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Apeda Studio (New York, N.Y.) (51) Camuzzi, M. (51) Harris & Ewing (51) Harris, Fred (photographer) (51) Sommariva, Emilio, Photographer (51) Evanti, Lillian, Mme. (Lillian Evans Tibbs) (45) Bryan, Percival (18) McDougall, R. (photographer) (14) Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.) (13) Custom Craft (10) Scurlock, Addison N. (10) Scurlock, George H. (Hardison) (10) Scurlock, Robert S. (Saunders) (10) National Museum of the American Indian. Office of Special Events (9) Davis, Norman (7) Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Office of Special Events (5) Exhibition Collectors Historical Organization (4) McNeil, Robert H., 1917-2005 (photographer) (4) National Air and Space Museum. Office of Special Events (4) Orth, Edward J. (4) Ottenberg, Simon (4) Agfa (film manufacturer) (3) Artists Talk on Art (3) Howard University (3) Kuniyoshi, Yasuo (3) Smithsonian Institution. Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage (3) Smithsonian Institution. Office of Special Events and Conference Services (3) Autry, Gene (2) Costume, Division of (NMAH, SI). (2) Defender (film manufacturer) (2) Eastman Kodak Company (film manufacturer) (2)

African Americans (57) Jamaican Americans (17) Fanti (African people) (5) Limba (African people) (4)

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