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1925–2013
Carline Ray (April 21, 1925 – July 18, 2013) was a jazz instrumentalist and vocalist. She was a member of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm.
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Antônio Carlos Santos de Freitas, known professionally as Carlinhos Brown (Brazilian Portuguese: /kaʁˈlĩɲus bɾaw̃, -iɲuʃ/, 23 November 1962), is a Brazilian singer, percussionist, and record producer from Salvador, Bahia. His musical style blends funk,…
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Carlos de Oliveira, better known as Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro, is a Brazilian percussionist best known for playing the pandeiro, a tunable tambourine, played with a different technique than in North American music, and is one of the instrument's major…
1970s
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black Carlo Robelli-brand jazz archtop hollow body 6-string electric guitar used by Pete Cosey. Guitar has f-holes on either side of the bridge. Four clear unlabeled pickup control knobs located off lower f-hole are numerically graduated. Bridge,…
[ca. 1925]
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGImage of a river, cascading over rocks. Printed text on front reads: "Empreza Agricola da Boa Viagem. Limitada. Ponto principal da captacao das aguasno Rio Carloaongo. 1925." Gold border on front.
1993–
Carlon Jeffery (born July 10, 1993) is an American actor and rapper. He is best known for playing Cameron Parks in the Disney Channel sitcom A.N.T. Farm (2011–2014).
1941–2018
Carlos Alberto Oliveira dos Santos (20 December 1941 – 4 February 2018), also known as Caó, was a Brazilian lawyer, journalist, and politician. He was a federal deputy from the state of Rio de Janeiro in 1982 and from 1987 to 1990, as well as being a…
1944–
Carlos Alberto Reis de Paula (born February 26, 1944, in Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais, Brazil) is the first Afro-Brazilian president of Brazilian Superior Labor Court (Tribunal Superior do Trabalho).
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Carlos Austin Boozer Jr. (born November 20, 1981) is an American former professional basketball player. A two-time NBA All-Star, he played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Utah Jazz, Chicago Bulls, and Los Angeles Lakers, and then spent his last season playing…
1971–
Carlos Lamonte Crawford (born October 4, 1971) is an American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher, who played in one game for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 1996. Crawford was drafted by the Cleveland Indians in…
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Carlos Alberto García López (9 September 1958 – 27 September 2014), better known as El Negro García López, was an Argentine guitarist and rock and roll musician, and one of the most influential instrumentalists of Argentine rock. Alongside Patricia Sosa,…
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José Gonzaga Ferreira (10 February 1924 – 25 August 2023), better known as Carlos Gonzaga, was a Brazilian singer who had national success with the 1958 version of the song "Diana".
1950–
Carlos Rafael Handy (born 18 October 1950) is a Cuban-American physicist. He is a professor of physics at Texas Southern University, where he helped establish the university's physics program and served as its first chair. He also co-founded the Center for…
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Carlos LeMont Hopkins (born February 27, 1971) is an American attorney and National Guard soldier. Previously serving as counsel to Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, he was selected to serve as Virginia Secretary of Veterans and Defense Affairs following…
1971–
Carlos James (born October 12, 1971) is an American college baseball coach, formerly the head coach of the Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions baseball program. He was named to that position prior to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball season.
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Carlos May (born May 17, 1948) is an American former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder, first baseman and designated hitter from 1968 to 1977, most prominently for the Chicago White Sox where he was a…
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Carlos Antwan Moncrief (born November 3, 1988) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants.
Biography
Carlos Morgan is a Canadian singer, songwriter and producer from Toronto, Canada. He is most noted for winning the Juno Award for Best R&B/Soul Recording at the Juno Awards of 1997 for his album Feelin' Alright.
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Carlos Newton (born August 17, 1976) is an Anguillia-born Canadian retired mixed martial artist (MMA). He is a former UFC Welterweight Champion (the youngest champion of the division in UFC) and Pride FC Japan MMA Legend. Known as "The Ronin", he competed…
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Carlos Devonn Polk (born February 22, 1977) is an American football coach and former linebacker who is the assistant special teams coach for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach for the…
1979–
Carlos Reginald King (born October 2, 1979) is the CEO of television production company Kingdom Reign Entertainment which produces shows such as Belle Collective (2020), and Love & Marriage: Huntsville (2019) seen on the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN),…
2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white, double-exposed photograph with Carlos Riley. Riley, who wears a striped shirt, sits contemplatively looking down. Another image of a street with a Do-Not-Enter sign is superimposed onto the image of Riley.
2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white archival process photograph of Carlos Riley having his blood pressure taken. Wearing a striped shirt with the sleeves rolled up, he sits with the inflatable cuff of a sphygmomanometer around his proper left arm. The arm of another person…
2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white archival process photograph of Carlos Riley having his blood pressure taken. Wearing a striped shirt with the sleeves rolled up, he sits on a bed with a patterned sheet. The inflatable cuff of a sphygmomanometer can be seen around his…
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