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Children standing behind a sacred agricultural object, Kori Kori, Mali

1969

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Cataloged as “Children standing behind a sacred agricultural object, Kori Kori, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2291
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Children standing by a fence in their village, Kalahari Desert, Botswana

1947

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Cataloged as “Children standing by a fence in their village, Kalahari Desert, Botswana” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068017
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Children standing by as their mother cleans using a straw broom, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “Children standing by as their mother cleans using a straw broom, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-2120
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Children standing in front of a stone wall, Eritrea

circa 1997

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Cataloged as “Children standing in front of a stone wall, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1058
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Children standing in front of a stone wall in a village, Western Eritrea

1998

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Cataloged as “Children standing in front of a stone wall in a village, Western Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1744
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Children standing in front of a tent in a camp, outside of Nakfa, Eritrea

2001

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Cataloged as “Children standing in front of a tent in a camp, outside of Nakfa, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1858
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Children Standing in Front of Dwellings

1998

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EEPA 2007-003-2505.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2007-003_ref62
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Children standing in front of houses in a small village outside of Bamako, Mali

1966-1973

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Cataloged as “Children standing in front of houses in a small village outside of Bamako, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-0826
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Children standing in front of the entrance of a Djenné-style house, Mopti, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “Children standing in front of the entrance of a Djenné-style house, Mopti, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2722
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Children standing in line, holding books and writing tablets, Kalahari Desert, Botswana

1947

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Cataloged as “Children standing in line, holding books and writing tablets, Kalahari Desert, Botswana” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067994
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Children standing inside schoolhouse, Kalahari Desert, Botswana

1947

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Cataloged as “Children standing inside schoolhouse, Kalahari Desert, Botswana” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068046
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Children standing on the outskirts of a village with round dwellings, near Yelwa, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “Children standing on the outskirts of a village with round dwellings, near Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1951
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Children standing outside of a village, Eritrea

2002

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Cataloged as “Children standing outside of a village, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1977
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Children standing outside of houses and granaries, Koulikoro, Mali

1968

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Cataloged as “Children standing outside of houses and granaries, Koulikoro, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2162
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Children standing outside of the Sévaré mosque, Sévaré, Mali

1966-1973

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Cataloged as “Children standing outside of the Sévaré mosque, Sévaré, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2218
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Children standing with radios in a resettlement village, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria

1967-1969

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

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-2220
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Children Studying

1940

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A black-and-white photograph of three young African-American girls reading out of a book written in Hebrew while a boy looks on. A fourth girl studies a Hebrew alphabet. The photograph is signed by the photographer in the bottom right corner.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.38.1
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Children studying at a school, Keren, Eritrea

1995-1997

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Cataloged as “Children studying at a school, Keren, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1236
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Children under sign for Lion matches, Soweto (South Africa)

1988

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Cataloged as “Children under sign for Lion matches, Soweto (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067021
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Children wading in water

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Children wading in water” (Photographic prints).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-002, Item EEPA.1998-002-0167
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Children wait under mural of Mami Wata

2000-01-29

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Children wait under mural of Mami Wata. Original Carousel number, 10, slide number, 64.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1208
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Children waiting to be seen by Dr. B.B. waddy in a village near Kainji Reservoir, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “Children waiting to be seen by Dr. B.B. waddy in a village near Kainji Reservoir, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1248
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Children waiting to be seen by Dr. B.B. Waddy, near Yelwa, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “Children waiting to be seen by Dr. B.B. Waddy, near Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1925
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[Children walk by coral limestone homes], Lamu Island, Kenya

1966-02

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Cataloged as “[Children walk by coral limestone homes], Lamu Island, Kenya” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0168
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