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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Confederate States of America five dollar bill

February 17, 1864

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Confederate States of America five dollar bill featuring a central illustration of the Virginia State Capitol Building surrounded by woods and people walking. Surrounding the top of the image, typed in a half circle, is the inscription, [TWO YEARS AFTER…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.6
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Confederate States of America five dollar bill

February 17, 1864

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Confederate States of America five dollar bill featuring a central illustration of the Virginia State Capitol Building surrounded by woods and people walking. Surrounding the top of the image, typed in a half circle, is the inscription, [TWO YEARS AFTER…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.9
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Confederate States of America one dollar bill

February 17, 1864

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Confederate States of America one dollar bill featuring an image of Clement Claiborne Clay. The front of the currency has a central oval image of the portrait of Clay surrounded with a wreath. On either side is the number [1] in an oval with geometric…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.1
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Confederate States of America ten dollar bill

February 17, 1864

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Confederate States of America ten dollar bill featuring a central illustration of a war scene. Men in uniform are at center riding horses while in the background soldiers stand near a cannon on wheels. More fighting can be seen in the back right. On either…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.10
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Confederate States of America ten dollar bill

February 17, 1864

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Confederate States of America ten dollar bill featuring a central illustration of a war scene. Men in uniform are at center riding horses while in the background soldiers stand near a cannon on wheels. More fighting can be seen in the back right. On either…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.15
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Confederate States of America ten dollar bill

February 17, 1864

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Confederate States of America ten dollar bill featuring a central illustration of a war scene. Men in uniform are at center riding horses while in the background soldiers stand near a cannon on wheels. More fighting can be seen in the back right. On either…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.25
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Confederate States of America ten dollar bill

February 17, 1864

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Confederate States of America ten dollar bill featuring a central illustration of a war scene. Men in uniform are at center riding horses while in the background soldiers stand near a cannon on wheels. More fighting can be seen in the back right. On either…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.7
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Confederate States of America twenty dollar bill

February 17, 1864

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Confederate States of America twenty dollar bill featuring a central illustration of the Tennessee State Capitol. On either side of the illustration are two dark shields with the inscriptions, [TWO YEARS AFTER / THE RATIFICATION OF A / TREATY OF PEACE /…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.11
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Confederate States of America twenty dollar bill

February 17, 1864

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Confederate States of America twenty dollar bill featuring a central illustration of the Tennessee State Capitol. On either side of the illustration are two dark shields with the inscriptions, [TWO YEARS AFTER / THE RATIFICATION OF A / TREATY OF PEACE /…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.16
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Confederate States of America twenty dollar bill

February 17, 1864

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Confederate States of America twenty dollar bill featuring a central illustration of the Tennessee State Capitol. On either side of the illustration are two dark shields with the inscriptions, [TWO YEARS AFTER / THE RATIFICATION OF A / TREATY OF PEACE /…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.26
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Confederate States of America two dollar bill

April 6, 1863

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Confederate States of America two dollar bill. In the center of the note is a heavily decorated scalloped edge circle with the number [2] in the center. Surrounding the number is the inscription, [Richmond. / Feb. 17th 1964. / No. / 25444]. At the bottom…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.13
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Confederate States of America two dollar bill

February 17, 1864

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Confederate States of America two dollar bill. In the center of the note is a heavily decorated scalloped edge circle with the number [2] in the center. Surrounding the number is the inscription, [Richmond. / Feb. 17th 1964. / No. / 86545]. At the bottom…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.23
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Slavery and Freedom Objects

Confederate States of America two dollar bill

February 17, 1864

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Confederate States of America two dollar bill. In the center of the note is a heavily decorated scalloped edge circle with the number [2] in the center. Surrounding the number is the inscription, [Richmond. / Feb. 17th 1964. / No. / 49090]. At the bottom…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.108.9.8
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ARCHIVE RECORD
Historical photographs & visual records

Congo Français Congo Français - Achats d'ivoire a Brazzaville

[ca. 1905]

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Translated caption reads: ''French Congo. Buying ivory in Brazzaville.'' Merchants weighing tusks while colonial sitted in chair supervising the operation. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA 1985-140043-01
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BIOGRAPHY
Biography & Culture

Conrad L. Mallett Jr.

1953–

Conrad Leroy Mallett Jr. (born October 12, 1953) is a Michigan jurist and businessman who currently serves as corporation counsel for the city of Detroit. Prior to being approved by Detroit City Council as corporation counsel, Mallett was deputy mayor of…

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MUSEUM OBJECT
Furnishings, Housewares, and Décor

Console with furniture key from the Rock Rest Tourist Home

mid 20th century

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2011.12.6ab: A console (a) with a furniture key (b) from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. 2011.12.6a: A console from the Rock Rest Tourist Home. The dark wooden console has a rectangular tabletop with an open bottom shelf and curved legs. There is a repeating…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.12.6ab
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Historical photographs & documents

Contact Information

n.d.

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Cataloged as “Contact Information” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 4
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MUSEUM OBJECT
photographic equipment

Contact sheet printer from the studio of H.C. Anderson

1950s - 1970s

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Rectangular grey metal box; has hinged lid with handle and electrical components, used to make contact sheet prints.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2007.1.24
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money

Contemporary manilla

1800-1968

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Contemporary manilla, a form of currency that circulated in West Africa, in a semi-circular horseshoe shape, with slight flairs at ends. The manilla has white and green pigmentation from corrosion.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.182.58.1
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Documents and Manuscripts

Contract between Count Basie and Richard Wright regarding "King Joe"

1941

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A single-paged letter to Count Basie from Richard Wright with a contract concerning royalties and shared monies for the collaboration on the song "King Joe," about the boxer Joe Louis. The document is typed on white paper with a William Morris Agency…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.3.20.1
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Racist and Stereotypical Objects

Contract for a Haverly's United Mastodon Minstrels performance

1879

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A contract for Haverly's "Genuine Colored" Mastodon Minstrels to perform at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. The contract is a long folio leaf, with pre-printed fields that have been filled out by hand. An edit, by hand in ink, adds: "Genuine Colored"…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.46.64
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Documents and Manuscripts

Contract for B.B. King and Orchestra

August 18, 1955

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A typewritten ink on Buffalo Booking Agency letterhead, contract "No. 3016" for a performance of "Four hours with usual intermission." Signature of B.B. King in lower left corner. It is unsigned by the second party.

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2012.172.3
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Documents and Manuscripts

Contract for Gone with the Wind signed by Hattie McDaniel

January 27, 1939

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Signed contract between Selznick International Pictures, Inc for the motion picture "Gone with the Wind" with Hattie McDaniel. Contract includes seventeen (17) pages of onionskin paper with ink and mimeographed text printed throughout. The last page…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2014.270.1.1
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Documents and Manuscripts

Contract for the Poro System of Hair Treatment and signed pupil agreement

1915

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This is a Poro contract from the office of Annie Pope-Turnbo. On the first page is an undated and unsigned Contract for the Poro System of Hair Treatment and Instruction. Included in the contract are the cost of the course, the proper use of the course…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2011.170.5
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