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Bottles on steps & toys on railing - Baltimore, Md. - 2004

This image depicts a street memorial for someone who has passed away. At center of the image is a number of bottles lined up on a set of concrete steps. The five steps, leading to a doorway boarded up with plywood, are mostly filled with rows of glass liquor bottles of varying shapes and sizes. There is a stuffed teddy bear on the third step up and flowers and a teddy bear on the top step. On one

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Bottles on steps, toys on railing - Baltimore, Md. - 2004

This image depicts a street memorial for someone in the neighborhood who has passed away. At center of the image is a number of bottles lined up on a set of concrete steps. The five steps, leading to a doorway boarded up with plywood, are mostly filled with rows of glass liquor bottles of varying shapes and sizes. There is a stuffed teddy bear on the third step up and flowers and a teddy bear on t

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Bouffant Pride

A mixed media work utilizing photogravure, collage, paint, and Plasticine, laser-cut, three-dimensionally modelled and layered. Covering the majority of the print's surface are small black and white portrait headshots arranged in a grid pattern resembling a photography contact sheet. Each small portrait features an individual, mostly women, shown from the neck upwards. The hair of each individual

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Boule Reports

A report titled "Boule Reports" published by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. The cover is pink with black lettering. The AKA seal is on the bottom left. Also on the cover is “BOULE REPORTS ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INC. 60th BOULE July 6-12, 2002 Orlando, Florida.”

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Boy wears a tee shirt with a portrait of Angela Davis at Free Angela rally in DeFremery Park in West Oakland, Oakland, July 13, 1972

H x W (Sheet): 14 × 11 in. (35.6 × 27.9 cm)

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Boy! What A Girl

A 16mm release print of the feature film Boy! What A Girl!. It consists of two reels of positive, black-and-white, 16mm acetate film with variable-area optical sound. The first scene opens with a street view of New York City. At one point, a street sign at the intersection of 138th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue comes into focus on the screen. The footage then quickly jumps to a man playing a doub

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Boys Selling Bags

H x W: 11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)

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Boys in the band, names unknown, c. mid 1950s

This black and white photograph depicts five men playing instruments in front of a crowded room. Three of the men, the bassist and two saxophonists stand among a seated audience. Behind the bassist is a man seated at a drum set. On the right side of the photograph is a seated man placing a guitar, with a man standing behind him gesturing with his right hand. On the back of the photograph is a gree

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Braiding Hair

This gelatin silver print depicts a black and white image of children braiding their dolls' hair outside. The girl braiding her dolls hair is sitting in a chair while another girl watches and holds her own doll. A boy stands behind them with his back to the camera but has his head turned to look back at the hair braiding. There are no inscriptions, front or back.

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Braids

A headwrap with a milticolored striped design throughout the exterior. The exterior has stripes of red, pink, blue, yellow, purple, and black printed in multiple directions. Some of the red, pink, yellow, and blue stripes are designed to resemble braided or twisted hair. The fabric of the exterior is gathered together to form a pouf and sewn at the top to hold it's shape. The fabric of the interio

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Branford Marsalis, 1991

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

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Break-Master Featuring New York City Breakers

A long playing record of "Break-Master: New York City Breakers" by various artists. The record (2016.31.4.3a) is unopened and still in its plastic packaging. The record cover (2016.31.4.3b) has a white background with a depiction of breakdancers in different colors. The front cover has a variety text that lists some of the song featured on the album and information about the contents of the record

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<I>Bottles on steps & toys on railing - Baltimore, Md. - 2004</I>

<I>Bottles on steps, toys on railing - Baltimore, Md. - 2004</I>

<I>Bouffant Pride</I>

<I>Boule Reports</I>

<I>Boy wears a tee shirt with a portrait of Angela Davis at Free Angela rally in DeFremery Park in West Oakland, Oakland, July 13, 1972</I>

<I>Boy! What A Girl</I>

<I>Boys Selling Bags</I>

<I>Boys in the band, names unknown, c. mid 1950s</I>

<I>Braiding Hair</I>

<I>Braids</I>

<I>Branford Marsalis, 1991</I>

<I>Break-Master Featuring New York City Breakers</I>