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Historical photographs & documents

Che Lyrics

n.d.

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Cataloged as “Che Lyrics” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2013.149.3_ref44
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Music

Che Pope

1970–

Christopher Pope (born May 3, 1970) is an American record executive and record producer from Boston, Massachusetts. Pope served as co-executive producer on Kanye West's album Yeezus (2013), and co-producer on Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Check receipt for advanced payment to James Baldwin from Nugget Magazine

November 19, 1962

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A November 19, 1962 check receipt from James Baldwin's attorneys, Lubell & Lubell, documenting an advance payment in the amount of $500.00 to James Baldwin for a Nugget Magazine article about the Floyd Patterson vs. Sonny Liston fight that took place on…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.99.48
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Documents and Manuscripts

Check receipt for payment to James Baldwin from Nugget Magazine

November 16, 1962

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A November 16, 1962 check receipt from James Baldwin's attorneys, Lubell & Lubell, documenting the second payment in the amount of $400.00 to James Baldwin for a Nugget Magazine article about the Floyd Patterson vs. Sonny Liston fight that took place on…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.99.47
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Documents and Manuscripts

Check to SCLC from James Baldwin

July 25, 1962

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A July 25, 1962 check made payable to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference Hall of Fame Dinner Committee from James Baldwin in the amount of $35.00. The check is signed on behalf of Baldwin by his attorney Johnathan W. Lubell and is endorsed on the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.99.46
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Documents and Manuscripts

Check to SNCC from James Baldwin

September 23, 1962

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A Chase Manhattan Bank check belonging to James Baldwin, made payable to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee on September 23, 1962 in the amount of $150.00. The check is endorsed on the recto by Paul Brooks of the Chicago Branch of SNCC.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.99.45
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gelatin silver prints

Checker Game in Greenwich Village

1940s

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A black-and-white photograph of kids playing checkers at a small table on the sidewalk in Greenwich Village.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.74.164
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Photographs and Still Images

Checker players at the corner of Sixth and Q Streets N. W. Washington, D. C.

March 1974

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A black-and-white photograph of seven men wearing coats and hats outside a storefront. Several of the men sit on upturned crates around a checkerboard balanced on one man's lap. The photograph is attached to a thick mounting board. The board is stamped on…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.15.6
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Photographs and Still Images

Checkers players

1949; printed 2000

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A black and white photograph of a large group of men observing two separate games of checkers. The two checker tables, seated competitors, and bystanders are positioned on the sidewalk outside the store front of Babe's Place in the Hill District of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.29
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Music

Checkmate

Biography

Checkmate is a Canadian rapper from Vancouver, best known as one of the collaborating artists on Rascalz' influential 1998 single "Northern Touch". He is also a Juno Award nominee for Rap Recording of the Year for his single "R.A.W." at the Juno Awards of…

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Music

Chedda Da Connect

1986–

Courtney Allen Milburn (born January 18, 1986), better known by his stage name Chedda da Connect, is an American rapper, singer, and record executive from Houston, Texas. He is best known for his 2015 single "Flicka da Wrist", which peaked at number 94 on…

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Historical photographs & visual records

"Chef coutumier paré d'attributs en or" [Customary chief adorned with gold attributes], Côte d'Ivoire

Date not recorded

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REPUBLIQUE DE COTE D'IVOIRE[,] Chef coutumier paré d'attributs en or; 78 368 S; circle [logo]; Reproduction interdite; globe with location of C.I. [image]; IMPRIME[,] EN[,] FRANCE . Photographed by Nourault, J.C., photographer. Published by Edité pour la…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0784
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Historical photographs & visual records

"Chef des Sarakolets à Kindia" [Chief of Sarakolets in Kindia], Kindia, Guinée

Date not recorded

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Colonies Française; GUINÉE. -- Chef des Sarakolets à Kindia; CARTE POSTALE; La correspondance au recto n'est pas acceptée par tous les pays étrangers[,] (Se renseigner à la Poste); Partie réservée à la Correspondance; Adresse du Destinataire. Photographed…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-1138
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Historical photographs & visual records

Chef, Hermanus (Cape of Good Hope, South Africa)

1960

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Cataloged as “Chef, Hermanus (Cape of Good Hope, South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-065223
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Historical photographs & visual records

Chef médaillé avec ses Femmes et Enfants Katanga-Congo

ca. 1910

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Printed caption on recto reads: "Chef médaillé avec ses Femmes et Enfants. - Katanga-Congo." Translated caption reads, "The decorated chief with his wives and children. Katanga-Congo." Items EEPA CG-15-59 and EEPA CG-15-60 are duplicate postcards.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1985-140835
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Historical photographs & visual records

Chef prepares lunch on the pinnace.

2000-02-01

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Chef prepares lunch on the pinnace. Kitchen set up on the 3 day boat trip on Pinnace to Timbuktu. Original Carousel number, 12, slide number, 43.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1444
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Historical photographs & visual records

Chef preparing dinner at the campsite

2000-02-01

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Chef preparing dinner at the campsite. Original Carousel number, 12, slide number, 112.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1511
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BIOGRAPHY
Literature

Chef Tone

1983–

Tony Scales (born June 13, 1983), known professionally as Chef Tone, is an American record producer and songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for his co-writing or producing releases from American R&B singer Trey Songz, including his 2009…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Chefs féticheurs dahoméens

ca. 1910

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Printed caption on recto reads: "Chefs féticheurs dahoméens." Postmarked postage stamp on recto. Manuscript message and address on verso.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 2013-001-0227
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Historical photographs & visual records

Cheko performance - women masqueraders Inland Delta region, Niger

June 1989

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Cataloged as “Cheko performance - women masqueraders Inland Delta region, Niger” (Slides (photographs); Color slides).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1989-006, Item EEPA 1989-061143
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Arts & Performance

Chelsea Brown

1942–2017

Chelsea Brown (born Lois Brown, December 6, 1942 – March 27, 2017) was an American-born actress of television and film, comedian and dancer, who appeared as a regular performer in comedy series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. She had a successful career in her…

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Film & Television

Chelsea Harris

Biography

Chelsea Harris is an American actress best known for roles on Just Jordan, Designated Survivor and Snowpiercer. She played Necie on The Neighborhood from 2022–2023.

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Music

Chelsea Tavares

1991–

Chelsea Royce Tavares is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Cranberry on the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous, Autumn Williams on the Nickelodeon series Just Jordan, Patience Robinson in The CW series All American, and the…

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