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African women riding the train

 Item — Group: 28, Album: 2, Page: 18
Identifier: 28-2-18-2

Scope and Contents

From the Record Group:

Small oblong quarto (23 x 32 cm), containing numerous snapshots of the building of the railway, generally four photographs to a page, all uncaptioned; contemporary green cloth covers.

Dates

  • Circa 1905-1907

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Class:

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, 49 p., 22 x 32 cm.)

Physical Description

Photograph 2

General

Description from inventory: "...a group of African women riding in an open wagon on what must have been one of the first trains over the stretch."

General

Title supplied by cataloger.

Library Details

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

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