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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a large group of people posing outside of a house

mid 20th century

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A black-and-white photograph of a group of twenty-two (22) people, seventeen (17) women, two (2) men and three (3) children. The people are loosely grouped into two rows. Eunice Jackson is in the front row, holding a little girl on her lap. The group is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.117
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a man

early 20th century

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A black-and-white portrait-style photograph of a man. The man is sitting with an errect posture, looking off-frame towards the proper left. He has short hair and a mustache. He is wearing a jacket with lapel-pin, a light-colored shirt, and a tie with tie…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.103
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a man

early 20th century

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A black-and-white portrait-style photograph of a man posing for a studio portrait. The man is sitting with an errect posture, looking off-frame towards the proper left. He has short hair and a mustache. He is wearing a jacket, light-colored shirt and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.16
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a man

early-mid 20th century

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A black-and-white portrait-style photograph of a man. He is smiling and looking off frame to the proper right, his chin resting on his right hand. He is wearing a medium-colored suit witha wide lapel and a light-colored shirt. His short hair is parted…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.23
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a man

mid-20th century

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A black-and-white portrait-style photograph of an unidentified man. He is wearing a dark suit, a dark tie patterned with light-colored spots, and glasses. He has a trimmed afro and mustache, and he is smiling broadly.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.97
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a man and a woman standing outside

ca. 1920

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A black-and-white photograph of a man and woman posing outdoors on a garden path. The woman is wearing a light-colored knee-length overcoat, a light-colored cloche hat, and light-colored shoes. She has a dark-colored handbag draped on her left forearm. She…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.127
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a man and woman posing

ca. 1920

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A black-and-white photograph of a man and woman. The man is dressed in a dark 3-piece suit, with a light-colored shirt, double-breasted vest, tie, a brimmed hat and saddle oxford shoes. The man is leaning slightly towards the woman and he has his arm…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.12
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a man and woman standing in front of a car

1920s

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A black-and-white photograph of a young man and young woman standing in front of a dark-colored car, possibly a 1920s Ford. The man is wearing a dark-colored 3-piece suit with white shirt and tie, and he is gazing off frame to the proper right. The woman…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.21
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a man holding money at a shop counter

ca. 1959

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A black and white photograph of an unidentified man standing at the cashier's counter of a store. The man holds a twenty dollar bill and another unidentified bill in his hand. Behind the counter is another unidentified man who faces him. Beneath and on top…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.27
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a man in military uniform

1917-1930

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A black-and-white real photograph postcard of a young man in military uniform standing at attention in front of a clapboard house or other building. He is wearing a long-sleeve button down shirt, pants tucked into boots, a hat, and a belt. His arms are by…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.99
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a man in uniform

1940-1945

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A black-and-white portrait-style three-quarter length photograph of Louis S. Hayes Jr., in military uniform attire. Hayes is wearing an overcoat and garrison cap. He is smiling. There is no insignia in this photograph to tell the man’s branch, rank, or unit.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.122
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a policeman in a motorcycle with a sidecar

ca. 1930-1970

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A black and white photograph of a policeman sitting in a motorcycle with a sidecar. An unidentified woman is visible walking in the background of the photograph. The bottom right corner has the inscription of the number: [1297]. The back of the photograph…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.81
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a portrait of a man

1965-1980

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A black-and-white photograph of a framed photograph of a man. The oval-shaped, portrait-style photograph is of a young man with a mustache and neatly trimmed hair wearing a suit. The frame is propped up and resting on a backdrop. The photograph is blurry,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.64
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MUSEUM OBJECT
photographs

Photographic print of a row of women and a row of men posing in room

1958

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A black-and-white photograph of a row of women and a row of men posing in room. There are 19 people total; 7 women and 12 men. All the men are in suits and women in dresses.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.140
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a row of women in nurse's uniforms

1960s

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A black-and-white photograph of sixteen (16) women wearing nurse's uniforms, standing outdoors in front of a multi-story brick building. The women are standing in a line, front to back, facing the proper left side of the photograph. The photograph is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.45
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a Samuel M. Jackson, Jr. sitting on a chair in the lawn

1926

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A black-and-white photograph of Samuel Jackson Jr. sitting in a child-size wooden chair in a front yard. Jackson is wearing a light-colored outfit and a cap. He is holding a child-sized cane. Behind Jackson is a row of bushes, a residential street, and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.50
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a sergeant and bride surrounded by wedding guests

1950s

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A black and white photograph of a groom and bride. The groom is wearing his Army master sergeant's uniform. The bride, a Korean woman, is wearing a white dress and headpiece. Seated with the couple, are two other women in white dresses holding flowers and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.155.143
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a soda jerk working in a soda shop

ca. 1955

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A black and white photograph of a soda jerk working in a soda shop. The man is pictured pouring soda into a cup. The soda shop has a Coca-Cola machine, advertisements for Nestles, and lists of ice creams and sodas. The bottom right corner has an…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.82
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MUSEUM OBJECT
photographs

Photographic print of a toddler girl sitting and smiling at the camera

late 19th-early 20th century

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white portrait-style photograph of a toddler girl sitting and smiling at the camera. She is wearing a light-colored dress and booties, and she has shoulder-length hair. The image is faded.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.104
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a toddler sitting on a bench

1926-1930

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A black-and-white real photograph postcard of a toddler sitting on the edge of a wooden bench and leaning against the railing. The child is wearing a light-colored dress and light-colored socks and booties. A name is handwritten on the back of the postcard…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.100
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a very tall man at a shoe shine stand

ca. 1930-1950

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A black and white photograph of a group of people standing in front of a shoe shine stand. The group consists of four men and one woman. The man at center is very tall and holds his proper right arm above the man and woman to his left. An inscription in…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.302.72
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a woman

1890-1910

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A black-and-white portrait-style photograph of a woman. The young woman is wearing a high-collar, long-sleeved dress with a long skirt. Her hair is in an updo, and she is wearing a large hat with plumed feather at the front. Her arms are by her sides, and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.61
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a woman

late 20th century

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A black-and-white portrait-style photograph of a woman. The woman has short hair and is looking to the proper right, smiling. She is wearing a jacket with a lace collar, and there is an orchid corsage pinned to her left lapel. The photograph's right edge…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.76
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Photographs and Still Images

Photographic print of a woman and child posing on the steps of a train

July 1938

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A black-and-white photograph of a woman and child standing on a retractable step of a passenger train car. The woman and the little girl both are dressed in light-colored dresses. The woman is wearing an overcoat and brimmed hat, while the little girl has…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.75.18
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