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Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Track cleats worn by Wyomia Tyus in the 1964 Tokyo XVIII Olympics

1964

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A pair of Adidas track cleats worn by Wyomia Tyus in the 1964 Tokyo XVIII Olympics. The shoes are predominantly white leather with three (3) blue leather stripes that run down the interior and exterior sides of the shoes. There is additional blue leather…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.52.1ab
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Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Track jersey for University of Texas at El Paso worn by Bob Beamon

ca. 1968

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Sleeveless orange University of Texas track jersey worn by Bob Beamon. The jersey has a white boder around the neck and arms and a white [UT] logo inside of a white circle on the center front of the jersey. The proper left front is signed with black ink:…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.107.11
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Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Track jersey worn by Edwin Moses

1987

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A sleeveless track jersey worn by Edwin Moses. The jersey is blue, bordered in white, and with white panels at the sides. Across the front are white letters bordered in red reading [USA]. The proper right strap has the Kappa logo screenprinted in white. It…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.107.10.1
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Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Track shoes worn by Carl Lewis

ca. 1994

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A pair of custom designed spike track shoes worn by Carl Lewis. The upper body is primarily a white mesh material. Gold metallic material on the heel, around the laces, on both sides of the toe box, and on the toe. The shoes have white laces. There is a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.154.55ab
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Tools and Equipment

Track shoes worn by Carl Lewis for the University of Houston

1980

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A pair of blue and yellow Adidas track shoes used by Carl Lewis. The body of the shoes are primarily made of blue synthetic, a darker blue suede is used along the toe and heel. Three diagonal yellow stripes with zigzag edges are machine sewn on both sides…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.154.52.1ab
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Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Track shoes worn by Jackie Joyner-Kersee at the 1984 Olympic trials

1984

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A pair of track shoes worn by Jackie Joyner-Kersee. The shoes are white with three vertical, orange stripes on the outside of each shoe. At the center of the tongue of the shoe is an orange box with the Adidas logo in black at center. The heel of the shoe…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.219.7ab
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Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Track shorts worn by Edwin Moses

1987

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A pair of white and blue track shorts worn by Edwin Moses. The shorts are blue with white borders around legs and white panels at the sides. There is a white Kappa logo of a man and a woman sitting back-to-back at the bottom of the proper left leg. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.107.10.2
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Track shorts worn by Wyomia Tyus for the 1968 Mexico XIX Olympics

1968

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A pair of Wilson track shorts, size 24, worn by Wyomia Tyus for the 1968 Mexico XIX Olympics. The shorts are navy blue. The shorts have an elastic waistband and leg holes. They are not lined. A white label is stitched to the interior center back waist band…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.52.4
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Track suit for the TSU Tigerbelles worn by Chandra Cheeseborough

1977

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A jacket and pair of pants that are a two-piece warm-up track suit for the Tennessee State University Women's track team, the Tigerbelles, worn by Chandra Cheeseborough. 1. A long-sleeve jacket with a collar and zipper front closure. The jacket is an…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.218.1-.2
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Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Track uniform for the Santa Monica Track Club worn by Carl Lewis

1990

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Blue Santa Monica Track Club leotard made of shiny synthetic spandex fabric. The leotard has a tank style top with racer back connected at the center of the front and verso to a brief style bottom leaving the sides of the torso as open cut-outs. There is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.154.68
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Photographs and Still Images

Tracks Leaving Tulsa at Archer and Greenwood

1974

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A sepia toned digital image of railroad tracks in the Greenwood neighborhood in Tulsa, OK. The tracks are in the center of the image. Two rows of buildings are on either side of the railroad tracks. The skyline of downtown Tulsa is in the background.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.67.49
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Education & Scholarship

Tracy D. Hall

Biography

Tracy D. Hall is an American academic administrator who is president of Southwest Tennessee Community College.

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Politics

Tracy L. Boyland

1968–

Tracy L. Boyland (born December 18, 1968) is an American politician who served in the New York City Council from the 41st district from 1998 to 2005. A Democrat, she represented a Brooklyn district covering parts of Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Crown…

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Biography & Culture

Tracy Reese

1964–

Tracy Reese (born February 12, 1964) is an American fashion designer who specializes in women's ready-to-wear clothing, accessories, and home fashions such as linens. She is a board member of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, having been…

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Biography & Culture

Tracy Smith Malone

Biography

Tracy Smith Malone is an American bishop in the United Methodist Church. She has served as president of the United Methodist Council of Bishops since 2024. Malone is the first Black woman to serve as President of the Council of Bishops in the United…

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Education & Scholarship

Tracy Y. Espy

Biography

Tracy Y. Espy is a U.S. academic administrator and expert on human development and family therapy serving as the eighth president of Mitchell College since 2020. She was previously the provost and vice president of academic affairs at Pfeiffer University.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Slavery and Freedom Objects

Trade card for the "Great Negro Mart" in Memphis, Tennessee

1859-1860

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A trade card with printed black type for the slave traders Hill, Ware and Chrisp. Text on the obverse reads, "GREAT / NEGRO MART, / No. 87, ADAMS STREET, / MEMPHIS, --- TENN. / The undersigned would announce to the community at large, that they will…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.63.17
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Advertisements

Trade card for the slave dealers Blount & Dawson in Savannah, Georgia

ca. 1860

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A letterpress printed trade card for the slave dealers Blount and Dawson, printd in black ink on off-white paper stock. Large text in various decorative fonts reads: [A CARD. / BLOUNT & DAWSON, / GENERAL BROKERS / For the Purchase and Sale of Negroes and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2009.9.8
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Trade token for the Sanitary Dairy of Barnesville, OH owned by Marquis Peterson

late 19th century

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An oval trade token for a quart of milk owned by Marquis Peterson. The token is silver with embossed lettering and decorative dashes around the edge. On the frontside of the token is “GOOD FOR / 1 / QUART OF MILK.” On the backside of the token is “SANITARY…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.78.5
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Historical photographs & visual records

Traditional clothing, Nhlangano (Swaziland)

1947

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

Cataloged as “Traditional clothing, Nhlangano (Swaziland)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063197
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Visual Arts

Traditional Grain Storage II

2014

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A traditional sweet-grass basket made by Mary A. Jackson. The basket is wide and has a round shape that tapers slightly at the top. It has a flat bottom. The basket has two handles and a removable lid (2015.50.1b). The lid rests on top and has a narrow…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.50.1ab
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Historical photographs & visual records

Traditional Hausa home, Kano, Nigeria

1974

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Cataloged as “Traditional Hausa home, Kano, Nigeria” (Color slides).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2018-003, Item EEPA 2018-003-0103
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Sports

Trae Coyle

2001–

Trae Bailey Coyle (born 11 January 2001) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger for League of Ireland Premier Division club Waterford.

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gelatin silver prints

Train to Coney Island

1940s

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A black-and-white photograph of children and their parents on the way to Coney Island.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.74.168
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