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Chef médaillé avec ses Femmes et Enfants Katanga-Congo

ca. 1910

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Printed caption on recto reads: "Chef médaillé avec ses Femmes et Enfants. - Katanga-Congo." Translated caption reads, "The decorated chief with his wives and children. Katanga-Congo." Items EEPA CG-15-59 and EEPA CG-15-60 are duplicate postcards.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1985-140835
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Chef prepares lunch on the pinnace.

2000-02-01

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Chef prepares lunch on the pinnace. Kitchen set up on the 3 day boat trip on Pinnace to Timbuktu. Original Carousel number, 12, slide number, 43.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1444
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Chef preparing dinner at the campsite

2000-02-01

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Chef preparing dinner at the campsite. Original Carousel number, 12, slide number, 112.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2020-001, Item EEPA 2020-001-1511
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Literature

Chef Tone

1983–

Tony Scales (born June 13, 1983), known professionally as Chef Tone, is an American record producer and songwriter from Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for his co-writing or producing releases from American R&B singer Trey Songz, including his 2009…

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Chefs féticheurs dahoméens

ca. 1910

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Printed caption on recto reads: "Chefs féticheurs dahoméens." Postmarked postage stamp on recto. Manuscript message and address on verso.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 2013-001-0227
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Sports

Cheick Diabate

2002–

Cheick Tiemoko Diabate (born 21 January 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone.

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Scholarship

Cheikh Anta Diop

1923–1986

Diop advanced influential research on African civilizations, languages and the continent’s place in world history.

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Engineering

Chekesha Liddell

Biography

Chekesha M. Liddell Watson (née Liddell) researches colloidal materials, and the relationship between micron and submicron length scales. She was an Associate Professor of Material Science and Engineering at Cornell University.

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Cheko performance - women masqueraders Inland Delta region, Niger

June 1989

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Cataloged as “Cheko performance - women masqueraders Inland Delta region, Niger” (Slides (photographs); Color slides).

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1989-006, Item EEPA 1989-061143
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Arts & Performance

Chelsea Brown

1942–2017

Chelsea Brown (born Lois Brown, December 6, 1942 – March 27, 2017) was an American-born actress of television and film, comedian and dancer, who appeared as a regular performer in comedy series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. She had a successful career in her…

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Film & Television

Chelsea Harris

Biography

Chelsea Harris is an American actress best known for roles on Just Jordan, Designated Survivor and Snowpiercer. She played Necie on The Neighborhood from 2022–2023.

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Medicine & Health

Chelsea Pinnix

Biography

Chelsea Camille Pinnix is an American oncologist who is an Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology and Director of the Residency Program at the MD Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC). Having joined the faculty 2012, her research looks to improve the outcomes…

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Sports & Achievement

Chelsea Surpris

1996–

Chelsea Ariane Surpris (born 20 December 1996) is a professional footballer who currently plays as a defender for 2. Frauen-Bundesliga club SC Sand. Internationally, she plays for the Haiti national team, despite previously representing the United States…

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Music

Chelsea Tavares

1991–

Chelsea Royce Tavares is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles as Cranberry on the Nickelodeon series Unfabulous, Autumn Williams on the Nickelodeon series Just Jordan, Patience Robinson in The CW series All American, and the…

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Science & Inventions

Chelsea Walton

1983–

Chelsea Walton is an American mathematician whose research interests include noncommutative algebra, noncommutative algebraic geometry, symmetry in quantum mechanics, Hopf algebras, and quantum groups. She is a full professor at Rice University and a Sloan…

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Arts & Performance

Chelsee Healey

1988–

Chelsea Jade Healey (born 6 August 1988) is an English actress. She is known for portraying the roles of Janeece Bryant in the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2006–2012, 2023), Honey Wright in the BBC medical drama series Casualty (2014–2015)…

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History & Culture

Chelsee Washington

1997–

Chelsee Teresa Washington (born November 17, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder.

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Music

Chelsi Smith

1973–2018

Chelsi Mariam Pearl Smith (August 23, 1973 – September 8, 2018) was an American actress, singer, TV host and beauty queen who was crowned Miss USA 1995 and Miss Universe 1995. Smith was the third Miss USA of African-American origin, after Carole Gist…

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Literature

Cheluchi Onyemelukwe

Biography

Cheluchi Onyemelukwe is a Nigerian–Canadian author and academic. She is best known for her 2019 family saga novel The Son of the House which she won the Nigeria Prize for Literature awards for in 2021. She is also a Professor of Law at Babcock University,…

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Chemin de fer et port de la Côte D'Ivoire Appontement de Port-Bouet (mai 1904)

[ca. 1904]

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Printed caption on recto reads: "Chemin de fer et port de la Côte D'Ivoire / Appontement de Port-Bouet (mai 1904)." Translated postcard caption reads: "Railway And Harbor of Côte D'Ivoire / Pier of Port-Bouët (May 1904)." Additional printed text on recto…

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA IV 1985-145127
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"CHEMIN DE FER ET PORT" [RAILWAY AND PORT], Cote d'Ivoire

Date not recorded

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CHEMIN DE FER ET PORT; DE LA COTE D'IVOIRE; 1er SEMESTRE 1904; 12 Vues; 2me Série. Published by E. L. D. Paris.

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African ArtCatalog EEPA.2001-001, Item EEPA 2001-001-6980
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Film & Television

Chene Lawson

Biography

Chené Lawson-Peissig is an American writer, podcaster, and actor. Lawson was born in Chicago, Illinois. She later moved to Los Angeles, where she trained at The Groundlings theater.

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Cheneta Jones

1985–

Cheneta Jones (born February 8, 1985) is an American urban contemporary gospel artist and musician. She started her music career, in 2012, with the release of the studio album, Transformed, by Habakkuk Music, and this charted on two Billboard charts Top…

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