Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

H.G.L. Smith photographs, EEPA 1980-001, 1905-1907

Summary

Collection ID:
EEPA.1980-001
Creators:
Smith, H.G.L.
Dates:
1905-1907
Languages:
English
.
Physical Description:
90 Photographic prints
(1 box).
black & white
7 x 9 cm.
90 Photographic prints
(dupe prints) (1 v.)
black & white
8 x 10 in.
90 Negatives (photographic)
(dupe negs)
black & white
4 x 5 in.
Repository:
Container:
90
An album of photographs taken between 1905 and 1907 by H.G.L. Smith or his associates to document his hunting trips in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the accompanying African workers.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An album of photographs taken between 1905 and 1907 by H.G.L. Smith or his associates to document his hunting trips in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and the accompanying African workers. There are also images of local animals and landscapes. Smith and the other hunters are portrayed in a boat on the Zambezi River, in camps and posing with rifles and killed game. The African workers are portrayed carrying loads and posing with or retrieving dead animals. Other Rhodesians portrayed include policemen shown both on camels and outside a building with an official of European descent on "court day," Tonga people, and a "pioneer" of European descent shown in front of his house. Animals illustrated include cape buffalos, crocodiles, elands, hippopotamuses, impalas, leopards, lions, sable antelopes, wart hogs, wildebeests and zebras. There is also an image of Victoria Falls.

Administration

Author
Paul Wood
Custodial History note
Purchased by Deborah Cooney, a former staff member at the National Museum of African Art, from Joe and Carol Lehman of Claymont, Delaware. Donated by Deborah Cooney, 1980.
Conserved through a preservation grant funded by the Smithsonian Institution Women's Committee, 2006.

Using the Collection

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Conditions Governing Use
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More Information

General note

General note
Images indexed by negative number.


Keywords

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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
National Museum of African Art
P.O. Box 37012
MRC 708
Washington, DC 20013-7012
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