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- Title
- Washington's Black History in Miniature 2021 Image 03
- Date
- September 15, 2021
- Creator
- Kerr, Dan; Abbott, Karen
- Description
- A jazz club where an instrumental trio and vocalist perform.
- Subject
- dioramas; jazz; music; club; performers; roberta flack
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Washington's Black History in Miniature: Norma Adkins' Dioramas
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3147
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- Title
- Washington's Black History in Miniature 2021 Image 04
- Date
- September 15, 2021
- Creator
- Kerr, Dan; Abbott, Karen
- Description
- A slave auction where three enslaved persons are scrutinized by white buyers.
- Subject
- dioramas; art; craft; slavery; slave auction
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Washington's Black History in Miniature: Norma Adkins' Dioramas
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3148
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- Title
- Washington's Black History in Miniature 2021 Image 05
- Date
- October 19, 2021
- Creator
- Kerr, Dan; Abbott, Karen
- Description
- A park in Petworth occupied by two unhoused persons.
- Subject
- dioramas; minature club; park; homeless; petworth
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Washington's Black History in Miniature: Norma Adkins' Dioramas
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3149
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- Title
- Washington's Black History in Miniature 2021 Image 06
- Date
- October 19, 2021
- Creator
- Kerr, Dan; Abbott, Karen
- Description
- A wedding scene featuring a bride, her parents, and a wedding cake.
- Subject
- dioramas; wedding; celebration; family; craft; art
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Washington's Black History in Miniature: Norma Adkins' Dioramas
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3150
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- Title
- Washington's Black History in Miniature 2021 Image 07
- Date
- October 19, 2021
- Creator
- Kerr, Dan; Abbott, Karen
- Description
- A scene modeled after Thaddeus Stevens Elementary School in Georgetown, where Norma Adkins attended.
- Subject
- dioramas; school; classroom; learning; teacher; discipline
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Washington's Black History in Miniature: Norma Adkins' Dioramas
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3151
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- Title
- Washington's Black History in Miniature 2021 Image 08
- Date
- October 19, 2021
- Creator
- Kerr, Dan; Abbott, Karen
- Description
- Freedom seekers on the Underground Railroad escape slavery.
- Subject
- dioramas; underground railroad; history; slavery; freedom; storytelling
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Washington's Black History in Miniature: Norma Adkins' Dioramas
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3152
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- Title
- Washington's Black History in Miniature 2021 Image 09
- Date
- October 19, 2021
- Creator
- Kerr, Dan; Abbott, Karen
- Description
- The interior of Norma's grandmother's kitchen in her house in Georgetown.
- Subject
- dioramas; family; kitchen; home; georgetown; gentrification; history
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Washington's Black History in Miniature: Norma Adkins' Dioramas
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3153
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- Title
- Washington's Black History in Miniature 2021 Image 10
- Date
- October 19, 2021
- Creator
- Kerr, Dan; Abbott, Karen
- Description
- Karen Abbott pictured in the basement of her Petworth home, where her mother's dioramas are kept.
- Subject
- dioramas; family; petworth; history; art; craft
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Washington's Black History in Miniature: Norma Adkins' Dioramas
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3154
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- Title
- Wedding: Interview with Karen Abbott, October 19, 2021
- Date
- October 19, 2021
- Creator
- Kerr, Dan; Whitehurst, Angie; Abbott, Karen; Whitehurst, Angie; Kerr, Dan; Abbott, Karen
- Description
- Karen Abbott describes this diorama of an outdoor wedding featuring the bride, her parents, and an elaborate wedding cake. The bride is preparing to throw her bouquet as her parents rejoice.
- Subject
- dioramas; wedding; celebration; family; craft; art
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Washington's Black History in Miniature: Norma Adkins' Dioramas
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3124
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- Title
- Working in DC 2021 Image 01
- Date
- September 6, 2021
- Creator
- Kerr, Dan
- Description
- Picture of Project Fellow, Ludy Grandas, putting pictures up on the outside of the truck. The truck is parked outside of the AFL-CIO building in downtown DC.
- Subject
- working in DC, AFL-CIO, performance, musical, labor day, working, labor
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Working in D.C.
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3155
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- Title
- Working in DC 2021 Image 02
- Date
- September 6, 2021
- Creator
- Kerr, Dan
- Description
- Picture of Grad Fellows, Katy Shenk and Morgan Carroll, in front of the Humanities Truck.
- Subject
- working in DC, AFL-CIO, performance, musical, labor day, working, labor
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Working in D.C.
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3156
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- Title
- Working in DC 2021 Image 03
- Date
- September 6, 2021
- Creator
- Kerr, Dan
- Description
- Picture of Humanities Truck with interview station set up and the AFL-CIO Building in the background.
- Subject
- working in DC, AFL-CIO, performance, musical, labor day, working, labor
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Working in D.C.
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3157
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- Title
- Working in DC 2021 Image 04
- Date
- September 6, 2021
- Creator
- Kerr, Dan
- Description
- Picture of people being interviewed by Angie Whitehurst and Vernon Suggs. Other people are looking at Truck exhibit.
- Subject
- working in DC, AFL-CIO, performance, musical, labor day, working, labor
- Country
- United States
- Collection
- Working in D.C.
- URI/handle
- http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:3158
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- still image