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Historical photographs & visual records

Community Arts Project Cape Town, South Africa

Date not recorded

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Community Arts Project is near District 6.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2010-010, Item EEPA 2010-010-1051
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Community Arts Project mural commemorating District 6 razing by government when people were scattered to townships Cape Town, South Africa

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"Community Arts Project is near District 6." [ms. on slide].

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2010-010, Item EEPA 2010-010-1048
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Historical photographs & documents

"Community Control"

circa 1969

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Documentary film about an experiment to allow more community control over education in three school districts in New York state. 2012.79.1.31.1a.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2012.79.av_ref225
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Photographs and Still Images

Community elders in their almost daily gathering place in downtown Woodville, Wilkinson County, Mississippi

July 1975

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This black and white photographic print depicts five elderly men sitting on a wooden porch attached to a wooden clapboard house. The man on the left, sitting in a rocking chair, wears a light colored short sleeve shirt, and light colored pants. The man…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.125.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Community Film Showing

2015

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A black-and-white archival process photograph of Nicolas Pilarski and other members of the I, Destini cast and crew at a community film showing. The individuals photographed (R-L) are Nicolas Pilarski, Lattina Riley and Carlos Riley. An unidentified man…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.46
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Photographs and Still Images

Community Film Showing

2015

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A black-and-white photograph of Destini Riley and Nicholas Pilarski addressing an audience at a community film screening for their film I, Destini. Riley, who wears a long-sleeved sweater, can be seen on the left holding a microphone. Her co-director,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.94.4.51
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Historical photographs & visual records

[Community gathering]

circa 1909

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Manuscript date and postmarked postage stamp on recto; manuscript message and address on verso.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA GV 2012-001-0774
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Community gathering during the final day of an Ibake Title ceremony, Azukhala-Experi, Nigeria

1973

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Cataloged as “Community gathering during the final day of an Ibake Title ceremony, Azukhala-Experi, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5880
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Community Gathering, Ibake Title, Azukhala, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1973

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Cataloged as “Community Gathering, Ibake Title, Azukhala, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-1717
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Community Gathering, Ibake Title (Final Day), Azukhala, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria

1973

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Cataloged as “Community Gathering, Ibake Title (Final Day), Azukhala, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-1732
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Community house in Tsemay village, Omo River Valley, Ethiopia

2010-10-06

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Original Carousel 25, slide 64.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3148
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gelatin silver prints

Community in Prayer

1940

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A black-and-white photograph of a congregation of men and women raising their hands in the air to receive prayer. The photograph is signed by the photographer in the bottom right corner.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.38.6
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Awards, Medals, and Insignia

Community Spirit award in memory of Emmett Ashford

1981

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A wood plaque with a black and white photograph of Emmett Ashford umpiring. Also attached to wood plaque is a black metal plate with an inscription. The photograph features Ashford at center with his left side facing the viewer. Ashford is gesturing wildly…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.16.2
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Historical photographs & visual records

"Compagnie des Chargeurs-Réunis." [Company of the Reunited Chargers.], Conakry, Guinée

Date not recorded

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A.D.S. - Conakry : Compagnie des Chargeurs-Réunis; (N° 103 Série 1).; NELS [logo]. Published by NELS.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-0914
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Photographs and Still Images

Company C 367th Infantry "Just back from France"

March 1919

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Panorama of Company C of the 367th Infantry just back from France in 1919. The photograph features six rows of soldiers dressed in uniform. The soldiers in the two back lines are standing staggered so that all are visible. The middle two rows features…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.24.2
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Photographs and Still Images

Company C. 367th Infantry N. A. Camp Upton L.I. May 1918

May 1918

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Panorama of Company C of the 367th Infantry at Camp Upton, New York in 1918 before deploying to France. The photograph features five rows of soldiers dressed in uniform. A building with men in the windows is partially visible behind the company. Included…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.24.1
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Company P 506th Engineer Service Battalion Camp Lee 1149 G

1917-1918

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A photographic postcard of Company P 506th Engineers Service Battalion at Camp Lee. The photograph features two rows of men in work pants and a jacket or overalls and long sleeve shirts wearing a variety of hats. All of the men stand in a grassy field…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.29.83
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Historical photographs & documents

Comparison of Gangway Lines of the Downer Plat with Present line of occupation of the Gangways written by Wm S. Hames

1870

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Cataloged as “Comparison of Gangway Lines of the Downer Plat with Present line of occupation of the Gangways written by Wm S. Hames” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.17.2_ref129
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Historical photographs & documents

Compilation of race film trailers

1930-1990

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Compilation of race film trailers including Dark Manhattan and Midnight Shadow.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2012.79.av_ref256
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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Compilation reel with Benny Goodman performances

1937 and 1961

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A compilation reel with scenes from The Big Broadcast of 1937 and a Benny Goodman performance. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical sound. The first film opens with a scene from…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.275.11.1a
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Time-based Media - Moving Images

Compilation reel with clips from The Judy Garland Shows

1963

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A compilation reel with clips from The Judy Garland Show (television series) and The Judy Garland Show (television special), aired on CBS. It consists of a single reel of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with bilateral variable-area optical…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.275.46.1a
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Historical photographs & documents

Complaints, Affidavits, and Evidence Relating to Court Cases

Apr.–Dec. 1866

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Cataloged as “Complaints, Affidavits, and Evidence Relating to Court Cases”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1904, Item 4.25.14.1
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Historical photographs & documents

Complaints and Settlements

Aug.–Nov. 1867

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Cataloged as “Complaints and Settlements”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1907, Item 3.48.4.1
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