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- Dates:
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1960-1987
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29 photographic prints ((1 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1987-023
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs of Benin art objects in the Hirshhorn Museum that were intended to transfer to the National Museum of African Art. Also included in the collection of photographs are four installation shots. Two of these images, taken by O.E. Nelson of New York, NY, are of a Benin exhibition in the Carlebach Gallery in 1960. The remaining two installation shots were taken by Jahn & John Thomson of Los Angeles, California, of an exhibit at the African Art Center, Inc., in Los Angeles, CA.
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- Dates:
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circa 1900
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1 box
25 photographic prints (black & white, 10.5 x 16.5 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1988-008
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs from an album which documents 19th century built environments in Africa and Brazil including buildings, cities, docks and ships. The African photographs document Cape Town, South Africa, the docks and the Parliament; Dakar, Senegal, including the harbor and street scenes; and Libreville, Gabon, including government buildings and ships in Rio de Janeiro. Images of Brazil show government buildings and ships in Rio de Janeiro.
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- Dates:
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circa 1890-circa 1920
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56 postcards ((1 album), black & white, 8.5 x 13.5 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1989-002
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Postcard images of street scenes and buildings taken near the turn of the 19th Century in Freetown, Sierra Leone.
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Machado, Soura (photographer)
Andrade e Serrano, Freire d'
- Dates:
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circa 1888
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36 negatives (photographic) (black & white, 4 x 5 in. )
36 photographic prints ((2 portfolio boxes), black & white, 16 x 22 cm.)
36 photographic prints ((1 volume), black & white, 8 x 10 in. )
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1988-009
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Freire d'Andrade e Serrano and Soura Machado in Mozambique for Carta Agricolo-Silva Imp. (Agricultural Charter-Silver Importers), circa 1888. The photographs were collected by the trading company to document its activities and the conditions in Mozambique.
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Gabriel, Léopold
- Dates:
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between 1920-1940
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370 postcards (silver gelatin (2 v.), black & white, 9 x 14 cm. or smaller )
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1989-001
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by L. Gabriel in Central Africa and Mozambique between 1914-1920.
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Zagourski, Casimir
- Dates:
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circa 1925
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6 negatives (photographic) (dupe negatives, black & white, 4 x 5 in.)
375 postcards (1 volume, black & white, 9 x 14 cm.)
437 photographic prints (12 folders, copy prints; black & white, 8 x 10 in. or smaller )
4 contact sheets
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1987-024
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection includes (6) 4 x 5 copy negatives, 375 postcards, 437 copy prints and 4 contact sheets.
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Miller, Judith von D.
Miller, Norman N., 1933-
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undated
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14 photographic prints (color)
141 photographic prints (black and white)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2008-007
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The photographs in this study collection are related to the publication of Judith Miller's book Art in East Africa: a Guide to Contemporary Art.
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Lee, James
- Dates:
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1963-1970
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323 slides (photographs) (1 volume, color, 35 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1985-006
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by James Lee in Cameroon, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, and Zimbabwe between 1963 and 1970. The images reflect a variety of themes.
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- Dates:
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circa 1935
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48 postcards (Album, color.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2008-006
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This album contains postcards of religious sites and cultural/natural landscapes in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The postcards provide historical views of the city and names of churches and official buildings. The album binding was handmade by an Italian military official during the Ethiopian campaign in 1935-1936 and has a beautifully painted cover with the title Addis Abeba in Italian and Amharic, as well as an Italian coat of arms and official seal.
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Evans, Walker, 1903-1975
- Dates:
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1935
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225 photographic prints (silver gelatin (3 boxes), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1985-010
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Peoples and kingdoms whose art works are shown include the Asante, Baule, Benin, Boki, Dogon, Fang (Pahouin), Ijo, Kuba, Lumbu, Mama, Mende, Mpongwe, Punu and Yoruba. Objects depicted include garments, doors, fly whisks, gold weights, headrests, jewelry, masks, musical instrument such as bells and rhythym pounders, power figures, pipes, staff finials, stools and wood sculptures of men and women.