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In der Schaurihutte von Mkwadja

 Item — Group: 29, Folio: 1, Card: 53
Identifier: 29-1-53

Scope and Contents

From the File:

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. The first thirteen images are professional photographs and the remainder are smaller images numbered separately in original inventory. In addition, the circular silver print (10 cm. in diameter) of a German passenger ship, identified on the wooden frame as ‘D.O.A.L., Kanzler’, has been included with this folio.

Dates

  • 1890-1892

Creator

Language of Materials

From the File:

German,

Conditions Governing Access

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

Extent

From the File: 1 album (1 album, 43 x 34 cm.) : 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

Photograph 1

General

Number in inventory: 40

Library Details

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

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