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The Queens Visit To Her Birthplace: The Scene Outside St. Marys Church, Kensington, (c1897)

The Queen's Visit To Her Birthplace: The Scene Outside St. Mary's Church, Kensington, London, (c1897). In the carriage with Her Majesty are the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Serge of Russia and Princess Henry of Battenberg. On the pavement stands the Princess Louise, Marchioness of Lorne, with a bouquet in her hands; the Marquis stands on her left. Opposite the carriage door is Miss Beatrice Leete, daughter of the Vestry Clerk, from whom the Queen graciously accepted a magnificent basket of carnations. From Sixty Years A Queen: The Story of Her Majesty's Reign, by Sir Herbert Maxwell. [Harmsworth Bros, Limited, London, c1897]

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Gas mask with filter canister worn at demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri, 2014

Gas mask worn by African-American writer and journalist Dr. Jelani Cobb at a protest held after a young black man, Michael Brown, was shot dead by white police officer Darren Wilson. Shalon Chemical Industries Ltd. adult model 4A1, Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical (NBC), black, rubber gas mask (2016.122a), with a Type 80, NBC filter canister (2016.122b) worn by Dr. Jelani Cobb during demonstrations that took place in Ferguson, Missouri during the summer and fall of 2014. The mask has five (5) adjustable head straps with plastic buckles that secure the mask on the wearer behind the head, an interior seal, two (2) wide, plastic view lenses secured to the mask with screws, and a plastic voicemitter attached to the nose cup. There is a plastic hydration port on the proper right side of the mask with a metal clip at the base. The mask has a round, metal, beige, threaded filter canister. The exterior of the canister has twelve (12) molded spokes on the front and six (6) indentations on the back. The interior of the canister has a metal plate over a mesh metal screen. There is a printed series of numbers in black ink on the top of the filter canister and molded marks and stamps on the interior and exterior of the mask

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Pan African flag used at the Million Man March 20th Anniversary, 2015. Creator: Unknown

The Million Man March - a large gathering of African-American men in Washington, D.C. took place on 16 October 1995. It was called by Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam, and groups participating included the National African American Leadership Summit, civil rights organizations, and local chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The 20th anniversary march: Justice or Else, was held in Washington, D.C. on 10 October 2015 and was again organised by Louis Farrakhan. Participants rallied in support of police reform and to raise awareness about discrimination against black people. Rectangular flag with a tan, thin, wooden, rounded pole and a gold plastic pointed finial at the top. There is white fabric around the pole. The rest of the flag has three horizontal stripes, red, black, and green (from top to bottom).;Each pole has a white rectangular sticker that reads [MADE IN CHINA] in black.;2015.251.8.1 has some red stitching in the green section at the bottom

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