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Historical photographs & visual records

Bobo boy looking at Kori Kori village, Mali

1969

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Cataloged as “Bobo boy looking at Kori Kori village, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1316
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BIOGRAPHY
Film & Television

Bobo Brazil

1924–1998

Houston Harris (July 10, 1924 – January 20, 1998) was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Bobo Brazil. Credited with breaking down barriers of racial segregation in professional wrestling, Harris is considered one of the first…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Bobo children

2000-01-26

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Bobo children. Original Carousel number, 8, slide number, 26.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0899
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bobo granary in Kori Kori village, Mali

1969

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Cataloged as “Bobo granary in Kori Kori village, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1317
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Bobo men and women playing instruments and singing in Kori Kori village, Mali

1969

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Cataloged as “Bobo men and women playing instruments and singing in Kori Kori village, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1323
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Bobo men smoking pipes in Kori Kori village, Mali

1969

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Cataloged as “Bobo men smoking pipes in Kori Kori village, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1321
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Bobo people walking around Kori Kori, Mali

1969

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Cataloged as “Bobo people walking around Kori Kori, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1312
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Bobo woman preparing food in Kori Kori village, Mali

1969

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Cataloged as “Bobo woman preparing food in Kori Kori village, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1324
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Bobo women doing laundry in stream

2000-01-26

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Bobo women doing laundry in stream. Original Carousel number, 8, slide number, 43.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0916
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Bobo women working

2000-01-26

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Bobo women working. Original Carousel number, 8, slide number, 30.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0903
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Clothing - Sports Uniforms

Bobspikes worn by Vonetta Flowers

2005-2006

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Nike bobspikes used by Vonetta Flowers for competitions during the 2005-2006 bobsledding season. The bobspikes, both size 8 are all black on the exterior with a white Nike swoosh symbols on either side. At the center of the spikes, a zipper runs from the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.67.3ab
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BIOGRAPHY
Politics

Boce W. Barlow Jr.

1915–2005

Boce William Barlow Jr. (August 8, 1915 – January 31, 2005) was first African-American judge in Connecticut, in 1957, and the first African-American to be elected to the Connecticut State Senate in 1966. Born in Americus, Georgia, in 1915, Barlow came to…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Time-based Media - Moving Images

Body and Soul

1925

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Reel two of a 1925 silent film with the title Body and Soul. It consists of a single reel of 16mm black-and-white polyester film without a sound track. The film tells the story of an escaped prisoner on the run (played by Paul Robeson) who returns to his…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.55.80.1a
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ARCHIVE FILE
Historical photographs & visual records

Body Arts, Especially Tattoos, and Artwork

circa 1971-circa 1991

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Cataloged as “Body Arts, Especially Tattoos, and Artwork” (Slides [32056000030522]).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2005-002_ref278
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Body paint artists, Ogute, Nigeria

1973

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Cataloged as “Body paint artists, Ogute, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-5803
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Historical photographs & visual records

"BOEING 737-200", Guinée

Date not recorded

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AIR GUINEE [logo]; BOEING 737-200.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-1376
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Historical photographs & visual records

Boer Women Memorial Bloemfontein

ca. 1970

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Original caption reads, "Boer Women Memorial, Bloemfontein.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SA-30-133
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"Boeufs au pâturage" [Grazing oxen], Guinea

Date not recorded

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REPUBLIQUE DE GUINEE[,] 8849 - Boeufs au pâturage. Photographed by Dray, Robert, photographer. Published by IRIS EXPORT - Editions Touré Frères BP. 1617 CONAKRY.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-6653
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Science & Inventions

Bogart Leashore

1947–2007

Bogart Raymond Leashore Jr. (August 31, 1947 – June 26, 2007) was an American sociologist, social worker, and academic administrator who served as the dean of the Hunter College school of social work from 1991 to 2003. He was previously the associate dean…

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Historical photographs & visual records

Bohicon Dahomey

[ca. 1908]

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Photographed by Edmond Fortier and published by Collection générale Fortier, Dakar. Original caption reads, "Afrique Occidentale - Dahomey - Chemin de fer - En gare de Bohicon pres̀ de'Abomey." Translated original caption reads, "Western Coast of Africa -…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA F3061
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BIOGRAPHY
Music

Boi-1da

1986–

Matthew Jehu Samuels (born October 12, 1986), known professionally as Boi-1da (a play on Boy Wonder), is a Jamaican-Canadian record producer and songwriter based in Toronto, Ontario. He is an in-house producer for Drake's OVO Sound label and has produced…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

Boiler Room pass from Stacey Abrams 2018 gubernatorial campaign

2018

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A white and light blue laminated paper Stacey Abrams Gubernatorial 2018 “Boiler Room” pass. On blue cotton lanyard, this pass features large black print [VOTER PROTECTION / BOILER ROOM] with a square blue tinted image of “I’m a Georgia Voter” stickers, and…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.6.20
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Photographs and Still Images

Boiling crab

1979; printed 2007

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This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of men boiling crabs. The man closest to the camera is wearing a short-sleeve dress shirt and baseball cap. The man on the right is wearing a stripped dress shirt, light pants and a baseball cap. He…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.310.36
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Historical photographs & visual records

Boiling food over fire in Lobi pots

2000-01-25

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Boiling food over fire in Lobi pots. Original Carousel number, 7, slide number, 109.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-0842
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