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Thais de Souza Ferreira (born 19 September 1988) is a Brazilian community activist and politician who has been a councilwoman for the Municipal Chamber of the city of Rio de Janeiro since 2021. A community leader in the neighborhood of Irajá, in the North…
2008
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn archival pigment print photograph of collaged images featuring a photographic portrait of an enslaved woman named Delia taken by Louis Agassiz in 1850, shown in silhouette against an 1857 map of the United States. The map illustrates the populations of…
Date not recorded
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Thatched hut and a man with cotton, Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).
2004 November 15
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThatched roof top of home. Original Carousel number, 3, slide number, 113.
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Thavolia Glymph is an American historian and professor. She is Professor of History and African-American Studies at Duke University. She specializes in nineteenth-century US history, African-American history and women’s history, authoring Out of the House…
1992–
Kevon André Samuels (born August 13, 1992), better known by his stage name The 6th Letter, is a Canadian rapper from Toronto. He is a member of the hip hop collective Bakers Club.
July 1945
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPeriodical of the A.M.E. Zion Quarterly Review. The blue cover has a black border with a cross design. Below the title is a list of topics in this issue which begins with [The Church of Christ in / the New Testament / J. Leonard Farmer]. The booklet is…
1946
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGPeriodical of the A.M.E. Zion Quarterly Review. The red cover has a black decorative border. The top of the cover has a scroll graphic with the date of 1796 and a list of names. Below this is the title followed by [Summer Issue / SESQUICENTENNIAL YEAR /…
August 10, 1934
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe Adviser Weekly vol. 1 no. 3, featuring an open letter from the United Economic & Commercial League (U. E. & C. League) and a photograph of the league’s president, Dr. Albert Heard. The magazine is printed on two (2) sheets of folded white newsprint…
1975-06-13
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "The Akarigbo of Shagamu hangs on the wall. Done in Ibadan in 1956. He said it was"like a church". He is Christian".
[18--]
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGEleven Chiefs donned in ceremonial dress are seated with Colonial officials, at the opening of the Lagos Courts. The man sitting second from the left is the Alake of Egbaland, Gbadebo I, the paramount king of the Egba in Abeokuta, Ogun State. He reigned…
1973-10-21
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, ""The Apostolic Church- Ikenne-remo- Lagos area"is on front sign. Friday A.M.".
1965
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThe Architectural Heritage of the Piscataqua by John Mead Howells. The hardback book has a paper dustcover that is primarily dark blue and features a large black-and-white photograph of a large, white, three-gabled house with black shutters. Printed across…
1940
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis oil painting depicts a street scene with a group of men arguing. In the painting's foreground are five men standing in a rough circle. Two men have their backs to the viewer, one tall thin figure wearing a grey suit and fedora. He carries a cigarette…
1979; printed 2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a woman preparing wine for communion. She is pouring wine from a bottle into a communion cup. There are a several cups already filled and in the serving tray. The rim of her hat is visible at the…
August 2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color photographic print depicting the audience at the House of Latex Ball held at the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan in August 2007. The image depicts a large, colorful crowd of people standing and facing forward, most with their attention just to the…
August 2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA color digital image of the audience at the House of Latex Ball held at the Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan in August 2007. The image depicts a large, colorful crowd of people standing and facing forward, most with their attention just to the left of the…
1997
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph by Kenneth Royster of a river baptism. The image shows three (3) unidentified men in the center. They are all wearing white and standing in waist-deep water. The figure in the middle is turned away from the camera, looking…
1996
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph by Kenneth Royster of a river baptism. Three (3) men are in the center of the image, clasping hands and walking into the water. The man in the center is wearing a white baptismal robe with pleats down the front. The man on the…
1995
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph by Kenneth Royster of the baptism of Ms. Robinson. There are three (3) figures in the image, all dressed in white and standing in waist-deep water. Ms. Robinson is in the center of the image. She is shown in motion, emerging…
October 3, 1811
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA framed etching with watercolor print depicting a bare knuckle boxing match between Tom Molineaux and Tom Cribb that took place on September 28, 1811. Molineaux and Cribb are depicted shirtless. The scene shows Cribb landing a punch on Molineaux. Five…
1853
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA book titled “The Believer’s Pocket Companion” (2017.78.3.1) and a small paper card (2017.78.3.2) owned by Marquis Peterson. The book has a brown cover with a gold lettering on the spine and a decorative design on the cover. The book is inscribed on the…
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA large black yearbook, “The Bell” for the United States Army Combined Arms Center class of 1968 at Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas. The Bell showcases photographs of its military students, their families, activities, honors, and duties. On the spine…
October 3, 2009; printed 2012
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of a close-up of a sign annoucing "'The Big' Checkers Match of the Century" between "Big O" and the "The Pressure Man" at 813 S Street on October 17, 2009 at 4:30pm. The sign advises people that "there will be a doctor on hand…
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