Group portrait of railroad workers
Scope and Contents
Oblong quarto (22 x 33 cm), containing numerous silver prints, mostly 12 x 9 cm, captioned in red ink on the mounts; grey card covers, with ‘Bilder aus Deutsch Ost-Afrika’ blocked in black on the upper cover; covers a little worn at extremities.
Dates
- Circa 1905-1914
Creator
- Dobbertin, Walther (Person)
Language of Materials
German
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, 16 p., 22 x 23 cm.)
Abstract
Plus a loose group portrait by Dobbertin of Dar es Salaam, 16 x 11 cm. The group comprises 14 Germans who worked on the railway and five unidentified African men.
Physical Description
Photograph 1
General
Title supplied by cataloger.
General
Bauer, Rohleder, Klug, Koorstes, Schröder, Feldmann, Krumm, v. Holwede, Paetzel, Bartelo, Weigele, Tönjes, Becklers, Hüber.
Library Details
Part of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies Repository
Main Library, 5th Floor, East Tower
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Evanston IL 60208-2300 US
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africana@northwestern.edu