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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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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
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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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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
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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.
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- Dates:
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circa 1899-1955
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126 chromolithographs (126 trade cards (13 sets))
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2008-005
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection consists of 126 chromolithographic trade cards (13 sets) published by the Leibig Company between 1899 and 1955. These trade cards were included with products sold in Europe, such as chicken soup and chocolate. The cards focus on African art and material culture and showcase distinctive ethnic types, artistic and craft traditions, cultural performance, dress/costume and leadership. Sets include In Transvaal, In Abyssinia, Scenes of Africa, In East Africa I, Madagascar, In East Africa II, Life Among the Congolese People, Wild Animals of the Congo, The Italian Empire, Congolese Craftsmanship, Hunting and Fishing in the Belgian Congo, Peoples of the Belgian Congo, and History of the Belgian Congo I-III. Captions on the cards appear in French, Italian and German.
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- Dates:
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circa 1905-1978 (bulk 1905-1920)
bulk 1900-1920
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147 photographs
3 volumes (books)
43 postcards
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2008-003
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection contains 147 photographic prints and 43 postcards from East Africa (circa 1907-circa 1914), especially Kijobe, which depict the activities of the Africa Inland Mission; Theodore Roosevelt's safari in 1909; views of Nairobi, Mombasa, Port Said, Lake Victoria and other landscapes; and portraits of Maasai, Kikuyu, Kamba, Kavirondo, Akawba, Gikuyu, Somali and Swahili coast peoples. Missionaries pictured include Hetz, Hurlburt, and Wallace, who is listed as photographer on many of the prints. The collection also contains 3 paperback books, published by Africa Inland Mission, which describe the history of the organization and the experiences of its missionaries: Faster Beats the Drum (1978), Another Hand on Mine (1975) and Gardens of Miracles (1976).
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National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
- Dates:
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1979-[ongoing]
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4 linear feet ((36 files))
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-006
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Documentation; including correspondence, prints, slides and brochures; produced and collected by the National Museum of African Art to support exhibits sponsored by the museum from 1979 to the present.
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Roche, Kerwin B.
- Dates:
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1973-1974
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33 photographic prints ((2 boxes), black & white, 11 x 14 in.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1974-001
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Kerwin B. Roche of wildlife in Kenya and Tanganyika and of African dancing in Nairobi, Kenya, over an eighteen month period, 1973-1974.
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between 1880-1930
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18 photographic prints (1 volume, black and white, 15 x 21 cm. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-009
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Vintage photographs, including albumen and silver gelatin photographic prints, collected by the staff of the National Museum of African Art from its inception in 1979.
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Barnes, Ruth
- Dates:
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1969-1971
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161 slides (photographs) (1 volume + background notes , color)
2 film reels (8 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1979-003
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs and film taken by Ruth Barnes in Somalia and Kenya during her assignment in Somalia with the U.S. Information Agency from 1969 to 1971.
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- Dates:
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1950-1960
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47 prints (visual works) ((1 box), black & white, 11 x 14 cm. or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1985-002
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The photographs document a variety of art works created by Africans. Objects depicted include boxes, bracelets, figures, gold weights, headrests, heads, masks, pendants, stools, and trumpets. Peoples and kingdoms represented include Anyi, Asante, Bamum, Bangwa, Baule, Benin, Chokwe, Fang (Pahouin), Fon, Ife, Lega, Luba, Mende, Nok, Pende and Yoruba. Princeton University staff assembled the collection to illustrate the publications entitled, African Folktales & Sculpture, ed. by Paul Radin (New York: Pantheon Books, 1952). Photographers represented include Ina Bundy, Eliot Elisofon, Walker Evans and Man Ray.