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Photographer:
Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this
Extent:
1 Stereograph (b&w, 6 x 13 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Stereographs
Place:
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Date:
[ca. 1926]
Scope and Contents:
Judge E. Gorlia's last journey in the Belgian Congo from March 1926 to December 1928.
Albertville was founded as fortified post in 1901. It is the chief port on the western shore of lake Tanganyika and is the administrative center of the district of Tanganyika in Elisabeth province. The port is built on the point of land which forms the southern extremity of Lukuga bay while the town is built on a hill-side overlooking the lake.
General:
Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.
Collection Restrictions:
Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Portrait photography  Search this
Genre/Form:
Stereographs
Collection Citation:
Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-718
See more items in:
Emile Gorlia photographs
Emile Gorlia photographs / Fifth Trip to Congo
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75b29187e-bcd5-4c0e-97d0-930a7c2e2c91
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1563