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Boats, Africans and European officials

[ca. 1910]

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Original caption reads "landing from surf boats; each person must be carried ashore.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1995-018, Item EEPA 1995-180004
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Boats and logs on a beach, Libreville, Gabon

1972

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Cataloged as “Boats and logs on a beach, Libreville, Gabon” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-3097
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Boats at the Lungi ferry dock

1979

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Donor notes read: "Boats at the Lungi ferry dock. Trip to Freetown with Simon Ottenberg, May 24-29, 1979. The date on the slide is AUG 79.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1605
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Boats carrying cargo from Tombouctou, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “Boats carrying cargo from Tombouctou, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1567
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Boats carrying ceramics on the Bani River outside of Goundam, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “Boats carrying ceramics on the Bani River outside of Goundam, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2046
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Boats docked at a market in the Old Port of Mopti, Mopti, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “Boats docked at a market in the Old Port of Mopti, Mopti, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2755
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Boats docked in a port on the Bani River, outside of Mopti, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “Boats docked in a port on the Bani River, outside of Mopti, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2763
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Boats in Dock, Cape Coast, Ghana

1973

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Cataloged as “Boats in Dock, Cape Coast, Ghana” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-2109
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Boats in Hout Bay, Houtbaai (South Africa)

1947-1948

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Cataloged as “Boats in Hout Bay, Houtbaai (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063975
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Boats in the harbor, Cape Town (South Africa)

1983

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Cataloged as “Boats in the harbor, Cape Town (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-065944
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Boats in the port of Massawa, Massawa, Eritrea

1994

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Cataloged as “Boats in the port of Massawa, Massawa, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0073
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Boats lining the bank of Niger River

2000-02-01

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Boats lining the bank of Niger River. Original Carousel number, 12, slide number, 87.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1488
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Boats on the Bani River, outside of a Bozo village, near Mopti, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “Boats on the Bani River, outside of a Bozo village, near Mopti, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2829
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Boats on the shore in Hout Bay, Houtbaai (South Africa)

1947-1948

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Cataloged as “Boats on the shore in Hout Bay, Houtbaai (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063972
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Boats on the shore of the Niger River by the Kainji Dam, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “Boats on the shore of the Niger River by the Kainji Dam, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-0497
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Boats paddling down river

ca. 1890s

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Cataloged as “Boats paddling down river” (Photographic prints).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0174
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Bob and His Fiddle

1876-1888

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A stereograph titled "Bob and His Fiddle" printed and photographed by O. Pierre Havens of Savannah, Georgia. The albumen prints depict a boy holding a homemade fiddle while seated outside a small log dwelling. He wears a white shirt, dark vest, dark pants,…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.166.4
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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Bob Armstrong

1873–1933

Bob Armstrong (September 4, 1873 – January 5, 1933), was a heavyweight boxer known as the "King of the Battle Royal". He was born in Rogersville, Tennessee, but he moved with his family to Washington, Ohio when he was three years old. Before he got into…

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Bob Baker

1926–2002

Robert "The Grinder" Baker (October 26, 1926 – April 23, 2002) was a heavyweight boxer whose professional career spanned from 1949 until 1960. Baker was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania and originally fought out of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Sports

Bob Beamon

1946–

Robert Beamon (born August 29, 1946) is an American former track and field athlete, best known for his world record in the long jump at the Mexico City Olympics in 1968.

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Sports

Bob Boyd

1928–2009

Robert Barrett Boyd (March 7, 1928 – May 14, 2009) was an American professional football player who was an end and defensive back for eight seasons with the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). His most spectacular season was in 1954,…

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Politics & Public Life

Bob Bryant

1944–2016

Bob Bryant (August 11, 1944 – February 25, 2016) was an American politician. Born in Savannah, Georgia, Bryant served in the United States Army and served in South Vietnam. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration from Columbia College.

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BIOGRAPHY
Sports

Bob Chance

1940–2013

Robert Chance (September 10, 1940 – October 3, 2013) was an American first baseman and right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators and California Angels in part of six seasons spanning 1963 through 1969.

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Sports & Achievement

Bob Clarke (baseball)

1903–1971

Robert Alfred Clarke (January 8, 1903 – January 1971), nicknamed "Eggie", was an American professional catcher and player-manager in the Negro leagues from the 1920s through the 1940s. A native of Richmond, Virginia, Clarke made his Negro leagues debut in…

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