tennis court, wearing a short-sleeve dress with buttons down the front. She is holding a racquet in both hands. Her proper left hand has a ring on it. There is another…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.205.6
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of veteran and junior champions at Cosmopolitan Tennis Club

ca. 1945

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A black and white photograph of four unidentified men at the Cosmopolitan Tennis Club. All four men are holding trophies. Brick buildings are visible in the background. The back of the photograph has a stamp in black ink that reads: [953E] and an…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.205.9
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Waldo C. Falkener, Sr. and family

1943

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Two identical copies of a black and white portrait photograph of Waldo C. Falkener, Sr. and his wife, Margaret Evans Falkener and a baby, Margaret Falkener DeLorme. Margaret Evans Falkener is wearing a jacket with dark colored sleeves, collar and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.21.1-.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Waldo C. Falkener, Sr. and George Mitchell, Jr., Esq.

1930s

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A black and white photograph of two men, seated together in wooded area. The men are sitting cross-legged with their hands on their legs. The man on the left side of the photograph is Waldo C. Falkener, Jr. He is wearing a light colored suit, white shirt,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.94.24
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of Wellington and Wilma Webb walking in a parade

ca. 1995; printed 2013

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Color photograph featuring Wellington Webb and his wife walking in a parade, waving at spectators. Webb is featured center in the image walking in front of a line of people. The line of people hold a large blue banner with white text…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.46.9
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of White House butlers in repose

1968

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This is a color polaroid photograph of five White House butlers relaxing in the Rose Garden. They are seated outdoors on white wicker lounge furniture surrounded by plants and foliage. The sitters are from left to right: John Johnson, Eley F. Young, Sr.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2020.20
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of William Naylor Buckner Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Cooke Buckner

June 22, 1918

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A sepia-toned wedding photograph of William Naylor Buckner Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Cooke Buckner. Both are shown from the waist up with their torsos turned in three-quarters pose towards the left edge of the photograph and their faces turned towards the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.17.4
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph of young man holding a hat and gloves

late 19th century

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A black-and-white cabinet card photograph of a young man. He is a wearing a thick jacket, vest and a necktie. In his right hand he is holding gloves while in his left hand he is holding a hat. The photograph is on a maroon card. Printed in white at the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.61.21
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph portrait of a man dressed as a cowboy

early 20th century

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This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a man in cowboy attire. The man is posing for the photograph in a studio and is wearing a shirt, pants, fur chaps, a hat and a scarf around his neck. He is holding a pistol in each hand. He is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.35.19
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph portrait of a woman in a black dress

late 19th century

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A cabinet card photograph depicting a sepia toned image of a woman in a black dress with a high collar and puffed sleeves. The woman is shown from the waist up. Her head is slightly tilted to the left. The back of the photograph is blank.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.5.2.44
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photograph portrait of a woman wearing a picture hat

early 20th century

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A sepia tone photograph of an unidentified standing woman wearing a picture hat. The photograph is in portrait orientation. The woman is depicted from the thighs up. She is standing with her body turned slightly towards the right edge of the image and her…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.13.16
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph portrait of Colin L. Powell with wife and children

ca. 1967

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A black-and-white print photograph portrait of Colin L. Powell with his family. This photograph captures the young Powell family formally posing in front of a plain backdrop. Powell’s wife Alma, wearing a long sleeve round-neck top, holds their toddler…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.22
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Photographs and Still Images

Photograph portrait of General Colin L. Powell as a child

ca. 1942

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An albumen print photograph of General Colin L. Powell as a child, captured in Bronx, New York, by Litman’s Studio, 1942. In this sepia tone photograph, a young Colin Powell at or around age five (5) poses in front of a plain photo backdrop. He wears a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog A2022.101.1.29
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