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Historical photographs & visual records

Woman carrying baby on back, Ilara, Nigeria

Date not recorded

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Original text on slide reads, "Woman carrying baby on back".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-0947
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Woman cooking in her home, Dimeka, South Omo Zone, Ethiopia

2010-10-09

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Original Carousel 26, slide 90.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3287
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Woman cooking inside Boala home

2000-01-24

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Woman cooking inside Boala home. Original Carousel number, 7, slide number, 81.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0814
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Woman dressed up, Ekumfi Atwa Festival

1986

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Donor notes read: "Ekumfi Atwa Festival; "Clown" woman dressed up with large buttocks. Sept. 20, 1986. The date on the slide is DEC 86.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-0826
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Woman emerging from home, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia

2010-10-13

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Cataloged as “Woman emerging from home, Gamo Highlands, Ethiopia” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3465
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Woman emerging from thatched home, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia

2010-10-06

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Original Carousel 25, slide 66.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3150
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Woman holding pangolin in Ikenne market, Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria

1973-11-01

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Original text on slide reads, "Woman holding pangolin in Ikenne market. Wednesday. Market Day".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1386
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Woman holding smoke rat in Ikenne market, Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria

1973-11-21

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Original text on slide reads, "Woman holding smoke rat in Ikenne market. Wednesday. Market Day".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1387
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Woman holds hunted greater cane rats, Ikenne, Nigeria

1988-07

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Original text on slide reads, "Woman holds hunted greater cane rats".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1568
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Photographs and Still Images

Woman in brown dress with children - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

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This image depicts a woman and two young children standing at the entrance of a yellow tent at Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. One yellow tent flap is folded back allowing the woman to peek though the opening. She wears a brown dress…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.116.35
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Woman in colorful dress, M'Bouna

2000-02-01

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Woman in colorful dress. Original Carousel number, 12, slide number, 61.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1462
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Woman in deep trance holding cowry club, Near Lome, Togo

2004 November 20

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Woman in deep trance holding cowry club. Original Carousel number, 6, slide number, 56.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0719
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Photographs and Still Images

Woman in front of her home with her dogs

1977-1981; printed 2007

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This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a woman in front of her home with her dogs. In this portrait-oriented photograph a woman stands in her yard with her four dogs. She is wearing a sleeveless vest over a patterned dress and a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.310.6
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Woman in national dress. St. Lucia. W. I.

ca. 1905

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A picture postcard of an unidentified woman from Saint Lucia in traditional a Creole chemise jupe ensemble. She is featured seated on a bench resting her right arm on the back. She is wearing a white blouse with a dark foulard scarf tucked into her long…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.151.6
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negatives

Woman in Open Casket, Post-Mortem

1948 - 1970s

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Woman in Open Casket, Post-Mortem.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.69.4.66.B
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Woman leaning against railing, Bronkhorspruit (South Africa)

1979

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Cataloged as “Woman leaning against railing, Bronkhorspruit (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-065774
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Woman living in witches village in door of home

2004 November 12

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Woman living in witches' village in door of home. Original Carousel number, 2, Slide number, 118.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0251
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Woman looking out of window from home, Bohican, Benin

2004 November 17

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Woman looking out of window from home. Original Carousel number, 4, slide number, 101.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0496
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Books and Published Materials

Woman, Man, and Club of the Year, 1956

February 23, 1957

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A newspaper clipping from the front page of the Sun-Reporter with three (3) photographs showing the recipients of the Sun-Reporter’s 1956 woman, man, and club of the year awards. The clipping is taped to a faded green piece of construction paper that is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.60.1.4
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Woman next to fire with large cooking bowls, Ikenne, Nigeria

1988-07

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Original text on slide reads, "Woman and children next to fire with large cooking bowls".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1564
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Woman posing new Adire styles

1985

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Cataloged as “Woman posing new Adire styles” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3330
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Woman preparing casava

1978

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Donor notes read: "Woman preparing casava. Taken at P.C. Agriculture Training Sept. 23-29, 1978. The date on the slide is JAN 79.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1243
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Woman preparing pot for cooking, Ikenne, Nigeria

1988-07

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Original text on slide reads, "Woman preparing pot for cooking as children look onn?".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1563
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