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[Contact Sheet -- River, Rubber Trees, Residency at Benin] (I.B. #214)

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “[Contact Sheet -- River, Rubber Trees, Residency at Benin] (I.B. #214)” (Photographs [32056000110175]).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2008-009, Item EEPA.2008-009-0285
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[Contact Sheet -- Wife of Man in Charge of John Holt & Company; Mask Taken at Sculptor's Place; Western Nigeria] (I.B. #212)

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “[Contact Sheet -- Wife of Man in Charge of John Holt & Company; Mask Taken at Sculptor's Place; Western Nigeria] (I.B. #212)” (Photographs [32056000110175]).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2008-009, Item EEPA.2008-009-0632
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Contact sheets (2 pages).

1947 February 12

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Cataloged as “Contact sheets (2 pages).”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item 61
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Contact Sheets and Negatives - Photos of Art Smith, his Jewelry and Models, and Camille Billops (f. 1 of 8) — The Art Smith Project Life and Professional Photography

circa 1950-1986

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Cataloged as “Contact Sheets and Negatives - Photos of Art Smith, his Jewelry and Models, and Camille Billops (f. 1 of 8)” (Graphic Materials).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2022.64_ref374
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Contact Sheets and Negatives - Photos of Art Smith, his Jewelry and Models, and Camille Billops (f. 2 of 8) — The Art Smith Project Life and Professional Photography

circa 1950-1986

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Cataloged as “Contact Sheets and Negatives - Photos of Art Smith, his Jewelry and Models, and Camille Billops (f. 2 of 8)” (Graphic Materials).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2022.64_ref375
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Contact Sheets and Negatives - Photos of Art Smith, his Jewelry and Models, and Camille Billops (f. 3 of 8) — The Art Smith Project Life and Professional Photography

circa 1950-1986

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Cataloged as “Contact Sheets and Negatives - Photos of Art Smith, his Jewelry and Models, and Camille Billops (f. 3 of 8)” (Graphic Materials).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2022.64_ref376
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Contact Sheets and Negatives - Photos of Art Smith, his Jewelry and Models, and Camille Billops (f. 4 of 8) — The Art Smith Project Life and Professional Photography

circa 1950-1986

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Cataloged as “Contact Sheets and Negatives - Photos of Art Smith, his Jewelry and Models, and Camille Billops (f. 4 of 8)” (Graphic Materials).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2022.64_ref377
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Contact Sheets and Negatives - Photos of Art Smith, his Jewelry and Models, and Camille Billops (f. 5 of 8) — The Art Smith Project Life and Professional Photography

circa 1950-1986

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Cataloged as “Contact Sheets and Negatives - Photos of Art Smith, his Jewelry and Models, and Camille Billops (f. 5 of 8)” (Graphic Materials).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2022.64_ref378
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Contact Sheets and Negatives - Photos of Art Smith, his Jewelry and Models, and Camille Billops (f. 6 of 8) — The Art Smith Project Life and Professional Photography

circa 1950-1986

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Cataloged as “Contact Sheets and Negatives - Photos of Art Smith, his Jewelry and Models, and Camille Billops (f. 6 of 8)” (Graphic Materials).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2022.64_ref379
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Contact Sheets and Negatives - Photos of Art Smith, his Jewelry and Models, and Camille Billops (f. 7 of 8) — The Art Smith Project Life and Professional Photography

circa 1950-1986

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Cataloged as “Contact Sheets and Negatives - Photos of Art Smith, his Jewelry and Models, and Camille Billops (f. 7 of 8)” (Graphic Materials).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2022.64_ref380
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Contact Sheets and Negatives - Photos of Art Smith, his Jewelry and Models, and Camille Billops (f. 8 of 8) — The Art Smith Project Life and Professional Photography

circa 1950-1986

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Cataloged as “Contact Sheets and Negatives - Photos of Art Smith, his Jewelry and Models, and Camille Billops (f. 8 of 8)” (Graphic Materials).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2022.64_ref381
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Contact Sheets and Photographs of "Three Ring" Earrings, and "Paraspiral" Necklace Modeled for Promotion — Professional Photographs of Jewelry and Art Smith

circa 1950s-1960s

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Cataloged as “Contact Sheets and Photographs of "Three Ring" Earrings, and "Paraspiral" Necklace Modeled for Promotion”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.110_ref214
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Contact sheets: "Ndebele Men." [Moved to another folder].

undated

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Cataloged as “Contact sheets: "Ndebele Men." [Moved to another folder].”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item 254
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Contact sheets of African American architects from the American Institute of Architect Fellows

1980

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Cataloged as “Contact sheets of African American architects from the American Institute of Architect Fellows” (Photographs).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2018.23_ref49
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Contact sheets. [Written on reverse: 1960 Alan Yates Jimmy Berg] [Moved to another folder].

1960

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Cataloged as “Contact sheets. [Written on reverse: 1960 Alan Yates Jimmy Berg] [Moved to another folder].”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item 1253
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Contact sheets. [Written on reverse: Helmut Stauch House 1960] [Moved to another folder].

undated

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Cataloged as “Contact sheets. [Written on reverse: Helmut Stauch House 1960] [Moved to another folder].”.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item 1254
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Container for Kola Nuts, Yoruba, Lagos Museum

circa 1981-1994

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Cataloged as “Container for Kola Nuts, Yoruba, Lagos Museum” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-012, Item EEPA 2016-012-0410
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Container of spare graphite from a drafting tool kit used by John S. Chase

mid-late 20th century

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Container of spare compass lead from a drafting tool kit used by architect John S. Chase. The clear, cylindrical container (a) has a grooved cap (b). Inside the container are four (4) loose pieces of graphite (c-f). The circular pieces of graphite have…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.69.2.5a-f
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Container of spare parts from a drafting tool kit used by John S. Chase

mid-late 20th century

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Container of spare parts from a drafting tool kit used by architect John S. Chase. The rectangular container (.a) is made of clear plastic with a removable cap (.b). Inside the container of eight (8) different pieces. There are three (3) nuts (cde), three…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.69.2.4a-j
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

Contemplation

1993

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This silkscreen print depicts a seated man shown from the back. Wearing a white shirt and bright red vest with gold colored horizontal stripes across the back, he is shown reading a book by candlelight. He rests his elbow on the table in front of him, a…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2008.12.4
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Contemporary South African Art

circa 1999

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Cataloged as “Contemporary South African Art” (Photographs [32056000112338]).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2012-010_ref37
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Contemporary South African Artwork, Including Ndebele Murals and Photos of Artwork by Roy Ndinisa and Anton van Wouw

circa 1999

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Cataloged as “Contemporary South African Artwork, Including Ndebele Murals and Photos of Artwork by Roy Ndinisa and Anton van Wouw” (Photographs [32056000112338]).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2012-010_ref30
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