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African American entertainers
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African American singers
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African Americans in the performing arts
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Blackface entertainers
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African American actors
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Williams, Bert, 1874-1922
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Johnson, Helen A
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Sterling, Dorothy, 1913-2008
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Sterling, Philip, 1907-1989
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Baker, Josephine, 1906-1975
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Portrait collection
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Helen Armstead-Johnson photograph collection
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Philip Sterling research materials on Bert Williams collection of sound recordings
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American popular songs
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Gordon Anderson collection
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United States
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New York (State)
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New York
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.)
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Photographs
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Portraits
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Interviews
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Publicity photographs
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Theatrical World Pub. Co
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Conciertos Westerman
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Austin Jenkins Co
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Howley, Haviland & Co
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M.V. Lynk Publishing House
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Schomburg Photographs and Prints Division
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Schomburg Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division
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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
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Music Division
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Famous drummers of yesteryear…
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Josephine Baker on stage dres…
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women
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Josephine Baker and the two o…
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Portrait of baritone William …
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African
American
musicians
Politicians Herbert L. Bruce …
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Americans
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Josephine Baker
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African
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Moms Mabley (right foreground…
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American
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Portrait of singer Marian And…
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African
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musicians
Dorothy Maynor on Teatro Lux …
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American
musicians
Jewel Box Revue, starring Lyn…
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African
American
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Machito and his sister Gracie…
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African
American
entertainers
Portrait of pianist Hazel Sco…
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African
American
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Concert handbill depicting so…
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musicians
Camilla Williams, Brilliant Y…
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Entertainment
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African
American
fire fighters
Flournoy Miller, Josephine Ba…
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Entertainers
Flournoy Miller, Josephine
Jackie "Moms" Mabley
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Luckey Roberts
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Dorothy Paul, buxom cabaret
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Portrait of Ralph Cooper, act…
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Dewey "Pigmeat" Markham, come…
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Bert Williams
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Earl "Snakehips" Tucker
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dancers
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Peg Leg Bates
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Restaurant across the street …
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entertainment
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Mantan Moreland (left) and Pi…
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African
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Josephine Baker
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American
entertainers
Josephine Baker
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American
entertainers
Josephine Baker
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American
entertainers