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Created by:

Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9 cm)

Type:

letters (correspondence)

Place depicted:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date:

February 9, 1974

Topic:

African American  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Jazz (Music)  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Paxton and Rachel Baker

Object number:

2012.172.4

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents

Exhibition:

Musical Crossroads

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd586333512-1193-42a1-a2b3-fb0e05ca6950

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.172.4

Composed by:

Francis Johnson, American, 1792 - 1844  Search this

Published by:

Joseph C. Taws, American, 1797 - 1832  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 13 × 9 1/4 in. (33 × 23.5 cm)

Type:

sheet music

Place printed:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1824

Topic:

African American  Search this

Band (Music)  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Popular music  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2019.28.33

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Documents and Published Materials-Sheet music

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5356265e2-fa1b-4b5c-9a2f-c43b50e2fe36

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2019.28.33

Created by:

Bobbiegita Walker, American, born 1942  Search this

Subject of:

Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983  Search this

Medium:

stoneware clay

Dimensions:

19 x 9 x 13 1/2 in. (48.3 x 22.9 x 34.3 cm)

Type:

busts

portraits

sculptures

Date:

1981

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbiegita Walker

Object number:

2011.128.1ab

Restrictions & Rights:

© Bobbiegita Walker

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53da37aaf-f76d-42da-a382-e12739ace2ab

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.128.1ab

Photograph by:

Underwood & Underwood, American, 1881 - 1940s  Search this

Subject of:

Roland Hayes, American, 1887 - 1977  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper with ink on paper with tape

Dimensions:

H x W: 7 3/4 × 5 1/4 in. (19.7 × 13.3 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place printed:

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Place depicted:

Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Date:

1923

Topic:

African American  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Photography  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2015.97.38.22.1

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5aec35421-a49c-444c-9d3a-4d95392eb95d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.97.38.22.1

Photograph by:

Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944  Search this

Subject of:

Sun Ra, American, 1914 - 1993  Search this

Created by:

Knitting Factory, American, founded 1987  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W (sheet): 7 15/16 × 9 7/8 in. (20.2 × 25.1 cm)

H x W (image): 5 1/2 × 8 1/16 in. (14 × 20.5 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Date:

late 1980s

Topic:

African American  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2016.99.5

Restrictions & Rights:

© Anthony Barboza

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a628282d-6cec-4717-91e6-ba9403f6b1d6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.99.5

Written by:

W. C. Handy, American, 1873 - 1958  Search this

Received by:

Dorothy Porter, American, 1905 - 1995  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 11 x 8 in. (27.9 x 20.3 cm)

Type:

business letters

Place depicted:

Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

1587 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date:

March 1, 1939

Topic:

African American  Search this

Business  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Correspondence  Search this

Education  Search this

Local and regional  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2011.57.33.1

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Documents and Published Materials

Exhibition:

Musical Crossroads

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5018d65ad-7d07-444d-95a2-a5c45dcf41e8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.57.33.1

Photograph by:

Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944  Search this

Subject of:

Miles Davis, American, 1926 - 1991  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Sheet): 19 1/16 × 13 in. (48.4 × 33 cm)

H x W (Image): 17 1/2 × 11 11/16 in. (44.5 × 29.7 cm)

Type:

portraits

inkjet prints

Place depicted:

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1971; printed later

Topic:

African American  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anthony Barboza

Object number:

2014.157.3

Restrictions & Rights:

© Anthony Barboza

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5340e4e97-3585-437c-9bb8-663c7bc675b7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.157.3

Created by:

Bobbiegita Walker, American, born 1942  Search this

Subject of:

Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983  Search this

Medium:

plaster and polyester resin

Dimensions:

L x W (left hand): 10 1/2 x 4 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (26.7 x 10.8 x 5.7 cm)

L x W (right hand): 10 x 5 x 2 1/4 in. (25.4 x 12.7 x 5.7 cm)

Type:

casts

Date:

1982

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbiegita Walker

Object number:

2011.128.2ab

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Visual Arts

Exhibition:

Musical Crossroads

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 053

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd59bfda784-cacf-46c3-ba95-19700462484e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.128.2ab

Photograph by:

Bobbiegita Walker, American, born 1942  Search this

Subject of:

Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983  Search this

Medium:

dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

L x W: 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (13.3 x 8.9 cm)

Type:

snapshots

portraits

Date:

1981

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbiegita Walker

Object number:

2011.128.3.7

Restrictions & Rights:

©Bobbiegita Walker

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57b33f43d-ed23-4c84-86d9-5763ef7a795a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.128.3.7

Photograph by:

Bobbiegita Walker, American, born 1942  Search this

Subject of:

Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983  Search this

Medium:

dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

L x W: 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (8.9 x 13.3 cm)

Type:

snapshots

portraits

Date:

1981

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbiegita Walker

Object number:

2011.128.3.9

Restrictions & Rights:

©Bobbiegita Walker

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d27e0b78-5769-46f3-a8bd-4702fff00512

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.128.3.9

Photograph by:

Barbara Walker, American  Search this

Subject of:

Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983  Search this

Bobbiegita Walker, American, born 1942  Search this

Medium:

dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

L x W: 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 in. (8.9 x 13.3 cm)

Type:

snapshots

portraits

Date:

1981

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbiegita Walker

Object number:

2011.128.3.2

Restrictions & Rights:

©Bobbiegita Walker

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c22df78a-434b-49e0-9019-b7cbd2a587dc

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.128.3.2

Created by:

Bobbiegita Walker, American, born 1942  Search this

Subject of:

Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983  Search this

Medium:

dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

L x W: 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (13.3 x 8.9 cm)

Type:

snapshots

portraits

Date:

1981

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbiegita Walker

Object number:

2011.128.3.1

Restrictions & Rights:

©Bobbiegita Walker

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a68e58ed-1e09-4fd7-a541-9f6dc76b3bb6

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.128.3.1

Photograph by:

Bobbiegita Walker, American, born 1942  Search this

Subject of:

Eubie Blake, American, 1887 - 1983  Search this

Medium:

dye and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

L x W: 5 1/4 x 3 1/2 in. (13.3 x 8.9 cm)

Type:

snapshots

portraits

Date:

1981

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Bobbiegita Walker

Object number:

2011.128.3.8

Restrictions & Rights:

©Bobbiegita Walker

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd516d57800-51bb-4719-9004-a0ee1627167f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.128.3.8

Photograph by:

David D. Spitzer, American  Search this

Subject of:

Jimmy Heath, American, born 1926  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Image): 13 11/16 x 9 5/16 in. (34.8 x 23.6 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 14 1/16 x 9 3/4 in. (35.7 x 24.7 cm)

H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Date:

1988

Topic:

African American  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Jazz (Music)  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer

Object number:

2012.164.29

Restrictions & Rights:

© David D. Spitzer

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54da1a504-30d0-458d-9ab9-492862112251

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.164.29

Published by:

CBS Records International, 1961 - 1991  Search this

The College Music Society, American, founded 1958  Search this

Composed by:

Chevalier de Saint-Georges, French, 1745 - 1799  Search this

William Grant Still, American, 1895 - 1978  Search this

Ulysses Simpson Kay, American, 1917 - 1995  Search this

George Theophilus Walker, American, 1922 - 2018  Search this

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, British, 1875 - 1912  Search this

José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Brazilian, 1767 - 1830  Search this

Roque Cordero, Panamanian, 1917 - 2009  Search this

Olly Woodrow Wilson Jr., American, Washington University in St. Louis, 1937 - 2018  Search this

Fela Sowande, Nigerian, 1905 - 1987  Search this

Thomas Jefferson Anderson, Jr., American, born 1928  Search this

Talib-Rasul Hakim, American, 1940 - 1988  Search this

David Nathaniel Baker Jr., American, born 1931  Search this

Hale Smith, American, 1925 - 2009  Search this

Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork, American, born 1941  Search this

José Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte, Cuban, 1835 - 1918  Search this

Illustrated by:

David C. Driskell, American, 1931 - 2020  Search this

Medium:

(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h): vinyl with ink on paper (fiber product)

(i): ink on paper (fiber product)

(j,k): ink on paper (fiber product) on cardboard

Dimensions:

Diameter (a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h. disc): 11 7/8 in. (30.2 cm)

H x W (i. liner notes booklet): 11 1/2 × 11 1/2 in. (29.2 × 29.2 cm)

H x W x D (j,k. box, lid): 12 3/8 × 12 3/8 × 1 in. (31.4 × 31.4 × 2.5 cm)

Type:

record covers

long-playing records

Place collected:

United States, North and Central America

Date:

1986

Topic:

African American  Search this

Classical (Music)  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2015.189.57a-k

Restrictions & Rights:

© 1986 The College Music Society; © CBS Inc. Permission required for use.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Audio Recordings

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c5c24afd-c7b7-4025-a76c-71fd24fc96ec

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.189.57a-k

Written by:

Nina Simone, American, 1933 - 2003  Search this

Medium:

graphite on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions:

H x W: 11 x 8 1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)

Type:

notes

Date:

1960s

Topic:

African American  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Music  Search this

Popular music  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture

Object number:

2011.132.18

Restrictions & Rights:

© Nina Simone. Permission required for use.

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Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd550412f85-b9dc-4dd4-b324-866df13d7da0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2011.132.18

Photograph by:

David D. Spitzer, American  Search this

Subject of:

Joe Newman, American, 1922 - 1992  Search this

Harold Mabern Jr., American, born 1936  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Image): 13 11/16 x 9 3/16 in. (34.7 x 23.4 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 13 3/4 x 9 13/16 in. (35 x 24.9 cm)

H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place captured:

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date:

ca. 1977

Topic:

African American  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Jazz (Music)  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer

Object number:

2012.164.100

Restrictions & Rights:

© David D. Spitzer

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fc30d2fa-9bba-43fd-a216-aad86d1d5d48

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.164.100

Photograph by:

David D. Spitzer, American  Search this

Subject of:

Don Pullen, American, 1941 - 1995  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Image): 13 11/16 x 9 5/16 in. (34.8 x 23.6 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 13 7/8 x 10 7/8 in. (35.2 x 27.6 cm)

H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place captured:

Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1993

Topic:

African American  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Jazz (Music)  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer

Object number:

2012.164.160

Restrictions & Rights:

© David D. Spitzer

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5794edeb8-c910-482e-8c7c-3021cd43b879

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.164.160

Photograph by:

David D. Spitzer, American  Search this

Subject of:

Unidentified Man or Men  Search this

Chico Hamilton, American, 1921 - 2013  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Image): 13 11/16 x 9 7/16 in. (34.8 x 24 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 13 15/16 x 10 11/16 in. (35.4 x 27.2 cm)

H x W (Matted): 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place captured:

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date:

ca. 1977

Topic:

African American  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Jazz (Music)  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of David D. Spitzer

Object number:

2012.164.77

Restrictions & Rights:

© David D. Spitzer

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a3fd101c-1d0b-4d40-afa8-fe8557dacc8c

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.164.77

Photograph by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

Cab Calloway, American, 1907 - 1994  Search this

Medium:

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper

Dimensions:

H x W (Image): 8 7/8 × 7 5/16 in. (22.6 × 18.5 cm)

H x W (Sheet): 10 × 8 1/8 in. (25.4 × 20.6 cm)

Type:

gelatin silver prints

portraits

Place captured:

Havana, Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Place printed:

New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America

Date:

1930s - 1950s; printed later

Topic:

African American  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Conductors (Musicians)  Search this

Dance  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Cabella Calloway Langsam

Object number:

2013.237.18

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd520d0fd5d-693b-4f33-ae44-7d04c9b68646

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2013.237.18