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Due to rising regional and national cases related to the COVID-19 pandemic, all Smithsonian museums, including the National Zoo, will temporarily close to the public starting Monday, Nov. 23. We are not announcing a reopening date at this time.

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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

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c. 1850 after c. 1847 daguerreotype
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James Armstrong Thome

James Armstrong Thome

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c. 1840
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Nathaniel Jocelyn
Henry Walton Bibb

Henry Walton Bibb

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1847
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