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1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Bambara man embroidering a textile in Bamako, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).
1974
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Bamgboye and Lamidi Fakeye at Bamgboye's home, Odo Owa, Ekiti” (Slides (photographs)).
1974
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Bamidele Areogun's compound and family, Osi, Ekiti” (Slides (photographs)).
1860s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA six-string banjo handmade by Lew Snowden. The banjo is made of wood and metal with a skin drum head. The skin is split and curled in several places. The head of the banjo has only one tuning peg attached, and no strings are attached. There are faint…
1793
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis Banneker's Almanack is a 48-page printed booklet printed in 1793. The almanac is a booklet comprised of 8 segments of folded paper, bound together by two stitches of cream-colored thread on the left-hand side that are knotted at the back. The top edge…
1997
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGLong white vinyl banner with purple, gold, and black print. The banner features an image of Biddy Mason, the church, and "1872-1997" dates.
ca. 1992
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA banner that the hip-hop group Public enemy would hang behind them when performing at various gigs. The banner is made of black linen and features the group's logo of a figure appearing through a scope printed in yellow paint.
2014
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA handmade cloth banner of white paint on a black cloth. A quote on the banner reads: [When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty]. The banner was used as the backdrop for speakers and activists during an October 2014 Ferguson, Missouri protest…
ca. 1992
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA banner that the hip hop group Public Enemy would hang behind them when performing at various gigs. The banner is made of red synthetic fabric with the Public Enemy logo printed inblack acrylic paint.
ca. 1924
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA purple silk banner with gold fringe created for the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. The message "OKLAHOMA / FEDERATION / OF / COLORED WOMEN / 1910" is painted across the banner in large gold letters. The bottom of the banner is scalloped…
ca. 1924
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA purple silk banner with gold fringe and the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs' motto, "LIFTING / AS / WE CLIMB" painted in large gold letters. The banner was used by the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. T Above the words is a…
1981
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Baptism at Saint Mathew Anglican Church” (Slides (photographs)).
1946
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGBaptism in Zulu Jordan, 1946. Original caption found in Bengt Sundkler's book "Bantu Prophet in South Africa." The rest of the caption below the photograph reads as follows: "The bundle of palm leaves stresses the River Jrodan connotations." Two men are in…
1986-1990
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of an infant being held by a woman over a baptismal font while a priest pours water over his head.
1983
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Baptist Church façade, Western Cape” (Negatives (photographic)).
1960s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn oil painting depicting a scene of pastoral life in Louisiana. A white church with green-trimmed doors and windows is featured prominently in the center of the canvas. The area behind the church is interspersed with trees, and the sky behind the church…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA raised chair meant to be used while sitting at a bar or another kind of elevated counter. The chair has a wide, rounded seat and a rounded back in a "C" shape leaving a cutout portion at the lower edge where the back meets the seat. The back and seat of…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA raised chair meant to be used while sitting at a bar or another kind of elevated counter. The chair has a wide, rounded seat and a rounded back in a "C" shape leaving a cutout portion at the lower edge where the back meets the seat. The back and seat of…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA raised chair meant to be used while sitting at a bar or another kind of elevated counter. The chair has a wide, rounded seat and a rounded back in a "C" shape leaving a cutout portion at the lower edge where the back meets the seat. The back and seat of…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA raised chair meant to be used while sitting at a bar or another kind of elevated counter. The chair has a wide, rounded seat and a rounded back in a "C" shape leaving a cutout portion at the lower edge where the back meets the seat. The back and seat of…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA bar counter faced with padded red vinyl. On the front red vinyl surface, "MR. MUSE" is written in large capital letters via metal rivets secured through the vinyl and padding to the wood below, creating a slightly quilted look. The bar frame is…
1941-1994
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA bar of soap wrapped in cream white paper with print in blue ink that says, “Lisa / Luxury Soap” with a logo design made up of four circles above the writing.
May 26, 1996
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPortrait of Barack and Michelle Obama seated on a couch in their home in Hyde Park, Chicago. Barack Obama, wearing a dark shirt and khaki pants, is sitting casually, his legs crossed with his right arm draped across the couch back, and his left arm around…
1961–
Obama served two terms as the 44th U.S. president after a career as a community organizer, lawyer and senator, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.
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