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Memphis Slim

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Jazz pianist Memphis Slim's head and shoulders are visible and he does not smile as he holds a microphone across his chest with his right hand and sits at a piano at an unidentified venue. There is a...

Date Published
1929
1931

Military base

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Landscape photograph of a military base, possibly Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, Utah.

Date Published
1941
1950

Momma from Kitsy

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A studio portrait of an unidentified young African American woman wearing a fur collar and muff, a long jabot over a plaid suit, and elbow length gloves. Handwritten in the bottom right-hand corner,...

Date Published
1891
1900

Mother and her children

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A studio portrait of smiling unidentified African American woman with a baby lying on its stomach to the left and a toddler girl seated on the right.

Date Published
1931
1950

Mrs. Mattie Stanley

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Three unidentified African American women stand by a house with two unidentified African American children sitting in front of them in the yard next to a two-story clapboard house. The woman in the...

Date Published
1911
1920

My grandma

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An unidentified African American woman and her grandmother stand under tree. Handwritten above the photograph, "My Grand Ma."

Date Published
1921
1930

My Visit with Santa card front and frame cover

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Photograph: Two young African American boys visit with a Santa Claus, who is a white man, has a red poinsettia on the top center and a red and white house across the bottom. Both boys have lollipops...

Date Published
1951
1960

Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band

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Myra Taylor sings with the Curtyse Foster Band at an unidentified venue in Kansas City. Farthest to the left Bunnie "Bumps" Love smiles to her right at the photographer as she sits with her hands on...

Date Published
1951
1960

Night of drinking

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An unidentified African American woman with her arms around the shoulders of two unidentified, unenthused, African American men, sit at a table while having drinks at an unidentified venue. The table...

Date Published
1929
1931

Officer standing in the open door of a car

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An African American military officer stands inside the open passenger side door of a car wearing his uniform and sunglasses. A forest is behind him.

Date Published
1941
1950

Ollie Gates

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Ollie Gates, son of the founder of Gates Barbecue in Kansas City, Missouri.

Date Published
1974-06

Ollie Mae in winter clothing

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Ollie Mae - 14 months, stands on a carved bench looking over her right shoulder and smiles. she's wearing a tam cap, a wool double-breasted winter coat, wool snow pants that bell over her shoes like...

Date Published
1931
1940

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity event

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Large group of twenty nine African American people dressed in evening gowns and suits standing behind or crouching beside an Omega Psi Phi (ΩΨΦ) fraternity shield. A stage is behind them with musical...

Date Published
1931
1940

Omega Psi Phi Fraternity event

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Large group of thirty eight African American people dressed in evening gowns and suits standing behind around an Omega Psi Phi (ΩΨΦ) fraternity shield. A stage is behind them with musical instruments...

Date Published
1931
1940

On a rocky beach

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Two unidentified white women sitting on a rocky beach with perhaps changing huts and palm trees behind them.

Date Published
1911
1920

Outdoors

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Two unidentified African American children on the left side of the photograph are playing outdoors as an unidentified African American woman bends over a pan by a rock pillar and smiles over her right...

Date Published
1951
1960

Pair of toddlers

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An unidentified boy and girl, likely toddlers, look seriously at the photographer. The boy wears a bucket cap with the brim turned up. The girl wears a bow in her hair, holds her right hand to her...

Date Published
1911
1920

Pastor attending graduation

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An unidentified African American man, likely a pastor, wears a collar and a three piece suit as he holds his fedora hat in his left hand and a cane in his right, on graduation day, probably at Western...

Date Published
1941
1950

People sit and listen to a lecture

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An African American man speaks to a full auditorium from a podium. Items on a table are to his left. The audience is largely white women and some boys.

Date Published
1971
1980

Portrait of a man

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A studio portrait of unidentified African American man with a mustache and a receding hairline wearing a small bow tie, a high collar, a suit jacket, and pants where the waistline comes high above the...

Date Published
1891
1900

Portrait of a man

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A head shot studio portrait of an unidentified African American man wearing a high collar shirt with a necktie and tie pin, as well as a lapel pin on his suit jacket. He has a handkerchief tucked into...

Date Published
1921
1930