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A drummer playing music for an Okpeku Masquerader, Awuyemi, Nigeria

1972

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Cataloged as “A drummer playing music for an Okpeku Masquerader, Awuyemi, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-4777
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A dugout canoe carrying cargo for sale at a local market on the Niger River, Yelwa, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A dugout canoe carrying cargo for sale at a local market on the Niger River, Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-2327
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A dugout canoe carrying cargo for sale at a village market, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A dugout canoe carrying cargo for sale at a village market, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1988
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A dugout canoe on Reservoir Kainji, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A dugout canoe on Reservoir Kainji, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-2009
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A dugout canoe on the shore of Kainji Reservoir, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A dugout canoe on the shore of Kainji Reservoir, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1961
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A – E

1871

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Cataloged as “A – E”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1908, Item 2.1.5.5.4
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A – E — Entered in Register 2

Nov. 1866–Feb. 1868

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Cataloged as “A – E”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M843, File 4.2.1
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A – E — Entered in Registers 4 and 5

Nov. 1866–Dec. 1867

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Cataloged as “A – E”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M869, File 4.3.1
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BIOGRAPHY
Journalism

A. E. P. Albert

1853–1910

Rev. Aristide Elphonso Peter Albert Sr. (December 10, 1853 – September 6, 1910), was an American newspaper editor, theologian, professor, Methodist minister, physician, and surgeon.

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Education

A. E. Perkins

1879–1946

Archie Ebenezer Perkins (June 21, 1879 – April 19, 1946) was an African American teacher, principal, and author in Mississippi and Louisiana who wrote about subjects related to Black people in the United States. He wrote for periodicals and had several…

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A – F

1865–1868

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Cataloged as “A – F”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M1869, Item 1.1.5.2.1
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A – F — Entered in Register 1

Sept. 1866–May 1869

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Cataloged as “A – F”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M803, File 4.1.1
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A – F — Entered in Register 1 and 2

1866

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Cataloged as “A – F”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M999, File 8.2.1
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A – F — Entered in Register 3

May–Dec. 1867

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Cataloged as “A – F”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M798, File 4.3.1
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A – F — Entered in Volume 2

Jan. 1866–Feb. 1867

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Cataloged as “A – F”.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.FB.M826, File 4.2.1
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A fabric with an elephant pattern being sold at a boutique in Goree, Île de Gorée near Dakar, Senegal

1993

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Cataloged as “A fabric with an elephant pattern being sold at a boutique in Goree, Île de Gorée near Dakar, Senegal” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1993-006, Item EEPA 1993-060060
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A fallen tree in the flooded Kainji Reservoir, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A fallen tree in the flooded Kainji Reservoir, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1167
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A fallen tree with birds and nests in the flooded Kainji Reservoir, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A fallen tree with birds and nests in the flooded Kainji Reservoir, Kainji Reservoir region, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1193
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A family and one of the women is holding Angus in the MCC compound, Afokpella, Nigeria

1979

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Cataloged as “A family and one of the women is holding Angus in the MCC compound, Afokpella, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2016-007, Item EEPA 2016-007-6472
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A family eating dinner in their home, Massawa, Eritrea

1995

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Cataloged as “A family eating dinner in their home, Massawa, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0697
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A family gathered around a well with a water pump, Yelwa, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A family gathered around a well with a water pump, Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1626
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A family gathered outside of a Red Cross service building, Eritrea

1998

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Cataloged as “A family gathered outside of a Red Cross service building, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1732
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A family of basket weavers at their home, Asmara, Eritrea

1995

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Cataloged as “A family of basket weavers at their home, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0809
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A family of potters gathered outside of a clayworks in Yelwa, Nigeria

1967-1969

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Cataloged as “A family of potters gathered outside of a clayworks in Yelwa, Nigeria” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2015-019, Item 2015-019-1976
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