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Exterior of Magdala

 Item — Album: 3, Page: 43
Identifier: 3-43
Description

Photograph of landscape and the exterior of Magdala.

Dates: 1867-1868
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs / Photographs from Abyssinia : taken during the progress of the expedition for the release of the prisoners, 1867-8, by the photographers of the 10th Compy. Royal Engineers

Exterior of Magdala

 Item — Album: 3, Page: 44
Identifier: 3-44
Description

Sketch of a landscape, including Magdala in the background and soldiers marching in formation toward it.

Dates: 1867-1868
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs / Photographs from Abyssinia : taken during the progress of the expedition for the release of the prisoners, 1867-8, by the photographers of the 10th Compy. Royal Engineers

Interior of Magdala

 Item — Album: 3, Page: 50
Identifier: 3-50
Description

Photograph of a thatched roofed houses with a view of Selassee in the distance.

Dates: 1867-1868
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs / Photographs from Abyssinia : taken during the progress of the expedition for the release of the prisoners, 1867-8, by the photographers of the 10th Compy. Royal Engineers

Kafir-Bur Gate, Magdala

 Item — Album: 3, Page: 51
Identifier: 3-51
Description

Photograph of Magdala's city wall and the Kafir-Bur gate, with European soldiers.

Dates: 1867-1868
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs / Photographs from Abyssinia : taken during the progress of the expedition for the release of the prisoners, 1867-8, by the photographers of the 10th Compy. Royal Engineers

King Theodore’s house, Magdala

 Item — Album: 3, Page: 47
Identifier: 3-47
Description

Photograph of thatched roofed buildings atop a bluff.

Dates: 1867-1868
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs / Photographs from Abyssinia : taken during the progress of the expedition for the release of the prisoners, 1867-8, by the photographers of the 10th Compy. Royal Engineers

Kokit-Bur Gate, Magdala, no. 1

 Item — Album: 3, Page: 45
Identifier: 3-45
Description

Photograph of a landscape with the Kokit Bur Gate in the Magdala city wall.

Dates: 1867-1868
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs / Photographs from Abyssinia : taken during the progress of the expedition for the release of the prisoners, 1867-8, by the photographers of the 10th Compy. Royal Engineers

Kokit-Bur Gate, Magdala, no. 2

 Item — Album: 3, Page: 46
Identifier: 3-46
Description

Photograph of a landscape with the Kokit Bur Gate in the Magdala city wall.

Dates: 1867-1868
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs / Photographs from Abyssinia : taken during the progress of the expedition for the release of the prisoners, 1867-8, by the photographers of the 10th Compy. Royal Engineers

Magdala Church

 Item — Album: 3, Page: 49
Identifier: 3-49
Description

Photograph of a thatched roofed church with two European soldiers standing in front.

Dates: 1867-1868
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs / Photographs from Abyssinia : taken during the progress of the expedition for the release of the prisoners, 1867-8, by the photographers of the 10th Compy. Royal Engineers

Magdala in flames

 Item — Album: 3, Page: 52
Identifier: 3-52
Description

Sketch of Magdala in flames, with European soldiers in the foreground.

Dates: 1867-1868
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs / Photographs from Abyssinia : taken during the progress of the expedition for the release of the prisoners, 1867-8, by the photographers of the 10th Compy. Royal Engineers

Photographs from Abyssinia : taken during the progress of the expedition for the release of the prisoners, 1867-8, by the photographers of the 10th Compy. Royal Engineers, 1867-1868

 Record Group — Album: 3
Identifier: 3
Abstract

Album of 80 original photographs "taken during the Progress of the Expedition to Abyssinia for the Release of the Prisoners, by the photographers of the 10th Company, Royal Engineers", 1867-8.

Dates: 1867-1868
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

Treasury and mint, Magdala

 Item — Album: 3, Page: 48
Identifier: 3-48
Description

Photograph of a thatched roofed building with European soldiers standing in front.

Dates: 1867-1868
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs / Photographs from Abyssinia : taken during the progress of the expedition for the release of the prisoners, 1867-8, by the photographers of the 10th Compy. Royal Engineers

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