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MUSEUM OBJECT
Time-based Media - Moving Images

African Americans in Suburbia: The Connection of Race, Class and the Middle Landscape

February 21, 2011

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A CBS program produced by Bergen Community College with the title African Americans in Suburbia: The Connection of Race, Class and the Middle Landscape. It consists of a single white DVD with the program title, date and college logo printed on it. The…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2022.90.2.1a
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

African Correspondence

1811-1815

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A leather-bound ledger entitled, “African Correspondence” owned by William Allen. The ledger contains handwritten copies of letter written and received by Allen as well as other documents copied by Allen. The leather is in poor condition, with the spine…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.45
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Historical photographs & visual records

African family

[ca. 1910]

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Group portrait of an African family.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1995-018, Item EEPA 1995-180062
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African housewife at home

ca. 1970

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Original caption reads, "AFRICAN HOUSEWIFE AT HOME, MARANDELLAS.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SA-20-155
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African housewife at home Marandellas

ca. 1970

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Original caption reads, "AFRICAN HOUSEWIFE AT HOME, MARANDELLAS.".

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SA-20-154
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Historical photographs & visual records

African Photographic and tape material [Typed summary of photographic and tape material; focus on Benin bronzes and mud sculpture, Queens of Benin, Badagri, Dahomey, first Nigerian elections, assorted ceremonies, crowns and crown making]

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “African Photographic and tape material [Typed summary of photographic and tape material; focus on Benin bronzes and mud sculpture, Queens of Benin, Badagri, Dahomey, first Nigerian elections, assorted ceremonies, crowns and crown making]”…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2008-009, Item EEPA.2008-009-0527
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Africans in uniform

[ca. 1910]

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Group portrait of Africans in uniform carrying swords over their shoulders.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1995-018, Item EEPA 1995-180083
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Africans in uniform at the railroad station

[ca.1910]

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African soldiers presenting arms in front of colonial officials at the railroad station.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1995-018, Item EEPA 1995-180085
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BIOGRAPHY
Military

Africanus Horton

Biography

Surgeon-Major James Africanus Beale Horton (c. 1835 – c. 1883) was a British Army officer, surgeon, writer and banker. Born in Gloucester, Sierra Leone into an Igbo family who were liberated from enslavement by the Royal Navy, he began attending the Sierra…

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BLACK PRESS
Black Press & Journalism

Africo-American Presbyterian (Wilmington, N.C.), December 21, 1899

1899-12-21

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This card identifies the front page of Africo-American Presbyterian (Wilmington, N.C.), December 21, 1899. The Library of Congress preserves this dated newspaper issue in its Chronicling America collection. Publication place recorded in the catalog:…

Library of CongressCatalog sn84025826 · 1899-12-21 · edition 1
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Political and Activist Ephemera

AfriCOBRA 1: Ten in Search of a Nation

1970

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A double-sided broadsheet poster for the exhibition “AfriCOBRA 1: Ten in Search of a Nation” at the Studio Museum in Harlem. The broadsheet is printed in black ink on light brown paper. The front side of the sheet features a depiction of the African…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2021.16.3
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Photographs and Still Images

Afrika Bambaataa

1985-2003

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A color photograph of Afrika Bambaataa. He is posed against a blue background and wears sunglasses, a striped hat, and a black and red jacket with an emblem of the continent of Africa on his right side and his name on the left. He also wears his many…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.132.332
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Historical photographs & visual records

Afrikaner camp in front of church for Nagmaal, Bronkhorspruit (South Africa)

1947

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Cataloged as “Afrikaner camp in front of church for Nagmaal, Bronkhorspruit (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068281
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Afrikaner children dressed for Nagmaal (Holy Communion), Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)

1947

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Cataloged as “Afrikaner children dressed for Nagmaal (Holy Communion), Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063795
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Afrikaner couple in front of Dutch Reformed Church, Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)

1947

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Cataloged as “Afrikaner couple in front of Dutch Reformed Church, Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063655
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Afrikaner Dutch Reformed Church for Nagmaal (Holy Communion), Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)

1947

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Cataloged as “Afrikaner Dutch Reformed Church for Nagmaal (Holy Communion), Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063652
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Afrikaner family around car, Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)

1947

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Cataloged as “Afrikaner family around car, Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063728
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Afrikaner family around dinner table after Nagmaal (Holy Communion), Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)

1947

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Cataloged as “Afrikaner family around dinner table after Nagmaal (Holy Communion), Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063619
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Afrikaner family in camp for Nagmaal (Holy Communion), Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)

1947

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Cataloged as “Afrikaner family in camp for Nagmaal (Holy Communion), Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063633
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Afrikaner family in cart on the way home from Nagmaal (Holy Communion), Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)

1947

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Cataloged as “Afrikaner family in cart on the way home from Nagmaal (Holy Communion), Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063484
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Afrikaner family in wagon in front of church for Nagmaal, Bronkhorspruit (South Africa)

1947

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Cataloged as “Afrikaner family in wagon in front of church for Nagmaal, Bronkhorspruit (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-068260
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Afrikaner family outside Dutch Reformed Church after Nagmaal (Holy Communion), Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)

1947

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Cataloged as “Afrikaner family outside Dutch Reformed Church after Nagmaal (Holy Communion), Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063606
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Afrikaner family returning home after Nagmaal (Holy Communion), Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)

1947

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Cataloged as “Afrikaner family returning home after Nagmaal (Holy Communion), Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063671
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Afrikaner family returning home after Nagmaal (Holy Communion) in wagon, Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)

1947

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Cataloged as “Afrikaner family returning home after Nagmaal (Holy Communion) in wagon, Bronkhorstspruit (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-063739
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