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- Dates:
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between 1880-1913
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14 Photographic prints (Cartes-de-Vista (1 box), black & white)
46 Photographic prints (dupe prints, black & white, 8 x 10 in. or smaller )
8 Photographic prints ((1 box), black & white, 18.5 x 40 cm. or smaller )
32 Photographic prints (cabinet cards (1 box), black & white, 4 x 5.5 in. )
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1989-003
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs and cabinet cards from Senegal collected by the staff of the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, during the 1980s. Popular from the mid-1860s through the 1900s, cabinet cards were commercially produced 4" x 5 1/2" photoprints mounted on card stock measuring 4 1/4" x 6 1/2", often with an embossed studio name in the corner. Frequently sold as collectors' items, these cards often contained images of attractive women or royalty of various nationalities. Images include cabinet cards from the Bonnevide Photographic Studio and from J. Barbier.
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- Creators:
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Cooper, Laurel
- Dates:
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1974
- Size:
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71 Slides (photographs) (1 volume, color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1980-002
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Laurel Cooper in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1974.
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- Creators:
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Watts, Hazel Bivens
- Dates:
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1922-1952
bulk 1922-1938
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1 Folder ((1 file))
9 Issues (object groupings) (illustrated, 26 cm.)
25 Postcards (black & white, 9 x 14 cm.)
2 Photographic prints (black & white, 11 x 16 cm. or smaller.)
1 Volume
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1984-004
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken and postcards collected by David L. and Hazel B. Watts during their work as missionaries with the Disciples of Christ Congo Mission among the Nkundu people in the Congo during the 1920s and 1930s. Images depicted on the postcards were taken by commercial photographers. Magazines collected by David L. and Hazel B. Watts and published by the United Christian Missionary Society in Indianapolis, Indiana, entitled, "Congo Portfolio," issues No. 1 through X, circa 1952. The magazines describe the efforts of the missionary society in the Congo during the first half of the 19th century.
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- Creators:
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Flach, Richard
- Dates:
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1936-1938
- Size:
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200 Photographic prints ((2 v.), black & white, 8 x 11 cm. and smaller.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1984-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Richard Flach during his work with the Firestone Rubber Plantation near Monrovia, Liberia, during the 1930s. Photographs assembled in an album entitled, A Pictorial Story of Two Years Service on the Firestone Rubber Plantation, Monrovia, Liberia, West Africa: Jan. 5, 1936-Mar. 4, 1938.
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Richwine, Amy
- Dates:
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1900s
- Size:
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101 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1984-005
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Amie Richwine during her travels in Mauritania and Senegal.
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- Creators:
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Votaw, Albert N.
Votaw, Estera F. (wife)
- Dates:
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1967-1969
- Size:
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189 Slides (photographs) (silver gelatin (1 v.), color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1986-004
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Albert N. and Estera F. Votaw in in Cote d'Ivoire while stationed there with the U.S. Department of State, 1967-1969.
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Scott, Victoria, 1943-
- Dates:
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1969-1979
- Size:
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580 Slides (photographs) (1 volume, color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1984-003
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Victoria Scott from 1969 to 1979 in Nigeria to document Nigerian art, in particular works at the Oshogbo school, while teaching and working as a visual artist at the Jebba Technical College. Photographs are of artists and their works. Scott used the images in her courses on Nigerian art at the college. The photographs document drawings, graphic prints, paintings and textiles of the Oshogbo school of artists. There are photographic reproductions of the following works: Elephant by Nike; Elmina Castle by Kwe Ade Odus; Free Yourself and See Yourself by Twins Seven-Seven; Mamiwata VoyiboII by Bruce Onobrakpeya; Obatala and his Wife by Joseph Olu-Billy; Ogun, God of Iron by Sam Babarinsa; Reindeer by Jimoh Buraimoh; The Secret Life of the Twins of Nigeria by Asiru Olatunde; and Yam Festival Masquerade by Adebisi Fabunmui. Also included within the collection are images of artists at work and the town in which they live. People portrayed include artist Adebisi Fabunmi; a blacksmith at work in Kaduna, Nigeria; and potters in Gahana. Images of the towns include a market in Abeokuta, Nigeria; a Portuguese fort in Cape Coast, Ghana and an Osun (deity) shrine in Oshogbo.
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- Creators:
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Mack, Beverly
- Dates:
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1979-1984
- Size:
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2 Volumes
725 Slides (photographs) (color)
7 Slides (photographs) (black & white)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1984-002
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Beverly Mack in Sierra Leone and of the Hausa people in Kano, Nigeria. The photographs document the cultures of northern Nigeria and Sierra Leone, including the Hausa people. Locations include Fourah Bay College in Freetown and Port Loko, Sierra Leone, and Kana and Zaria, Nigeria. Africans are shown buying and selling in markets, holding an Islamic celebration at the palace in Kano and riding horses. Architecture shown includes exteriors and interiors of buildings such as houses and Islamic structures, as well as street scenes.
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- Creators:
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Purcell, Carl M.
- Dates:
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circa 1970
- Size:
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70 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1976-002
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Carl M. Purcell during his travels through East Africa and West Africa to include Ethiopia, Senegal, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Tanzania, Gabon and Ghana. Images are mostly portraits of individuals, circa 1970.
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- Creators:
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Ryan, Susan P.
Ryan, Michael
- Dates:
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1976
- Size:
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38 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1978-002
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Susan P. Ryan in Dakar, Senegal, in 1976.
