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Historical photographs & visual records

Child eating

1977

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Cataloged as “Child eating” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-0166
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Child eating corn at Makotakota Dlamini's homestead, a few miles northwest of Luyengo, Swaziland

1973-1975

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Cataloged as “Child eating corn at Makotakota Dlamini's homestead, a few miles northwest of Luyengo, Swaziland” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2018-003, Item EEPA 2018-003-0238
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Child eating grasshoppers at Makotakota Dlamini's homestead, a few miles northwest of Luyengo, Swaziland

1973-1975

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Cataloged as “Child eating grasshoppers at Makotakota Dlamini's homestead, a few miles northwest of Luyengo, Swaziland” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2018-003, Item EEPA 2018-003-0239
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Child feeding pets, Elim (Limpopo, South Africa)

1940-1941

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Cataloged as “Child feeding pets, Elim (Limpopo, South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063961
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child grinding millet crop Dogon region, Mali

1989

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Cataloged as “child grinding millet crop Dogon region, Mali” (Slides (photographs); Color slides).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1989-006, Item EEPA 1989-060571
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Child helping to place the mirror on the telescope base, using pulley system, Pretoria (South Africa)

1948

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Cataloged as “Child helping to place the mirror on the telescope base, using pulley system, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063855
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Child holding book, Kalahari Desert, Botswana

1947

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Cataloged as “Child holding book, Kalahari Desert, Botswana” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067979
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Child holding ruler, sitting next to newspaper and writing tablet, Kalahari Desert, Botswana

1947

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Cataloged as “Child holding ruler, sitting next to newspaper and writing tablet, Kalahari Desert, Botswana” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068004
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Child, Ile Odoode

1981

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Cataloged as “Child, Ile Odoode” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-0238
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Child in Doorway, Brai Oba's Compound, Ogiriga, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “Child in Doorway, Brai Oba's Compound, Ogiriga, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-2834
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Child in dooryway of building with a thatched roof, a few miles northwest of Luyengo, Swaziland

1973-1975

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Cataloged as “Child in dooryway of building with a thatched roof, a few miles northwest of Luyengo, Swaziland” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2018-003, Item EEPA 2018-003-0285
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Child in front of clothesline , Mmabatho (South Africa)

1983

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Cataloged as “Child in front of clothesline , Mmabatho (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-066472
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negatives

Child in Open Casket, Post- Mortem

1948 - 1970s

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Child in Open Casket, Post- Mortem.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.69.4.71.B
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Child in the village

2000-01-30

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Child in the village. Original Carousel number, 11, slide number, 90.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1358
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Child leaning against wall, Isalo, Madagascar

2003-09-02

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Original Carousel 17, slide 134.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2182
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Child leaning out of home, Natitingou, Benin

2004 November 15

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Child leaning out of home. Original Carousel number, 3, slide number, 95.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0360
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Child leans against family lakanas [boats], Ifaty, Madagascar

2003-09-04

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Original Carousel 18, slide 89.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2275
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Child leaving through gate, Nhlangano (Swaziland)

1947

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Cataloged as “Child leaving through gate, Nhlangano (Swaziland)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063223
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Child looking over backyard wall, Cape Town (South Africa)

1960

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Cataloged as “Child looking over backyard wall, Cape Town (South Africa)” (Photographic transparencies).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068545
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Child making alterations with sewing machine, Karat, Ethiopia

2010-10-11

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Child is a tailor making alterations on clothes on demand at the Konso market. Original Carousel 27, slide 52.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3371
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Child, Mali

1994

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A small child in a Fez-style window, Djenne, Mali. December of 1994. Photographed Sujatha Pelletier.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-003, Item EEPA.1998-003-0039
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Photographs and Still Images

Child Of The Street - 1970

1970; printed 2014

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A black-and-white gelatin silver print of a boy. The close up portrait is focused on his face. His head is tilted slightly to his left side and he is looking up. The proper left side of his face is obscured by shadow. An adhesive label on the verso has the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.206.11
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Child Olimi Masquerader (left) and Olimi Madalena Masquerader (right), Olimi Festival, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1973

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Cataloged as “Child Olimi Masquerader (left) and Olimi Madalena Masquerader (right), Olimi Festival, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-2342
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Child Olimi Masquerader, Olimi Festival, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1973

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Cataloged as “Child Olimi Masquerader, Olimi Festival, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-2267
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