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BIOGRAPHY
Politics & Public Life

C. C. Antoine

Biography

Caesar Carpentier Antoine (c. 1836–1921) was a soldier, businessman, editor, and African-American Republican politician in Louisiana during the Reconstruction era. He served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and was a member of the Louisiana…

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Business & Enterprise

C. C. Dejoie

1881–1970

Constant "C. C." Dejoie Sr. (1881-1970) was a businessman and entrepreneur in New Orleans, Louisiana who co-founded The Louisiana Weekly newspaper. He was African-American.

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Biography & Culture

C. Darnell Jones II

1949–

Cardozie Darnell Jones II (born November 23, 1949) is a retired United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (2008 to 2022), and the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in the First Judicial…

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Biography & Culture

C. J. Wallace

1996–

Christopher Jordan Wallace (born October 29, 1996), also known as CJ and Lil Biggie, is an American actor and entrepreneur. He is the son of the renowned rapper The Notorious B.I.G and American singer Faith Evans.

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Business & Enterprise

C. W. Allen

Born 1872

C.W. Allen was an American businessman who was a prominent African-American citizen of Mobile, Alabama, in the early 20th century.

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of a bearded unidentified man posing with books by Ball & Sons

1897-1902

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A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified man photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and store location on the bottom of the front side. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.8
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of Alexander H. Rieder by the Globe Photo Studio

1892

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A black-and-white photograph of Alexander H. Rieder by the Globe Photo Studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on light-colored pasteboard printed with the Globe Photo Studio logo and store location on the bottom of the front side. The photo is…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.23
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Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of an unidentified boy by J.P. Ball & Son

1887-1900

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A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified adolescent boy photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with decorative edges. The name and location of the photo studio are…

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Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of an unidentified boy leaning on a chair by Ball & Sons

1897-1902

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A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified boy photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on light-colored pasteboard stamped with the Ball & Sons logo. The card has been trimmed and the logo and location are…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.13
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Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of an unidentified boy on a printed vignette by the Globe Studio

1892-1902

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A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified adolescent boy by the Globe Photo Studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on light-colored pasteboard printed with the Globe Photo Studio logo and store location on the bottom of the front side.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.26
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Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of an unidentified child in a gingham dress by J.P. Ball & Son

1887-1900

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A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified child photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with the name and location of the photo studio printed on the front along the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.36
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Cabinet card of an unidentified child in a white dress by Ball & Sons

1897-1902

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A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified child photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on light-colored pasteboard stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and location on the bottom front side. The card has been…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.10
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Cabinet card of an unidentified child in a white dress by Ball & Sons

1897-1902

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A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified child photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and store location on the bottom of the front side. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.15
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Cabinet card of an unidentified child in a white dress by Ball & Sons

1897-1902

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A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified child photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and store location on the bottom of the front side. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.18
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Cabinet card of an unidentified child in a white dress by J.P. Ball & Son

1887-1900

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A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified young child photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard. The child has dark hair and is wearing a white gown and a pair of black boots, and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.30
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Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of an unidentified child standing on a chair by Ball & Sons

1897-1902

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A black-and-white photograph of a small child photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and store location on the bottom of the front side. In the photo…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of an unidentified girl photographed by J.P. Ball & Son

1887-1900

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A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified girl photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard. The photo is a vignette and the girl is posed with her head turned slightly to her right.…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.31
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Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of an unidentified girl with a jump rope by the Globe Studio

1892-1902

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A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified girl by the Globe Photo Studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on light-colored pasteboard printed with the Globe Photo Studio logo and store location on the bottom of the front side. The girl…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.25
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Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of an unidentified infant in a christening gown by Ball & Sons

1897-1902

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A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified infant photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and store location on the bottom of the front side. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.16
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Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of an unidentified infant in a Christening gown by J.P. Ball & Son

1887-1900

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified infant photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with the name and location of the photo studio printed on the front along the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.41
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Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of an unidentified infant in a Christening gown by J. P. Ball & Son

1887-1900

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A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified infant photographed at the J. P. Ball & Son studio in Helena, Montana. The photograph is mounted on light-colored pasteboard with the name and location of the photo studio printed on the front along the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.61
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Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of an unidentified infant in a christening gown seated in a chair

ca. 1900

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A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified infant. The photograph is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard. The child has curly hair and is dressed in a long white Christening gown. He or she is placed in a cloth-covered chair and positioned in front of…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.69
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Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of an unidentified man

ca. 1900

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Cabinet card portrait of an unidentified man, captured by photographer John Green. Shown from the chest up, the man wears a dark coat and waistcoat over a high collared shirt. He has a dark tie. The photograph is faded. In the right bottom corner of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.13.13
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Cabinet card of an unidentified man and woman by Ball & Sons

1897-1902

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A black-and-white photograph of an unidentified man and woman photographed at the Ball & Sons studio in Seattle, Washington. The photo is mounted on dark-colored pasteboard stamped with the Ball & Sons logo and store location on the bottom of the front…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.37.28.12.1
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