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Historical photographs & visual records

Crowd Seated Under Three Canopies, Age Group Festival, Ikao, Owan, Nigeria

2002-2003

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Cataloged as “Crowd Seated Under Three Canopies, Age Group Festival, Ikao, Owan, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-3470
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Photographs and Still Images

Crowd singing We Shall Overcome inside Ebenezer Baptist Church during first birthday celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 15, 1969; printed 2011

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This black and white photograph shows members of the King family inside Ebenezer Baptist Church for Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday commemoration in 1969. Coretta Scott King is standing in the center of the photograph with Bernice and Alberta King…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.94.30
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Crowd surrounding the Demera, Lalibela, Ethiopia

2010-09-27

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Man and child with goat on leash in Lalibela square for the Demera (bonfire) Original Carousel 21, slide 112.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2649
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Photographs and Still Images

Crowd wading in the Reflection Pool

June 19, 1968

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A black and white digital image of people in the Reflecting Pool on Solidarity Day at Resurrection City. Men, women, and children are wading in the Reflecting Pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial. The crowd is walking and running towards the foreground.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.90.6
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Crowd waiting to ignite the Demera, Lalibela, Ethiopia

2010-09-27

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Crowd waiting to ignite the Demera (bonfire). Goats and children wait at the edges of the crowd. Original Carousel 21, slide 84.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-2621
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Crowd walking through market, Key Afer, Ethiopia

2010-10-10

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Original Carousel 26, slide 112.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-3306
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Crowd walking through the streets of Oyotunji Village

1989-04-29

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Original text on slide reads, "Crowd walking through the streets of Oyotunji Village".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1948
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Crowd watching local officials arrive, Mmabatho (South Africa)

1983

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Cataloged as “Crowd watching local officials arrive, Mmabatho (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-066355
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Crowd watching local officials, Mmabatho (South Africa)

1983

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Cataloged as “Crowd watching local officials, Mmabatho (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-066344
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Crowds after the ceremony at St. Savior's Church, Ikenne, Nigeria

1973-10-27

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Original text on slide reads, "Crowds after the ceremony at St. Savior's Church. Awolowo's daughter's ceremony. Saturday".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2015-015-1329
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Crowds at Prayer Ground, Great Mosque of Kano, Nigeria

1974

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Cataloged as “Crowds at Prayer Ground, Great Mosque of Kano, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-2534
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Crowds gathered at Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria (South Africa)

1947

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Cataloged as “Crowds gathered at Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-064803
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Crowds Going to Prayer Ground, Great Mosque of Kano, Nigeria

1974

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Cataloged as “Crowds Going to Prayer Ground, Great Mosque of Kano, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-2532
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Crowds Kneeling at Prayer Ground, Great Mosque of Kano, Nigeria

1974

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Cataloged as “Crowds Kneeling at Prayer Ground, Great Mosque of Kano, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-2535
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Crowds leaving the Dutch Reformed Church, Swellendam (South Africa)

1988

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Cataloged as “Crowds leaving the Dutch Reformed Church, Swellendam (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-067042
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Crowds of onlookers gathered to watch a dance performance, near Yelwa, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “Crowds of onlookers gathered to watch a dance performance, near Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1263
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Crowds Prostrated at Prayer Ground, Great Mosque of Kano, Nigeria

1974

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Cataloged as “Crowds Prostrated at Prayer Ground, Great Mosque of Kano, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-2536
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gelatin silver prints

Crowds surrounding the reflecting pool, reaching back to the Washington Monument at the March on Washington for jobs and racial equality

1963

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A black-and-white photograph of the crowd at the March on Washington with a view toward the Washington Monument.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.107.5
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Crowds within the circus tent, Lobatse (Botswana)

1947

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Cataloged as “Crowds within the circus tent, Lobatse (Botswana)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063264
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Crown molder made by Cesar Chelor

1753-1784

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A wooden crown molder or cornice plane. Plane is rectangular in shape with handle and top discharge. On opposite end of the body from the handle, vertically in relief, is [CE CHELOR / LIVING*IN / WRENTHAM]. Beneath, twice, is a fish with the letters [E.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.6
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Crown molder made by Jethro Jones

mid 18th to early 19th century

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A wooden crown molder or cornice plane. Plane is rectangular in shape with handle and top discharge. On opposite end of the body from the handle, vertically in relief, is [(illegible) / LIVING*IN / HOLLISTON]. There are dents from past use disguised by…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.7
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Crown molding plane made by Francis Nicholson

1728-1753

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A wooden crown molding plane. There are dents and abrasions, and losses near where a strike peg would be, stock's toe at top. There is minor stains throughout, most notably on the wedge. There is newer abrasions on the sides, wedge top, and heel top. There…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2023.8.26
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Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

"Crown of Thorns"

ca. 1948

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Sterling silver "Crown of Thorns" necklace by Art Smith; designed circa 1948 and made circa 1948. Composed of small metal orbs extending from the collar, the necklace is meant to resemble the atom. The main body of the necklace is made of six, narrow, flat…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2024.108.4
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Crucible, Northern Ghana

1936

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Cataloged as “Crucible, Northern Ghana” (Negatives; Copy negatives).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1987-009, Item EEPA 1987-009-0232
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