Album of 71 black and white albumen print photographs of colonial South Africa, Zimbabwe and Malawi
Object Details
- General note
- 59 of the photographs, mounted recto and verso on 31 leaves. Black calf binding. Ph032 is the accession number in the Russell E. Train inventory list of the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History.
- Collection Creator
- Train, Russell E., 1920-2012
- Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries)
- See more items in
- Russell E. Train Africana collection
- Russell E. Train Africana collection / Series 9: Photographs
- Extent
- 1 Album (Photograph albums, 8 x 5.5 in. or smaller (photographs), 12 x 10 x 1.5 in. (album))
- Date
- 1880 - 1890
- Container
- Item Ph032
- Archival Repository
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Type
- Archival materials
- Albums
- Collection Rights
- The collection is housed in the Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History, which is open to researchers Monday through Friday in the afternoons, from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m.; morning visits are by appointment only. Please call (202) 633-1184 or email AskaLibrarian@si.edu for an appointment.
- Scope and Contents note
- Photographs from South Africa, Rhodesia and British Central Africa. The photos are of natives in a Kraal, portraits of natives and photos of Mrs. Livingstone's grave, Algoa Bay after storm with wrecked sailing ships, and a portrait of Cecil Rhodes.
- Record ID
- ebl-1503510890585-1503510890757-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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