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Historical photographs & documents

Central Loan Administration & Reporting

2007

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Cataloged as “Central Loan Administration & Reporting” (Text).

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog NMAAHC.A2013.149.3, Item 5
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Central Masque after Friday Prayer

1977

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Cataloged as “Central Masque after Friday Prayer” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3074
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Central Mosque

1977

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Cataloged as “Central Mosque” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2014-003, Item EEPA_2013-015-3090
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BIOGRAPHY
Civil Rights & Community

Ceola Wallace

1907–1994

Ceola Wallace (July 22, 1907 – March 20, 1994) was an American seamstress and civil rights activist from Mississippi. She was one of the African-American women who filed lawsuits in the women's poll tax repeal movement to eliminate the requirement to pay…

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Politics & Public Life

Cephas L. Davis

1839–1907

Cephas L. Davis (November 1839 – May 26, 1907) was a pastor, teacher and state legislator who served in the Virginia Senate after the Reconstruction era, from 1879 - 1880. He was born a slave to Cephas Davis and Annie "Frances" Davis around November 1839…

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[Ceramic bowl at the Ardmore Ceramics Art Studio] Durban, South Africa

Date not recorded

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[The Ardmore Ceramics Art Studio is an artists' studio cooperative that developed a specific, polychromatic ceramic style].

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2010-010, Item EEPA 2010-010-1193
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Ceramic container, Djenné, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “Ceramic container, Djenné, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1086
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Ceramic in a courtyard of a private compound in Sofara, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “Ceramic in a courtyard of a private compound in Sofara, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1634
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Ceramic piece by an National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW) artist, Asmara, Eritrea

1994

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Cataloged as “Ceramic piece by an National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW) artist, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0198
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[Ceramic pitcher at the Ardmore Ceramics Art Studio] Durban, South Africa

Date not recorded

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[The Ardmore Ceramics Art Studio is an artists' studio cooperative that developed a specific, polychromatic ceramic style].

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2010-010, Item EEPA 2010-010-1182
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Ceramic plate commemorating the Centennial of the 16th Street Baptist Church

1973

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A commemorative ceramic plate featuring an image of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The plate has a cream colored background with a dark green transfer pattern that depicts the 16th Street Baptist Church in a central roundel. Over…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2017.7
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MUSEUM OBJECT
Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Ceramic plate from Wormley & Son catering service

1888 - 1903

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A white ceramic dinner plate with a blue printed design around the border. The design is a repeating motif of birds, leaves and curving tendrils. On the verso, the plate is stamped with the business name of "WORMLEY & SON", the name of the catering…

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureCatalog 2015.107
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[Ceramic platter at the Ardmore Ceramics Art Studio] Durban, South Africa

Date not recorded

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[The Ardmore Ceramics Art Studio is an artists' studio cooperative that developed a specific, polychromatic ceramic style].

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2010-010, Item EEPA 2010-010-1183
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Ceramic pots in Djenné, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “Ceramic pots in Djenné, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1083
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Ceramic rain pipe set in a wall in Djenné, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “Ceramic rain pipe set in a wall in Djenné, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1080
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Ceramic rain pipes, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “Ceramic rain pipes, Mali” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-1081
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Ceramic rain pipes set into a wall, Mopti, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “Ceramic rain pipes set into a wall, Mopti, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2720
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[Ceramic sculpture at the Ardmore Ceramics Art Studio] Durban, South Africa

Date not recorded

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[The Ardmore Ceramics Art Studio is an artists' studio cooperative that developed a specific, polychromatic ceramic style].

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2010-010, Item EEPA 2010-010-1184
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[Ceramic sculptures at the Ardmore Ceramics Art Studio] Durban, South Africa

Date not recorded

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[The Ardmore Ceramics Art Studio is an artists' studio cooperative that developed a specific, polychromatic ceramic style].

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2010-010, Item EEPA 2010-010-1198
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Ceramic storage jar by an National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW) artist, Asmara, Eritrea

1994

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Cataloged as “Ceramic storage jar by an National Union of Eritrean Women (NUEW) artist, Asmara, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-0211
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Ceramic storage jars at a craft market, Keren, Eritrea

1995-1997

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Cataloged as “Ceramic storage jars at a craft market, Keren, Eritrea” (Negatives (photographic)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2007-003, Item EEPA 2007-003-1241
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Ceramicist Clementina Van der Walt Cape Town, South Africa

Date not recorded

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Cataloged as “Ceramicist Clementina Van der Walt Cape Town, South Africa” (Slides (photographs); Color slides).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2010-010, Item EEPA 2010-010-1409
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Ceramics being exported on pirogue ports on the Bani River, outside of Mopti, Mopti, Mali

1971

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Cataloged as “Ceramics being exported on pirogue ports on the Bani River, outside of Mopti, Mopti, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2740
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Ceramics being sold at a market in a courtyard in the main market (Le Grand Marché), Bamako, Mali

1967

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Cataloged as “Ceramics being sold at a market in a courtyard in the main market (Le Grand Marché), Bamako, Mali” (Slides (photographs)).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2013-009, Item EEPA 2013-009-2087
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