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Created by:

Charles White, American, 1918 - 1979  Search this

Medium:

charcoal black and carbon black pencil on illustration board

Dimensions:

H x W: 40 1/4 × 48 × 3/16 in. (102.2 × 121.9 × 0.5 cm)

Type:

drawings

portraits

Date:

1961

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Christianity  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Gospel (Music)  Search this

Religion  Search this

The Black Church  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2009.6

Restrictions & Rights:

© 1961 The Charles White Archive

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Classification:

Visual Arts

Movement:

Civil Rights Movement

Exhibition:

Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd52adc8bbc-bf9a-47da-a246-d3e7757727e4

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edanmdm:nmaahc_2009.6

Created by:

Wadsworth Aikens Jarrell Sr., American, born 1929  Search this

Subject of:

Angela Y. Davis, American, born 1944  Search this

Medium:

printing ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 37 1/2 × 31 in. (95.3 × 78.7 cm)

Type:

screen prints

portraits

Place made:

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

Date:

1972

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Local and regional  Search this

Politics  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2010.3.1

Restrictions & Rights:

© Wadsworth Jarrell

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Classification:

Visual Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd507038819-f39e-41cd-9d9f-763dba1269c3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2010.3.1

Illustrated by:

Emory Douglas, American, born 1943  Search this

Designed by:

Lázaro Abreu Padrón, Cuban, born 1941  Search this

Published by:

Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America (OSPAAAL), Cuban, founded 1966  Search this

Medium:

lithographic ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions:

H x W: 21 x 14 in. (53.3 x 35.6 cm)

Type:

color lithographs

Place printed:

Cuba, Caribbean, Latin America, North and Central America

Cultural Place:

United States, North and Central America

Date:

1968

Topic:

African American  Search this

African diaspora  Search this

Art  Search this

Design  Search this

Graphic design  Search this

International affairs  Search this

Multilingual communication  Search this

Politics  Search this

Race relations  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2012.46.17.2

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Memorabilia and Ephemera-Political and Activist Ephemera

Movement:

African American - Latinx Solidarity

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a29b16f1-164a-4d52-9f4a-3edfa4aa38ba

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.46.17.2

Created by:

Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969  Search this

Subject of:

Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, American, 1925 - 1978  Search this

Medium:

ink on paper (fiber product)

Dimensions:

5 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 1/4 in. (14.6 x 8.9 x 0.6 cm)

Type:

booklets

Date:

January 1, 1953

Topic:

African American  Search this

Labor  Search this

Pullman Porters  Search this

Segregation  Search this

Transportation  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2012.46.75.4

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Documents and Published Materials

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c545b0a2-53bd-46e3-9da4-8f07211d42e4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.46.75.4

Created by:

Pullman Porters Benefit Association of America, American, founded 1915  Search this

Subject of:

Omer Ester, American, 1884 - 1974  Search this

Medium:

cellulose nitrate and metal

Dimensions:

2 3/16 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in. (5.6 x 4.1 x 1.3 cm)

Type:

identification tags

Date:

1941

Topic:

African American  Search this

Labor  Search this

Pullman Porters  Search this

Segregation  Search this

Transportation  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2012.46.75.8

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd53976c4ac-b1f3-4989-81f2-70ff8c33de73

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edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.46.75.8

Created by:

Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969  Search this

Subject of:

T.R. Joseph, American  Search this

Medium:

cellulose nitrate and metal

Dimensions:

2 1/8 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in. (5.4 x 4.1 x 1.3 cm)

Type:

identification tags

Date:

ca. 1940

Topic:

African American  Search this

Labor  Search this

Pullman Porters  Search this

Segregation  Search this

Transportation  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2012.46.75.9

Restrictions & Rights:

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Classification:

Memorabilia and Ephemera

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd541335a5e-788f-46b3-b3d7-505e21272995

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edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.46.75.9

Created by:

Howardena Doreen Pindell, American, born 1943  Search this

Medium:

acrylic, pressure-sensitive tape, rhinestone, wood, metal, silicone, zircon, canvas

Dimensions:

H x W x D (painting): 24 × 21 1/2 × 3 in. (61 × 54.6 × 7.6 cm)

H x W x D (frame): 30 × 28 × 7 in. (76.2 × 71.1 × 17.8 cm)

Type:

multimedia works

Place depicted:

South Africa, Africa

Date:

1987

Topic:

African American  Search this

Africa  Search this

Art  Search this

Politics  Search this

Segregation  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2012.80

Restrictions & Rights:

© 1987 Howardena Pindell

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Classification:

Visual Arts

Movement:

Anti-apartheid movements

Exhibition:

Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54da84404-ccf0-4d32-9d22-1ba20eb89cf7

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.80

Created by:

Bruce Lee Photography Inc, American  Search this

Subject of:

Briana Scurry, born 1971  Search this

United States Women's National Soccer Team, American, founded 1985  Search this

Medium:

ink on photographic paper , wood glass metal

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 15 5/8 × 12 5/8 × 7/8 in. (39.7 × 32.1 × 2.2 cm)

Type:

frames (furnishings)

color photographs

portraits

Date:

ca. 1996

Topic:

African American  Search this

Athletes  Search this

Soccer  Search this

Sports  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Briana Scurry

Object number:

2015.58.13

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd55fa8f35a-b30a-450e-a1b1-540c8797a956

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2015.58.13

Created by:

Torkwase Dyson, American, born 1973  Search this

Subject of:

Henry Box Brown, American, 1815 - 1897  Search this

Medium:

acrylic paint on canvas with wood and wire

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 96 × 72 × 2 in. (243.8 × 182.9 × 5.1 cm)

Type:

paintings

Place made:

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

Date:

2018

Topic:

African American  Search this

Architecture  Search this

Art  Search this

Fugitive enslaved  Search this

Self-liberation  Search this

Transportation  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2018.77

Restrictions & Rights:

© Torkwase Dyson

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Portfolio/Series:

Water Table

Classification:

Visual Arts

Exhibition:

Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5ccceab11-6dc7-40d0-bac3-603a2b6894ec

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2018.77

Photograph by:

J. P. Ball & Son, American, 1845 - 1904  Search this

J. F. Ryder, American, 1826 - 1904  Search this

Rudolph Goebel, German American, 1835 - 1923  Search this

W. T. Crouch, American  Search this

J. M. LeClear, American, 1837 - 1914  Search this

A. J. Fox, American  Search this

E. L. Graves  Search this

H. A. Seymour  Search this

William LaTour, American  Search this

L. W. Upton, American  Search this

Published by:

Samuel Bowles, American, born 1865  Search this

Subject of:

Eunice Eliza-Mills Wetherbee, American, 1824 - 1914  Search this

Unidentified Man or Men  Search this

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

Unidentified Child or Children  Search this

Medium:

album: leather and metal;

photographs: albumen and silver on paper and collodion and silver on iron with lacquer

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 6 1/8 × 5 1/8 × 1 3/16 in. (15.6 × 13 × 3 cm)

Type:

cartes-de-visite

tintypes

albumen prints

photograph albums

Place captured:

United States, North and Central America

Date:

ca. 1870

Topic:

African American  Search this

Men  Search this

Photography  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2020.10.3

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5d15bc274-02ec-411d-9f84-514e5b18b04d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2020.10.3

Photograph by:

Sheila Pree Bright, American, born 1967  Search this

Subject of:

Janelle Monáe, American, born 1985  Search this

Felecia Christian, American  Search this

Alexia Christian, American, died 2015  Search this

Nate "Rocket" Wonder, American  Search this

Unidentified Woman or Women  Search this

Wondaland Records, American, founded 2015  Search this

Medium:

digital

Dimensions:

H x W: 6000 pixels × 6000 pixels

File size (Total): 103.09 MB

Type:

digital images

digital media - born digital

Place captured:

Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States, North and Central America

Date:

2015

Topic:

African American  Search this

Activism  Search this

Actors  Search this

American South  Search this

Civil Rights  Search this

Composers (Musicians)  Search this

Gospel (Music)  Search this

Justice  Search this

Photography  Search this

Police brutality  Search this

Popular music  Search this

Race relations  Search this

Rappers (Musicians)  Search this

Singers (Musicians)  Search this

U.S. History, 2001-  Search this

Urban life  Search this

Violence  Search this

Women  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sheila Pree Bright

Object number:

2021.56.1

Restrictions & Rights:

© Sheila Pree Bright

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Portfolio/Series:

#1960Now

Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Movement:

Black Lives Matter

Exhibition:

Reckoning: Protest. Defiance. Resilience.

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 052

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd554d7c112-e745-4ad5-a391-32394e6e049b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.56.1

Created by:

Jean-Michel Basquiat, American, 1960 - 1988  Search this

Medium:

watercolor, gouache and ink on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (artwork): 3 3/8 × 5 1/4 in. (8.6 × 13.3 cm)

H x W x D (framed): 13 7/8 × 16 1/8 × 1 5/8 in. (35.2 × 41 × 4.1 cm)

Type:

watercolors

Place made:

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

Date:

1979-1980

Topic:

African American  Search this

Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, From the Alexis Adler Archive

Object number:

2019.92

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Classification:

Visual Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5fb27a3a2-2d0a-4ad8-a136-680b0b091fa4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2019.92

Photograph by:

Unidentified  Search this

Subject of:

James Washington, American  Search this

Medium:

collodion and silver on iron with lacquer

Dimensions:

H x W x D (Case Closed): 3 × 2 1/2 × 3/4 in. (7.6 × 6.4 × 1.9 cm)

H x W x D (Case Open): 3 × 5 1/8 × 1/2 in. (7.6 × 13 × 1.3 cm)

Type:

tintypes

portraits

Date:

late 19th century

Topic:

African American  Search this

Photography  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2014.37.10.2

Restrictions & Rights:

Public domain

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Classification:

Media Arts-Photography

Exhibition:

Cultural Expressions

On View:

NMAAHC (1400 Constitution Ave NW), National Mall Location, Culture/Fourth Floor, 4 050

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54f4cb245-6a7c-4c5a-bc80-f8186a5fa5c2

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.37.10.2

Manufactured by:

American Abrasive Metals Company, American, founded 1911  Search this

Commissioned by:

Pullman Palace Car Company, American, 1867 - 1969  Search this

Medium:

metal

Dimensions:

10 3/8 × 17 3/4 × 20 1/2 in. (26.4 × 45.1 × 52.1 cm)

Type:

step stools

Place used:

United States, North and Central America

Date:

1922-1969

Topic:

African American  Search this

Labor  Search this

Pullman Porters  Search this

Transportation  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2014.63.63.1

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Tools and Equipment-Occupational

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5733db2ac-5654-4e38-ada0-7d63a0438d4e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.63.63.1

Manufactured by:

American Seating Company, American, founded 1886  Search this

Used by:

Griffith Stadium, 1911 - 1965  Search this

Subject of:

Homestead Grays, American, 1912 - 1950  Search this

Medium:

paint on wood , metal and brass (alloy)

Dimensions:

H x W x D (Seat Up): 30 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 20 1/4 in., 37 lb. (77.5 × 57.2 × 51.4 cm, 16.8 kg)

H x W x D (Seat Down): 30 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 22 1/2 in., 37 lb. (77.5 × 57.2 × 57.2 cm, 16.8 kg)

Type:

seating furniture

Place used:

Griffith Stadium, Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

Date:

ca. 1940

Topic:

African American  Search this

Amusements  Search this

Baseball  Search this

Local and regional  Search this

Sports  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2014.90.1

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Tools and Equipment-Sports and Recreational

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57bf8e458-e106-426b-8d52-447863c5a2dd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.90.1

Created by:

Unidentified  Search this

Medium:

fiber and cowrie shell

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 5 5/8 × 6 1/2 × 6 1/2 in. (14.3 × 16.5 × 16.5 cm)

Type:

baskets

Place made:

Mossuril, Nampula, Mozambique, Africa

Place used:

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

Date:

2015

Topic:

African American  Search this

Africa  Search this

Craftsmanship  Search this

Design  Search this

Folklife  Search this

Middle Passage  Search this

Ornamentation  Search this

Trans Atlantic slave trade  Search this

Credit Line:

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

Object number:

2016.168ab

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Slavery and Freedom Objects

Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design

Religious and Sacred Objects

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5c1dcaef5-0d51-4e34-8df7-27f2ee6dd95a

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2016.168ab

Manufactured by:

Jackson Products, Inc.  Search this

Worn by:

Elizabeth "Queen Ann" Burnett, American  Search this

Subject of:

International Union of Operating Engineers, American, founded 1896  Search this

Medium:

polyethylene with ink on paper and duct tape

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 6 1/2 × 9 1/16 × 11 9/16 in. (16.5 × 23 × 29.3 cm)

Type:

hard hats

Place used:

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

Date:

2001

Topic:

African American  Search this

Clothing and dress  Search this

Communities  Search this

Health  Search this

Identity  Search this

Labor  Search this

Mental health  Search this

Skilled labor  Search this

U.S. History, 2001-  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Elizabeth "Queen Ann" Burnett, Operating Engineer

Object number:

2021.68.1

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown - Restrictions Possible

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Classification:

Clothing-Historical

Tools and Equipment-Occupational

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5a56da8f6-f822-410e-a3aa-73ea14e9ddb8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2021.68.1

Created by:

Unidentified  Search this

Used by:

Shearer Cottage, American, founded 1903  Search this

Medium:

leather, cardboard, paper and ink

Dimensions:

12 7/8 x 8 1/8 x 1 1/8 in. (32.7 x 20.6 x 2.9 cm)

Dimensions of book laid open: 12 7/8 × 16 × 1 1/4 in. (32.7 × 40.6 × 3.2 cm)

Type:

visitors' books

Place used:

Oak Bluffs, Duke County, Massachusetts, United States, Martha's Vineyard, North and Central America

Date:

1931-1947

Topic:

African American  Search this

Black Enterprise  Search this

Black interiors  Search this

Business  Search this

Recreation  Search this

Segregation  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Shearer Cottage

Object number:

2012.2.2

Restrictions & Rights:

No Known Copyright Restrictions

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Classification:

Documents and Published Materials-Business and Legal Documents

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd547aa9ddb-8bca-4e68-89f2-00dfc64b8b46

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2012.2.2

Created by:

Radcliffe Bailey, American, 1968 - 2023  Search this

Medium:

mixed media : acrylic, resin, glitter, metallic paint, with oak leaf and photographic materials on paper

Dimensions:

H x W (sheet): 58 × 70 in. (147.3 × 177.8 cm)

H x W x D (framed): 62 9/16 × 74 11/16 × 2 3/8 in. (158.9 × 189.7 × 6 cm)

Type:

collages

Date:

2000

Topic:

African American  Search this

African diaspora  Search this

Art  Search this

Great Migration  Search this

Identity  Search this

Middle Passage  Search this

Migrations  Search this

Self-liberation  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Terry and Jennifer Weiss and family

Object number:

2014.305ab

Restrictions & Rights:

© Radcliffe Bailey

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Classification:

Visual Arts

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd50e65d910-d70e-4fb0-8941-21ea31e334b8

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_2014.305ab

Manufactured by:

Maxini Collezione, Mexican, founded 1995  Search this

Used by:

Ray Barretto, American, 1929 - 2006  Search this

Medium:

synthetic fiber

Type:

shirts

Date:

late 20th century

Topic:

African American  Search this

Clothing and dress  Search this

Instrumentalists (Musicians)  Search this

Jazz (Music)  Search this

Credit Line:

Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Brandy and Chris Barretto, in memory of Ray Barretto

Object number:

A2020.52.1.3

Restrictions & Rights:

Unknown – Restrictions Possible

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Classification:

Clothing-Fashion

Movement:

Nuyorican Movement

Data Source:

National Museum of African American History and Culture

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd534a5408a-4fb7-4901-9f98-5d295b1453d4

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmaahc_A2020.52.1.3