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image no.: 59752
contact sheet: A1892
collection: Miscellaneous Collection
description: American Minstrel and Musical Road Show, probably from Indianapolis, Indiana, appearing on stage at the Capitol Theatre in Winnipeg, MB, in November 1933. Band with their Instruments on the set with singers and dancers in costume. Note the paper moon and gondola. Photo Courtesy Of Don Tomiuk.
subject(s): BandsBlacks - AmericaCostumesEntertainmentMusicMusical InstrumentsTheatre
date: 1933, November
 
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image no.: 72482
contact sheet: A2444
collection: Miscellaneous Collection
description: At The Royal Alexandra Hotel In Winnipeg Are: On Left Alex Nicholson (Age 33) With Heavy Weight Boxer Joe Louis (Age 31) On Right. Both Men Are Wearing Military Uniforms. Photo Courtesy Ed Nicholson. (See Letter From Joe Louis To Alex Nicholson A2444-72483.)
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaBoxingMilitaryPersonalitiesSportsUniformsWorld War II
date: 1945, January
 
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image no.: 72481
contact sheet: A2444
collection: Miscellaneous Collection
description: Autographed Photo Of Heavy Weight Boxer Joe Louis, Heavy Weight Champion Of The World. Photo Courtesy Of Ed Nicholson
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaBoxingEquipmentPersonalitiesSportsUniforms
date: 1947, November 11
 
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image no.: 80991
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Bayard Rustin, American Civil Rights Leader. (March 17, 1910 - )
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaPersonalitiesPolitics
date:
 
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image no.: 80962
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Bill Robinson, American Dancer And Actor. (May 25, 1878 - November 25, 1949)
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaDanceEntertainmentPersonalitiesTheatre
date:
 
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image no.: 14883
contact sheet: A0463
collection: Radio Station C.J.O.B. Collection
description: Billy Eckstine (Lead Singer Of The Inkspots) With Fans At Cjob Radio Station, Winnipeg. He Lived In Vancouver, Bc
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicPersonalitiesRadio
date:
 
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image no.: 71503
contact sheet: A2402
collection: Miscellaneous Collection
description: Black American Men And Women, Members Of The Minnesota Grand Chapter O.E. Star (Of The Eastern Star) Attending The 9th Annual Session On August 23 - 24th, In Winnipeg, Mb
subject(s): AssociationsBlacks - AmericaCostumesFlagsWomen
date: 1940c
 
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image no.: 81205
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Booker T. Washington, American Educator And Reformer. (April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915)
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaEducationPersonalitiesPolitics
date:
 
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image no.: 59753
contact sheet: A1892
collection: Miscellaneous Collection
description: Cast and entourage from the American Minstrel and Musical Road Show, probably from Indianapolis, Indiana, who appeared at the Capitol Theatre, posing in front of a railway coach before leaving Winnipeg. This photo was sent from the cast to Norman Code, a business agent of Local 63 and stage man at Capitol Theatre for many years. Photo courtesy of Don Tomiuk
subject(s): EntertainmentTheatreBlacks - AmericaCostumesRailwaysCoaches
date: 1933, November 18
 
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image no.: 80429
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Dizzy Gillespie, American Jazz Musician. (October 21,1917 - )
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaMusicMusical InstrumentsPersonalities
date:
 
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image no.: 50390
contact sheet: A1515
collection: Radio Station C.J.O.B. Collection
description: Don Robertson Interviews Louis Armstrong, Singer And Trumpet Player At Radio Station Cjob, Winnipeg. Note Louis’ Tie
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicPersonalitiesRadio
date: 1960c
 
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image no.: 80606
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Dr. Martin Luther King, American Black Leader. (January 15, 1929 - April4, 1968) (35mm. Neg.)
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaPersonalitiesPoliticsReligion
date:
 
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image no.: 80345
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Duke Ellington (Edward Kennedy), American Musician. (April 22, 1899 - )
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaMusicPersonalities
date:
 
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image no.: 80151
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Edward William Brooke, U.S. Senator, Sitting At His Desk. (October 26, 1919 - )
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaPersonalitiesPolitics
date:
 
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image no.: 80237
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Eldridge Cleaver, American Author And Black Militant Holding A Book. (1935 - )
subject(s): AuthorsBlacks - AmericaBooksPersonalities
date:
 
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image no.: 80371
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Ella Fitzgerald, American Jazz Singer. (April 25, 1918 - )
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicPersonalities
date:
 
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image no.: 80794
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Ferdinand (Jelly Roll) Morton, American Jazz Musician Playing The Piano. (September 20, 1885 - July 10, 1941)
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaMusicMusical InstrumentsPersonalities
date:
 
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image no.: 80670
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: From A Painting Joe Louis, American Boxing Champion In Boxing Gloves And Shorts. (May 13, 1914 - )
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaBoxingPersonalitiesSports
date:
 
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image no.: 80196
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: George Washington Carver, American Agricultural Chemist. (1864 - January 5, 1943)
subject(s): AgricultureBlacks - AmericaPersonalitiesScience
date:
 
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image no.: 57606
contact sheet: A1761
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: Harry Belafonte, an American vocalist and entertainer on visit to Winnipeg. Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaMusicPersonalities
date: 1980, May
 
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image no.: 56529
contact sheet: A1727
collection: Winnipeg Free Press Collection
description: Head Shot Of Harry Belafonte Who Performed At The Winnipeg Centennial Concert Hall
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaMusicPersonalities
date: 1988, June 22
 
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image no.: 80638
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Huddie (“Leadbelly”) Ledbetter, American Musician And Singer With A Woman. (1888 - December 6, 1949)
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaMusicPersonalitiesWomen
date:
 
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image no.: 80570
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Jack Johnson, American Boxing Champion. (March 31, 1878 - June 10, 1946)
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaBoxingCostumesPersonalitiesSports
date:
 
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image no.: 80060
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 - ), American Novelist.
subject(s): AuthorsBlacks - AmericaPersonalities
date:
 
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image no.: 80359
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: James Farmer, American Civil Rights Leader. (January 12, 1920 - )
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaPersonalitiesPolitics
date:
 
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image no.: 80007
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Julian E. (Cannonball) Adderly (September 15, 1928 - , American Jazz Musician Playing His Instrument.
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicMusical InstrumentsPersonalities
date:
 
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image no.: 80552
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Kareem Abdul - Jabbar, American Basketball Player, Dribblilng A Basketball. (April 16, 1947 - )
subject(s): BasketballBlacks - AmericaPersonalitiesSports
date:
 
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image no.: 80588
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Kenneth David Kaunda, President Of Zambia. (April 28, 1924-)
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaCostumesPersonalitiesPolitics
date:
 
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image no.: 80905
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Leontyne Price, American Soprano In Her Living Room . (February 10, 1927 - )
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaFurnitureMusicPersonalitiesWomen
date:
 
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image no.: 72483
contact sheet: A2444
collection: Miscellaneous Collection
description: Letter Sent By Heavy Weight Boxer Joe Louis While He Was At Pompton Lakes Training Camp In New Jersey To His Friend Alex Nicholson In Winnipeg. (See Photo Of Joe Louis And Alex Nicholson In Military Uniforms A2444-72482.)
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaBoxingCampsCommunicationsDocumentsPersonalitiesSports
date: 1947, November 11
 
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image no.: 70809
contact sheet: A2336
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: Lionel Hampton playing his vibraphone while a man looks on. Note drums on the left background. (2x2 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): BandsBlacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicMusical InstrumentsPersonalities
date: 1954, July 24
 
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image no.: 70810
contact sheet: A2336
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: Lionel Hampton playing his vibraphone with the rest of his jazz band in the background on the bandstand. (2x2 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): BandsBandstandsBlacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicMusical InstrumentsPersonalities
date: 1954, July 24
 
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image no.: 70883
contact sheet: A2344
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: Lionel Hampton, American jazz band musician, in performance playing a vibraphone in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Note one of his musicians sitting behind the drums. (2x2 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): BandsBlacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicMusical InstrumentsPersonalities
date:
 
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image no.: 80477
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Lionel Hampton, American Jazz Musician Playing The Vibraphone. (April 20, 1914 - )
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicMusical InstrumentsPersonalities
date:
 
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image no.: 57589
contact sheet: A1761
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: Lionel Hampton, American musician playing the vibraphone, (Like a xylophone but with motor driven resonators under the metal bars giving a vibrato effect), with his jazz band. (2x2 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): BandsBlacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicMusical InstrumentsPersonalities
date: c. 1970
 
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image no.: 80038
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Louis Armstrong (July 4, 1900 - July 6, 1971), American Jazz Musician Playing His Trumpet
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicMusical InstrumentsPersonalities
date:
 
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image no.: 80696
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Malcolm X, American Black Leader Showing His Hand Pointing And His Face. (May 19, 1925 - February 21, 1965)
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaPersonalitiesPolitics
date:
 
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image no.: 80028
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Marian Anderson (February 17, 1902 - , American Contralto
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaMusicPersonalitiesWomen
date:
 
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image no.: 70815
contact sheet: A2336
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: Marian Anderson famous contralto singer, sitting on sofa, born 17th of February, 1902. (2x2 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaMusicPersonalitiesWomen
date: 1964, November 26
 
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image no.: 80105
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Mary Mcleod Bethune (July 10, 1875 - May 18, 1955), American Educator
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaEducationPersonalitiesWomen
date:
 
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image no.: 80289
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Miles Davis, American Jazz Musician. (May 25, 1926 - )
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaMusicPersonalities
date:
 
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image no.: 70881
contact sheet: A2344
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: Nat King Cole (centre), singer, with an unidentified man and woman while visiting in Winnipeg. (2x2 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicPersonalitiesWomen
date: 1963, November 1
 
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image no.: 70806
contact sheet: A2336
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: Nat King Cole, singer, signing autographs beside the Avis Rent-A-Car booth in the Winnipeg International Airport. (2x2 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): AirportsBlacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicPersonalities
date: 1963, November 1 St
 
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image no.: 70805
contact sheet: A2336
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: Nat King Cole, singer, speaking to a man and woman while visiting in Winnipeg. (2x2 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicPersonalities
date: 1963, November 1 St
 
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image no.: 70807
contact sheet: A2336
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: Nat King Cole, singer, visiting in Winnipeg to Entertain. (2x2 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicPersonalities
date: 1963, November 1 St
 
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image no.: 80327
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Paul Laurence Dunbar, American Poet And Author. (June 27, 1872 - February 8, 1906)
subject(s): AuthorsBlacks - AmericaCostumesPersonalities
date:
 
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image no.: 80959
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Paul Robeson, American Singer And Actor. (April 9, 1898 - )
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicPersonalitiesTheatre
date:
 
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image no.: 57610
contact sheet: A1761
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: Princess Margaret, with her husband Lord Snowdon meet Harry Belafonte in Winnipeg. Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaPersonalitiesRoyalty
date: 1974, May
 
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image no.: 57609
contact sheet: A1761
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: Princesss Margaret with her husband Lord Snowdon meet Harry Belafonte in Winnipeg. Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaPersonalitiesRoyalty
date: 1974, May
 
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image no.: 80492
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Roland Hayes, American Tenor. June 3, 1887 - )
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaMusicPersonalities
date:
 
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image no.: 57605
contact sheet: A1761
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: Sammy Davis Jr, an American vocalist and entertainer seen at the Winnipeg International Airport. Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): AirportsBlacks - AmericaDanceEntertainmentMusicPersonalitiesWinnipeg Buildings
date: 1967, September 20
 
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image no.: 45010
contact sheet: A1488
collection: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Collection
description: Sammy Davis Jr. (Left), American Song And Dance Man, Chats With Host Warren Davis During A Guest Spot On The Cbc Winnipeg Production Of “Spotlight”
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaCommunicationsEntertainmentPersonalitiesTelevision
date: 1957, May 6
 
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image no.: 58590
contact sheet: A1794
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
creator: Hugh Allan
title: Sammy Davis Jr., an American vocalist and entertainer, arriving in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Airplane seen in the background. Photo courtesy of the photographer, Hugh Allan.
description: Sammy Davis Jr., an American vocalist and entertainer, arriving in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Airplane seen in the background. Photo courtesy of the photographer, Hugh Allan.
subject(s): AircraftBlacks - AmericaDanceEntertainmentMusicPersonalities
date: 1967,September 20
 
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image no.: 58589
contact sheet: A1794
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
creator: Hugh Allan
title: Sammy Davis Jr., an American vocalist and entertainer, seen at the Winnipeg International Airport, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Photo courtesy of the photographer, Hugh Allan.
description: Sammy Davis Jr., an American vocalist and entertainer, seen at the Winnipeg International Airport, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Photo courtesy of the photographer, Hugh Allan.
subject(s): AirportsBlacks - AmericaMusicPersonalitiesWinnipeg Buildings
date: 1967, September
 
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image no.: 70794
contact sheet: A2335
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: Sammy Davis Jr., song and dance entertainer smoking a cigarette while signing autographs in Winnipeg. (2x2 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaDanceEntertainmentMusicPersonalities
date: 1967, September 20
 
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image no.: 80896
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Sidney Poitier, American Actor Dressed As A Medical Doctor. (February 20, 1924 - )
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaCinemaCostumesEntertainmentPersonalitiesTheatre
date:
 
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image no.: 80049
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Sketch Of Crispus Attucks (1723c - March 5, 1770), American Revolutionary War Hero
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaMilitaryPersonalities
date:
 
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image no.: 81024
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Sketch Of Dred Scott, American Negro Slave. (1785? - September 17, 1858)
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaPersonalities
date:
 
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image no.: 80320
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Sketch Of Frederick Douglass, American Lecturer And Writer. (1817, Feb-1893, Feb 20)
subject(s): AuthorsBlacks - AmericaPersonalities
date:
 
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image no.: 81153
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Sketch Of Harriet Tubman, American Negro Leader With A Rifle. (1821c - March 10, 1913)
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaCostumesGunsPersonalitiesPoliticsWomen
date:
 
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image no.: 80412
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Sketch Of Marcus Garvey, American Negro Leader (August 17, 1887 - June 10, 1940)
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaPersonalitiesPolitics
date:
 
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image no.: 80780
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Thelonius Monk, American Jazz Musician Playing The Piano. (October 10, 1920 - )
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaCostumesMusicMusical InstrumentsPersonalities
date:
 
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image no.: 81196
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Thomas “Fats” Waller, Amerian Jazz Pianist Talking On Cbs While At A Piano. (May 21, 1904 - December 15, 1943)
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicMusical InstrumentsPersonalitiesRadio
date:
 
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image no.: 70882
contact sheet: A2344
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: While in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Nat King Cole (Centre), American singer, speaks with an unidentified woman, while a man (probably a reporter) takes notes. (2x2 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of by Hugh Allan.
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicPersonalitiesWomen
date: 1963, November 1
 
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image no.: 70888
contact sheet: A2344
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: William Warfield The Well - Known American baritone who performed at a celebrity concert series at The Winnipeg Auditorium, seen sitting by a telephone. (2x2 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicPersonalitiesTelephones
date: 1955, March 11
 
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image no.: 70889
contact sheet: A2345
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: William Warfield The Well- Known American baritone who performed at a celebrity concert series at The Winnipeg Auditorium. (2x2 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicPersonalities
date: 1955, March 11
 
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image no.: 57590
contact sheet: A1761
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: William Warfield, the well-known American baritone who performed at a celebrity concert series at the Winnipeg Auditorium. Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaEntertainmentMusicPersonalities
date: 1955
 
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image no.: 80212
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: Wilton Norman (Wilt The Stilt) Chamberlain, American Basketball Player In Uniform With Basketball. (August 21, 1936 - )
subject(s): BasketballBlacks - AmericaEquipmentPersonalitiesSportsUniforms
date:
 
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image no.: 70977
contact sheet: A2363
collection: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Collection
description: Winnipeg Blue Bomber Receiver, Ernie Pitts. (2x2 Neg.)
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaFootballPersonalitiesSports
date: 1959
 
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image no.: 70893
contact sheet: A2345
collection: Hugh Allan Collection (Dec./97)
description: World famous contralto, Marian Anderson appeared in Winnipeg, seen sitting on a chair. (2x2 neg.) Photo by and courtesy of Hugh Allan.
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaMusicPersonalitiesWomen
date: 1957, February 26
 
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image no.: 81194
contact sheet: 0
collection: International Portrait Gallery
description: “Jersey Joe” Walcott, American Prizefighter In Boxing Shorts And Gloves. (January 31, 1914 - )
subject(s): Blacks - AmericaBoxingPersonalitiesSports
date: