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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Business journal used by Shearer Cottage

1950s

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A hardcover Standard Blank Book No. 66, with the word "JOURNAL" printed across the front cover at an angle. The book's cover is a light tan color, with a simple scrolled, printed trim in grey on the front cover, back cover, and spine. At the bottom of the…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2013.209.2
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & documents

Business proposal to the Eugene & Agnes Meyer Foundation Washington D.C. from Barnett-Aden Gallery

1975

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

Cataloged as “Business proposal to the Eugene & Agnes Meyer Foundation Washington D.C. from Barnett-Aden Gallery” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog sova.nmaahc.a2014.63.32_ref26
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Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other

Business sign for Nation of Islam International Trades Division

1970s

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

Rectangular, brass sign with four (4) holes, one (1) in each corner. Along the top are two (2) lines of Arabic. Underneath, in the center is English text [NATION OF ISLAM / INTERNATIONAL TRADES DIVISION]. Along the bottom are two (2) columns, the left one…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.60.1
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ARCHIVE FILE
Historical photographs & visual records

Business Signs and Children (Iwere-Ile), and Ikoyi (Lagos) and Odogbolu Cemeteries

circa 1975-circa 1988

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

Cataloged as “Business Signs and Children (Iwere-Ile), and Ikoyi (Lagos) and Odogbolu Cemeteries” (Slides [32056000030506]).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog sova.eepa.2005-002_ref183
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Historical photographs & visual records

Busoga, Uganda Protectorate, A Leopard Trap

c. 1910

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

Text on recto reads: "A Leopard Trap, Busoga, Uganda Protectorate.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA UG 2010-001-154
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Historical photographs & visual records

Busoga, Uganda Protectorate, A Musoga's Dress

c. 1910

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

Text on recto reads: "A Musoga's Dress, Busoga, Uganda Protectorate.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA UG 2010-001-151
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Bust in the form of a caricatured man wearing a watermelon bow tie

20th century

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

A carved and painted wooden bust in the form of a caricatured man. The man is depicted from the neck up wearing a green bow tie with a yellow center knot and raised watermelon reliefs on each tie loop. His face, neck, and hair are painted black. His hair…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.7.306
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Visual Arts

Bust of Free Frank McWorter

1996

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

This bronze portrait bust depicts Frank McWorter, formerly enslaved American and founder of New Philadelphia, Illinois. Shown from the chest up, the bust is mounted on a black stone rectangular base with the front protruding slightly at an angle. Frank…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2016.144
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bust of John F. Kennedy at Kennedy Memorial Building, Fourah Bay College (FBC)

1978

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

Donor notes read: "Bust of John F. Kennedy at Kennedy Memorial Building, Fourah Bay College (FBC).Building was built by funds from US; bust was done by a local artist. Sept. 1978. Sept. 1978. The date on the slide is DEC 78.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1186
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Historical photographs & visual records

Bust of Sir Arnold Theiler, Pretoria (South Africa)

1979

FROM THE SOURCE CATALOG

Cataloged as “Bust of Sir Arnold Theiler, Pretoria (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-065583
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