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1933–2019
Ernest James Gaines (January 15, 1933 – November 5, 2019) was an American author. Born in Louisiana, Gaines spent his early life living on the Riverlake Plantation before moving to California and later serving in the United States Army. Over the course of…
Biography
Ernest Kingsley Junior is an English stage and television actor. He attended the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London and had an early role in British science fiction television series The Sparticle Mystery. Kingsley portrayed Kai'ckul in…
1941–2025
Ernest McCarty Jr. (March 26, 1941 – December 11, 2025) was an American upright bass player, musical composer and playwright. He is known for playing with Erroll Garner from 1970 until Garner's death in 1977, as well as for plays he has written, scored and…
1964–
Ernest Clifford Miller (born January 14, 1964), known by his ring name Ernest "The Cat" Miller, is an American actor, martial artist, and former professional wrestler, known for his work with World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling…
2013
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black and white digital image of Ernest Parks wearing a 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry uniform and holding a rifle. He is sitting on a bench in front of a wood sided building. 24.
1880–1942
Ernest Trimmingham (1880–1942), surname often misspelled as Trimingham, was a playwright, journalist, and actor on stage and screen from the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. He was one of the first black actors in British cinema. Trimingham is a…
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Ernest Columbus Withers, Sr. (August 7, 1922 – October 15, 2007) was an African-American photojournalist. He documented over 60 years of African-American history in the segregated Southern United States, with iconic images of the Montgomery bus boycott;…
1985; printed 2007
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGThis gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of a woman, Ernestine, and her infant daughter at a wooden picnic table. Ernestine wears a white t-shirt with graphic print and shorts. She is turned sideways at the table, straddling the bench to…
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Ernestine Anderson (November 11, 1928 – March 10, 2016) was an American jazz and blues singer. In a career spanning more than six decades, she recorded over 30 albums. She was nominated four times for a Grammy Award.
1977
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of jazz and blues vocalist Ernestine Anderson singing at a performance in Miami, FL. Anderson is photographed from the left and is holding a microphone in her right hand. Her left hand is blurred in gesture and obscures part of…
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Ernest Mitchell Andrews Jr. (December 25, 1927 – February 21, 2022) was an American jazz, blues, and pop singer.
1953
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGIn this black-and-white photograph, Ernie Banks, Matty Brescia, Larry Doby, and Jackie Robinson stand in front of a baseball dugout. To Robinson's left are two unidentified boys. Behind the dugout, a segregated crowd is visible.
Loading image…1938–2009
Ernest Eugene Barnes Jr. (July 15, 1938 – April 27, 2009) was an American artist, well known for his unique style of elongated characters and movement. He was also a professional football player, actor and author.
Loading image…1959–
Ernie Cunnigan (born June 10, 1959), better known by his stage name Ernie C, is an American musician and record producer, best known as the guitarist of rap metal band Body Count.
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Earnest Lee Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters franchise. Hudson has also acted in the films Leviathan (1989), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), The Crow (1994),…
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Ernest Isley (born March 7, 1952) is an American musician best known as a member of the musical ensemble The Isley Brothers, and also the splinter group Isley-Jasper-Isley.
1937–2003
Ernie Claude McClintock (February 19, 1937 – August 26, 2003) was an American multidisciplinary theatre artist and co-founder of the Afro-American Studio for Acting and Speech.
8-1-1999
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Ernie Paniccioli Anniversary party” (Ephemera).
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Ernest Terrell (April 4, 1939 – December 16, 2014) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1957 to 1973. He held the World Boxing Association's heavyweight title from 1965 to 1967, and was one of the tallest heavyweights of his era, at 6 feet…
1992
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA black-and-white photograph of Ernie Watts playing saxophone at a performance in Clearwater, FL. He is wearing a white collared shirt and is behind a microphone. His eyes are closed and his lips are pursed as he blows into the saxophone.
1960
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Ernst Gideon (E.G.) Malherbe, Durban (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1960
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Ernst Gideon (E.G.) Malherbe with dog and daffodils, Durban (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1960
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Ernst Gideon (E.G.) Malherbe with dogs, Durban (South Africa)” (Negatives (photographic)).
1973
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Eroded Entryway, Ruins Of Atsogwa Compound, Iddo, Okpella, Etsako, Edo State, Nigeria” (Slides (photographs)).
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