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East Africa, 1900-1920

 Record Group — Group: 8, Album: 5
Identifier: 8-5

Scope and Contents

From the Record Group:

Small quartos of various dimensions (ranging from 16 x 21 cm. to 28 x 22 cm.), containing numerous silver prints, together with some unmounted photographs, loosely inserted.

Dates

  • 1900-1920

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

To inquire about access to this collection, please contact the Herskovits Library at africana@northwestern.edu.

Extent

1 album (1 album, 97 [49] leaves, 29 x 22 cm.) : Recent half morocco, brown cloth sides, gilt lettering to spine.

Abstract

96 silver prints (mostly captioned) from British East Africa, early 20th century.

General

Pages are numbered in the upper right corner. Even numbered pages are blank. The inventory and object numbers are numbered consecutively, so do not match the album page numbers.

Library Details

Part of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies Repository

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