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Abbott, Frank
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circa 1897-1899
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13 prints (albumen and, possibly, silver gelatin)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.80-29
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs that largely depict Zulus, including Dinzulu kaCetshwayo, and a Hottentot woman. Represented photographers include Francis E. Pollard, J.E. Middlebrook, and possibly J. Barnett & Company.
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Santiago, Margaret
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undated
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4 prints (silver gelatin (including some on postcard-imprinted stock))
2 postcards (halftone)
1 postcard (photogravure)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.91-22
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs depicting a Zulu mother and child, two women bearing loads on their heads, two women described as "South African native belles," a group of Namibian women using mortars and pestles, a Namibian woman breastfeeding, zebras, and elephants. They include photographs made by Joseph Reiter and Lynn Acutt.
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circa 1900
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20 photographic prints (dupe prints (1 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
20 photographic prints ((1f box), black & white, 19 x 14 cm. or smaller)
20 photographic prints (black & white, 4 x 5 in.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1992-003
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs of Zulu men, women and children, taken by various photographers, often in poses arranged by the photographer. There are also images of settlements.
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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
- Repository:
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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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Brill, William, 1918-2003
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circa 1983
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(object copy prints; black & white, 8 x 10 in. or smaller )
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1985-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs collected by William Brill to document his personal collection of African art objects, including masks, sculpted figures, and tools.
This collection is comprised of photographs collected by William W. Brill to document his personal collection of African art objects, which primarily contains masks, sculpted figures, and tools.
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Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
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circa 1870s-1930
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2,600 Prints (circa, silver gelatin and platinum)
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.85
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
The bulk of the collection consists of photographs made from glass negatives collected and produced by the Bureau of American Ethnology. These photographs include portraits and field photographs by photographers and anthropologists, most associated with the BAE, including Alexander Gardner, William Henry Jackson, John K. Hillers, DeLancey Gill, C. ...
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Brashares, Charles W., 1891-1982
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1923-1924, 1945-1954
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281 color slides
21 lantern slides
- Collection ID:
- NAA.PhotoLot.99-1
- Repository:
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National Anthropological Archives
Photographs made by Charles W. Brashares in India (1948-1949), Portugal, Africa (including Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa, 1945), Japan (1948) Bolivia (1951), and Peru (1951) documenting the people, ceremonies, architecture, and scenery of each location. The collection also includes lantern slides depicting Palestinian people, architectu...
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Sieber, Roy, 1923-2001
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circa 1965
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65 slides (photographs) ((dupes), color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1985-011
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Roy Sieber. Images of African textile and the dyeing and weaving processes. Objects depicted include Asante Kente cloth, Hausa embroidered pants, Jukun tie-dye waist cloth, a Kuba hat, Yoruba indigo dye and a Zulu cloak, as well as akwete cloth from Nigeria, an appliqué dress from Cameroon, an appliqué robe from Ghana, cloth from Dahomey (now Benin) and dye pots from Ede. People portrayed include a Dogon dancer, Kajiado warriors with spears and shields, a weaver making cloth, and women dyeing cloth with indigo.
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National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
Keystone View Company
Underwood & Underwood
- Dates:
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1882-1930
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240 Stereographs (black and white, 9 x 22 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1986-022
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The photographs document African businesses, cities, industry, landscapes, peoples and resources. The collection documents various locations within Kenya, Tanzania, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Zimbabwe, Uganda and South Africa. Peoples represented include Kikuyu, Maasai, Bangi, Chagga, Ndombe, Poto, Bangala, Zulu, and Kongo peoples. There are many images of agriculture, hunting, making pottery, mining diamonds and gold, church services at a Catholic mission, a gathering of chiefs at a court, a lion-killing ceremony, and war dances. Businesses and industries shown include coffee plantations; the DeBeers Diamond Mine; a diamond mine compound and crushing mill; fishing boats; a hemp plantation; ivory trade; a market; and the stock market.
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Historic Engravings collection
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1747-circa 1905
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154 Items (29 folders, engravings, 21 1/2 x 16 in. (54.6 x 40.6 cm.) or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2010-003
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The Historic Engravings collection is comprised of 154 pages of engravings, dating from 1747 to circa 1905. The engravings depict subject matter related to Africa and Africans.