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German East Africa, Envelope 3

 File — Group: 29, Envelope: 3
Identifier: 29-3

Scope and Contents

From the Record Group:

Folio (43 x 34 cm.), containing 92 albumen prints (13 large images: 26 x 21 cm, 79 smaller images of various dimensions), all laid in card, many with German captions printed from the negatives, together with a card box containing a number of visiting cards and letters, and a framed, circular silver print (10 cm. in diameter).

Dates

  • 1860-1960
  • Majority of material found within 1880-1920

Creator

Language of Materials

Italian

Conditions Governing Access

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

Extent

From the Record Group: 1 album (1 album and two envelopes, one containing calling cards, the other 7 handwritten letters.) : Folio (43 x 34 cm.), containing 92 albumen prints, in contemporary black morocco portfolio, flaps and ties, with ‘Erinnerung an Deutsch-Ost Afrika, 1890-1892’ blocked in gilt on the upper cover; spine repaired, photographs housed in recent custom-made cloth box inside the portfolio.

Physical Description

Envelope containing 7 letters.

General

Title supplied by cataloger.

Library Details

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

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