A large ivory tusk weighing over 200 lbs, from Kilimanjoro S.E. Africa

Item — Group: 14, Album: 2, Page: 59

Identifier: 14-2-59-2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Record Group:

Contains numerous silver prints (all captioned), autographs, press clippings, watercolors, postcards and maps. Several pages include what appear to be clippings of signatures from letters, including one of Hesketh Bell, the governor of Uganda. Note that although the photographs are all captioned, the captions are not listed in the original inventory of the Winterton Collection.

Dates

1907-1908

Creator

A. C. Gomes & Son (Organization)

Language of Materials

From the Record Group:

English

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, 95 p., 24 x 33 cm.) : Contemporary vellum-covered boards (the binding may well be from one of the animals shot on safari), hinged flaps, hide ties.