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1913–1987
Alberta Williams Gay (née Cooper; January 1, 1913 – May 8, 1987) was the mother of five children including recording artists Marvin Gaye and Frankie Gaye. Born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, she married the minister Marvin Gay Sr., after relocating to…
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Alberta Hunter (April 1, 1895 – October 17, 1984) was an American jazz and blues singer and songwriter from the early 1920s to the late 1950s. After twenty years of working as a nurse, Hunter resumed her singing career in 1977.
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Alberta Whittle (born 1980, Bridgetown, Barbados) is a Barbadian-Scottish multidisciplinary artist who works across media: film, sculpture, print, installation and performance. She lives and works in Glasgow. She was the winner of the Margaret Tait Award…
1929–2010
Albertina Walker ((1929-08-29)August 29, 1929 – (2010-10-08)October 8, 2010) was an American gospel singer, songwriter and humanitarian.
1969-1970
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alberto Moravia and his friend, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).
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Albery Allson Whitman (May 30, 1851 – June 29, 1901) was an African-American poet, minister and orator. Born into slavery, Whitman became a writer. During his lifetime he was acclaimed as the "Poet Laureate of the Negro Race". He worked as a manual…
1980-08-04
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGOriginal text on slide reads, "Albino twins and Idowa. He was pushed into the picture. They changed into these dresses for the pictures".
n.d.
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Album Covers” (Ephemera).
1938-1948
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn album containing 350 photographs of or taken by Laura Fitzpatrick. The cover is light-stained wood, with darker stained pieces with metal studs making up the hinges. The cover is painted with a flower and foliage motif around the word [Album] painted in…
ca. 1894
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sepia tone albumen cabinet card of the South African Kaffir Choir, Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1894. Captured in studio, the large South African Kaffir Choir of 15 men, women, and children, pose in three rows dressed in their native ceremonial attire. In…
ca. 1905
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn albumen print depicting Wild West Performers. Captured outdoors, the image shows a large crowd of diverse individuals, both men and women, arranged sitting and standing in groups along riser seating, a long curtain strung behind them. Prominently…
ca. 1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAlbumen print of Charlotte S. Poulton mounted on paper. Poulton is shown in but portrait and is turned one quarter to her right looking off frame. Her hair is smoothed down and pulled behind her head, and she may be wearing a dark colored snood or cloth,…
ca. 1860
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAlbumen print of Fanny Seward shown in bust portrait. The print is cut in an oval and adhered to a paper mount. Seward is facing the camera with her hair parted at the center and gathered in a snood behind her head. She wears a dark colored bodice, white…
1863-1865
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis albumen print mounted on textured paper depicts officers of the 23rd U.S. Colored Infantry. Four (4) large oval portraits of unidentified men in uniform are surrounded by nineteen (19) smaller oval portraits of unidentified men in uniform. Text…
ca. 1890
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA sepia tone albumen cabinet photograph of a Buffalo Soldier bandmember in full regalia. Captured in studio against an ornate veranda backdrop, an unidentified soldier poses wearing a small dark hat with infanty bugle insignia; long uniform band jacket…
ca. 1895
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet photograph depicting a man and woman seated side by side. Gazing in the direction of the camera, an unidentified man with short dark hair and moustache wears a bright shirt, necktie, dark vest and jacket. Beside him, an unidentified woman with…
1894-1904
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA cabinet card with an albumen print depicting an unidentified man standing in front of an open cart stacked high with hay. Two (2) oxen are harnessed in front of the cart. The cart and the man are on a dirt street in front of the photographer's studio, a…
ca. 1900
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn albumen print of a moustached man wearing a high white collar, black necktie, and a light colored jacket. Both lapels of the jacket sport the letters "G.U." The albumen print is in a cardboard case labeled "Magovern & Baker, 446 Broadway, Saratoga, NY."
ca. 1880
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAn albumen print mounted on dark gray pasteboard depicting a family or group of unidentified people, likely sharecroppers, standing outside in front of a row of small houses. The unidentified people include two (2) adult men, four (4) adult women, and four…
1880s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA reddish-brown photograph of a woman with two children in Georgia. The image shows a small log house with a picket fence in front. The fence has a gate which is open. A tree is on the right side of the photograph. Behind the gate is the front door of the…
1890-1930
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGAlbumen print of a group of African American Odd Fellows. The men are in full uniform standing in front of a grandstand at The Ohio State University. There are tears and loss along the edges, and there is a tear from top center to center right.
late 19th Century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA deep purple-reddish brown photograph of an unidentified male Bryant Family member in a hat. The photograph is encased and matted inside a folder made of heavy cardstock.
ca. 1850-1895
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA deep purple-reddish brown photograph of an unidentified woman. The woman is featured from the shoulders up and is wearing a dark taffeta dress and glasses. She is facing the camera and looking off to the left side. Sullivan is featured from the shoulders…
early 20th century
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG2013.46.29.121a: A black and white photograph of an unidentified woman. The woman is posed facing the left side of the photograph. Her head is turned toward the camera. She is wearing a dark dress and a long light colored necklace. The photograph is…
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