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Historical photographs & visual records

Constance Stuart Larrabee with Swazi warriors, Nhlangano (Swaziland)

1947

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Cataloged as “Constance Stuart Larrabee with Swazi warriors, Nhlangano (Swaziland)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063006
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Constance Stuart Larrabee with woman, Pretoria (South Africa)

1960

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Cataloged as “Constance Stuart Larrabee with woman, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-065488
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Constance Stuart Larrabee working in her photography studio, Pretoria (South Africa)

1939

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Cataloged as “Constance Stuart Larrabee working in her photography studio, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-064904
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Constance Stuart Larrabeeand friends on trolley cart, Livingston (Zambia)

1939

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Cataloged as “Constance Stuart Larrabeeand friends on trolley cart, Livingston (Zambia)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-064653
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Constance Stuart Larrrabee and man in front of house, Livingston (Zambia)

1939

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Cataloged as “Constance Stuart Larrrabee and man in front of house, Livingston (Zambia)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-064585
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Constance Stuary Larrabee reading, Somerset West (South Africa)

1947-1948

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Cataloged as “Constance Stuary Larrabee reading, Somerset West (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-064077
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Film & Television

Constance White

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Constance White was an African American woman who fought against racism and social injustices. She went to the Soviet Union in 1932, accompanied by other Harlem Renaissance members, to make a film that would depict the racial inequalities in the US.

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Historical photographs & documents

Constitution Education Project 2000

2000

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Cataloged as “Constitution Education Project 2000” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 5
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Constructing A Reservoir

[ca. 1925]

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Image of a construction site. Text on front reads: "Empreza Agricola da Boa Viagem, Limitada. Inicio dos trabalhos para a construcao do acude no rio Carloaongo, 1925." Gold border on front.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AO 1985-142195
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Constructing An Encampment

[19--]

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Image of people working on a structural frame, thatched structures in background. Printed text on recto reads: "Construcção de um acampamento." Handwritten note on verso.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AO 1985-142160
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Photographs and Still Images

Constructing tents - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

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This image depicts a group of individuals erecting a series of temporary shelters in Resurrection City on the National Mall. Thirteen individuals are assisting each other in laying wood floors and constructing wooden supports for the shelters. There are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.116.44
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[Construction: beam lifting]

ca. 1912

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Postmark, manuscript message and address on verso.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1308
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Photographs and Still Images

Construction flag person

1978

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A black-and-white photograph of a female construction worker wearing a hard hat and holding a flag in her right hand. The flag is pointed towards the street while her left hand is raised and gesturing. A man walking on a sidewalk in front of a store window…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.15.391
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Construction in town, Genadendal (South Africa)

1960

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Cataloged as “Construction in town, Genadendal (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-065192
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Construction near Muir Street Musjid Mosque, Cape Town (South Africa)

1988

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Cataloged as “Construction near Muir Street Musjid Mosque, Cape Town (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067224
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Construction of Namirembe cathedral, Kampala

1910-09-23

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Cataloged as “Construction of Namirembe cathedral, Kampala” (Photographic prints).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2000-005, Item EEPA.2000-005-0016
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Construction of passenger lorry, Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria

1973-11

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Original text on slide reads, "Construction of passenger lorry. Note price of wood".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1385
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Photographs and Still Images

Construction paper with two photographs of performing female dancers

1950-1953

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Construction paper with two silver gelatin prints depicting two (2) black-and-white images of female dancers performing on stage at Club 845 and The Rose Room. There are no inscriptions on the front or back of the paper. 2014.46.25.188a: A silver gelatin…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.46.25.188ab
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Construction scaffolding, Lake Hawassa, Ethiopia

2010-10-05

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Original Carousel 25, slide 22.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3106
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Construction scaffolding on a building in the Old Town of Massawa, Eritrea

1994

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Cataloged as “Construction scaffolding on a building in the Old Town of Massawa, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0132
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Construction sign, Johannesburg (South Africa)

1988

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Cataloged as “Construction sign, Johannesburg (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067008
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Construction Site, Osogbo, Western State, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “Construction Site, Osogbo, Western State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-0917
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Archival documents & files

Construction Site Photographs of NMAAHC by Phil Freelon, c. 2012-2015 — Series 2: Photographs, 1998; undated

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Construction Site Photographs of NMAAHC by Phil Freelon, c. 2012-2015” (Photographs).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2017.51_ref54
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