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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Young children reenact the birth of Jesus in the Christmas Nativity play at St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church, Washington, D.C. 2003

2003; printed 2012

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A black-and-white photograph of children performing the Christmas Nativity on a church altar. A woman is directing several children on the left side of the photograph. A girl with a shawl around her head and holding a baby or doll is sitting at center. To…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.141.37
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ARCHIVE FILE
Archival documents & files

Young Family — Great Migration Home Movie Study Collection

circa 1975; circa 1990

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The Young Family home movies feature gatherings of family and friends, holidays, birthday parties, and extensive travel around Europe. Additionally, there is footage of an air show in an unidentified location.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.sc.0001_ref648
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Historical photographs & documents

Young Family home movie #1

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Young Family home movie #1” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20180116_Young_S8_01
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Historical photographs & documents

Young Family home movie #2

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Young Family home movie #2” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20180116_Young_S8_02
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Historical photographs & documents

Young Family home movie #3

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Young Family home movie #3” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20180116_Young_S8_03
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Historical photographs & documents

Young Family home movie #4

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Young Family home movie #4” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20180116_Young_S8_04
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Historical photographs & documents

Young Family home movie #5

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Young Family home movie #5” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20180116_Young_S8_05
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Historical photographs & documents

Young Family home movie #6

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Young Family home movie #6” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20180116_Young_S8_06
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Historical photographs & documents

Young Family home movie #7

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Young Family home movie #7” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20180116_Young_S8_07
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Historical photographs & documents

Young Family home movie #8

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Young Family home movie #8” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20180116_Young_S8_08
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Historical photographs & documents

Young Family home video #1

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Young Family home video #1” (Video recordings).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.SC.0001, Item SC_0001_20180116_Young_VHS_01
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MUSEUM OBJECT
gelatin silver prints

Young Female Choir

1940

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A black-and-white photograph of six girls wearing hats and singing from open books. The photograph is signed by the photographer in the bottom right corner.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2010.38.9
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Photographs and Still Images

Young Girl

1988; printed 2010

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This color photograph shows a young woman posing in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York in 1988. The young woman is standing in front of a brick wall with graffiti on it. A Walkman is clipped to her belt. The back of the photograph is inscribed with…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.84.2
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Historical photographs & visual records

Young girl chopping firewood, Mabonto

1978

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Donor notes read: "Young girl chopping firewood. 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.1993-028-1241
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Historical photographs & visual records

[Young girl from coastal area wearing kanga], Tanzania

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “[Young girl from coastal area wearing kanga], Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0194
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Young girl in tent doorway - Resurrection City, Wash., D.C. - 1968

May 21, 1968- June 23, 1968

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This image depicts a young girl peering out between the flaps of a yellow tent in Resurrection City during the Poor People's Campaign. The girl leans slightly to her right to look around the edge of the yellow tent flap. She wears a pale yellow dress and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.116.38
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Photographs and Still Images

Young Lords, At the Breakfast Table

1970; printed later

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A digital print depicting a black-and-white image of a busy kitchen belonging to the New York Young Lords during their breakfast program, with five children in view sitting and eating breakfast while three young adults cook near the stove. A long table is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.53.32
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Young Lords, Overseeing the Program

1970; printed later

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A digital print depicting a black-and-white image of a busy kitchen during the New York Young Lords’ breakfast program. A Young Lord is standing behind the seated children on the left. At the center is a long table set with a plastic tablecloth, plastic…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.53.33
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Young Lords Party: Health, Food, Housing, Education

ca. 1971

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A Young Lords Party poster. The poster has a black background with white text and a graphic of four purple automatic rifles. Across the top center of the poster, white text reads: [Young Lords Party]. Below the text, the four purple automatic rifles are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2018.35.3
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Historical photographs & visual records

Young Maasai warrior, Tanzania

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Young Maasai warrior, Tanzania” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-009, Item EEPA 2007-009-0342
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Historical photographs & visual records

Young man having his hand stamped at Dougall Hall Boys Club dance, Pretoria (South Africa)

1938

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Cataloged as “Young man having his hand stamped at Dougall Hall Boys Club dance, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068336
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Historical photographs & visual records

Young man modeling strip cloth

1987

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Image used in the video production entitled,"Patterns of Life: West-African Strip Weaving Traditions," produced by Caribiner, Inc. under contract for the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1987. Image taken by Gavin Ashworth, 1987.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1991-005, Item EEPA 1991-050085
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Young Marcher, Selma to Montgomery March

1965

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This black and white digital image depicts a young man carrying an American flag. Wearing a light colored long sleeve button down shirt, dark pants, and dark shoes, he stands in the street in front of an embankment. He holds a large American flag upright…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.129.53
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Historical photographs & visual records

Young men greeting each other at Dougall Hall Boys Club dance, Pretoria (South Africa)

1938

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Cataloged as “Young men greeting each other at Dougall Hall Boys Club dance, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068332
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