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Clothing, Space Suits, Russia, Sokol KV-2;T̀ito, Dennis. [digital image]

Clothing, Space Suits, Russia, Sokol KV-2;T̀ito, Dennis. [digital image]

Digital images
8/31/2005
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Kaivawit [Kaibab] vocabulary ca. 1870's

Kaivawit [Kaibab] vocabulary ca. 1870's

Archival materials Collection descriptions
ca 1870s
National Anthropological Archives
Academic robe, hood, and cap worn by Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole at Spelman College

Academic robe, hood, and cap worn by Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole at Spelman College

robes caps (headgear) hoods (headgear)
1986 - 1987
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Medal commemorating Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole as President of Spelman College

Medal commemorating Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole as President of Spelman College

medals
1988
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Academic robe worn by Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole at Bennett College

Academic robe worn by Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole at Bennett College

robes
2003
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Academic cap worn by Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole at Bennett College

Academic cap worn by Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole at Bennett College

caps (headgear)
2003
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Academic cap worn by Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole at Bennett College

Academic cap worn by Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole at Bennett College

mortarboards
2003
National Museum of African American History and Culture
Keith Shaw Williams in military uniform [photograph] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Keith Shaw Williams in military uniform [photograph] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Photograph
Archives and Special Collections, Smithsonian American Art Museum
George Biddle in military uniform [photograph] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

George Biddle in military uniform [photograph] / (photographed by Peter A. Juley & Son)

Photograph
Archives and Special Collections, Smithsonian American Art Museum
A Persian Pet [photomechanical print]

A Persian Pet [photomechanical print]

Photomechanical prints
Copyrighted 1902
Archives and Special Collections, Smithsonian American Art Museum
Field Work in Enugu, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Igbo Ekwezu Coal Camp Group of Enugu Women Association

Field Work in Enugu, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Igbo Ekwezu Coal Camp Group of Enugu Women Association

Negatives
1951
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Field Work in Enugu, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Igbo Ekwezu Coal Camp Group of Enugu Women Association

Field Work in Enugu, Eastern Region (Nigeria): Igbo Ekwezu Coal Camp Group of Enugu Women Association

Negatives
1951
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Field Work in Ibadan, Western Region (Nigeria): Large Indigo Dye Pots Used by Yoruba Women to Create Adire Clothes

Field Work in Ibadan, Western Region (Nigeria): Large Indigo Dye Pots Used by Yoruba Women to Create Adire Clothes

Negatives
1951
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Field Work in Ibadan, Western Region (Nigeria): Elderly Man (probably Yoruba Informant) Accompanied by Musician with Talking Drum, on Campus of University College of Ibadan

Field Work in Ibadan, Western Region (Nigeria): Elderly Man (probably Yoruba Informant) Accompanied by Musician with Talking Drum, on Campus of University College of Ibadan

Negatives
1951
Anacostia Community Museum Archives
Field Work in the Western Region (Nigeria): Three Elderly Women Wearing Elaborate Headties

Field Work in the Western Region (Nigeria): Three Elderly Women Wearing Elaborate Headties

Negatives
1951
Anacostia Community Museum Archives

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