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Children carrying water storage jars on their backs, outside of Woki Duba, Eritrea

2001

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Cataloged as “Children carrying water storage jars on their backs, outside of Woki Duba, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1776
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Children carrying water up steps, Mali

1967

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Cataloged as “Children carrying water up steps, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1008
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Children checking on smoking fish in a village on the shore of Kainji Reservoir, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “Children checking on smoking fish in a village on the shore of Kainji Reservoir, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1182
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MUSEUM OBJECT
gelatin silver prints

Children cutting bread which was brought to the Free Huey Rally by the Diggers, De Fremery Park, Oakland, CA, No. 35

July 28, 1968; printed 2012

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A black-and-white image of five young African American boys sitting on the grass cutting loaves of bread.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.83.5
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Children dancing at event in front of Christian church

ca. 1923-1925

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Cataloged as “Children dancing at event in front of Christian church” (Photographic prints).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1997-006, Item EEPA.1997-006-0076
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Children doing calculations in the sand outside of schoolhouse, Kalahari Desert, Botswana

1947

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Cataloged as “Children doing calculations in the sand outside of schoolhouse, Kalahari Desert, Botswana” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068043
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Children fishing with makeshift fishing rods in the Niger River, near Yelwa, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “Children fishing with makeshift fishing rods in the Niger River, near Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1233
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Children following an Anogiri Masquerader at an Olimi festival, Ogute, Nigeria

1973

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Cataloged as “Children following an Anogiri Masquerader at an Olimi festival, Ogute, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-6367
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Children from Aouré village waiting for tourist group on the shore

2000-02-02

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Children from Aouré village waiting for tourist group on the shore. Original Carousel number, 12, slide number, 122.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1521
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Children from Metropolitan Baptist Church use letters to announce Easter on the Washington Monument grounds, Washington, D.C., 1999

1999; printed 2012

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A black-and-white photograph of nine children standing on a flower lined stage. They are holding signs with letters that spell “EASTER.” Several people are facing them in the foreground. No inscriptions on the front or back.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.144.7
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Children from Sebi village

2000-02-02

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Children from Sebi village. Original Carousel number, 13, slide number, 42.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1578
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Children gather around Linda Doochin, Ifaty, Madagascar

2003-09-04

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Original Carousel 18, slide 92.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2278
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Children gather for ceremony

2000-01-29

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Children gather for ceremony. Original Carousel number, 10, slide number, 67.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1211
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Children gather in a courtyard near a village Mosque, Sofara, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “Children gather in a courtyard near a village Mosque, Sofara, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2379
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Children gathered around a Peul woman, Niafunke, Mali

1968-1971

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Cataloged as “Children gathered around a Peul woman, Niafunke, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-3088
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Children gathered around a seller of staffs on a street, Tombouctou, Mali

1968

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Cataloged as “Children gathered around a seller of staffs on a street, Tombouctou, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2993
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Children gathered around Achetu Obamina as she spins cotton in the Imiomoka Quarter, Okpella, Nigeria

1974

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Cataloged as “Children gathered around Achetu Obamina as she spins cotton in the Imiomoka Quarter, Okpella, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-6465
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Children gathered around an Olimi Idebua Masquerade performer, Olimi Festival, Imiamune Quarter, Afokpella, Okpella, Etsako, Nigeria

1973

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Cataloged as “Children gathered around an Olimi Idebua Masquerade performer, Olimi Festival, Imiamune Quarter, Afokpella, Okpella, Etsako, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-1964
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Children gathered around drummers during a celebration in a village, Eritrea

2002

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Cataloged as “Children gathered around drummers during a celebration in a village, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1995
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Children gathered around signs for a hairdressing establishment in the Iyeluwa Quarter, Afokpella, Nigeria

1974

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Cataloged as “Children gathered around signs for a hairdressing establishment in the Iyeluwa Quarter, Afokpella, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-6457
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Children gathered at a market in Yelwa, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “Children gathered at a market in Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-2263
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Children gathered in a resettlement village, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “Children gathered in a resettlement village, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1272
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Children gathered in a village on the shore of Kainji Reservoir, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “Children gathered in a village on the shore of Kainji Reservoir, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1181
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