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African Postcard Collection

Collector:
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)  Search this
Extent:
61 Volumes
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Volumes
Postcards
Place:
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Côte d'Ivoire
Mozambique
Morocco
Mali
Namibia
Rwanda
Niger
Nigeria
Somalia
South Africa
Sierra Leone
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Zimbabwe
Zambia
Uganda
Senegal
Kenya
Liberia
Ghana
Guinea
Mauritania
Madagascar
Malawi
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Gabon
Egypt
Eritrea
Africa
Date:
1898-[ongoing]
Summary:
This collection includes postcards from 45 African countries. Subjects include agriculture; animals; artists; body arts; cityscapes; cultural landscapes; dance; education; expeditions; flora; industry; leaders; marketplaces; medicine; military; missionaries; music; portraits; recreation; rites and ceremonies; and transportation, among many other topics.
Arrangement note:
Arranged by country and topic
Provenance:
NMAfA: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, 950 Independence Ave. S.W. 20560-0708;, Transfer;, 1985-ongoing;, 1985-0014
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form:
Postcards
Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.1985-014
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African Postcard Collection
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7db935b22-d87f-4afd-95bb-b2f1180fcf9d
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-1985-014
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Uganda photographs

Extent:
91 Photographic prints ((1 box), black & white, 11 x 15 cm. or smaller)
Container:
Box 1
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Uganda
Africa
Date:
circa 1895 - 1925
Scope and Contents:
Front cover of the album is inscribed "Amy J. Welsh, June 19--, Igauga [Iganga], Busoga." Photographs from the Kingdoms of the Interlacustrine area in East Africa. Contains portraits of King Daudi, Four Kings and their Prime Ministers, Sir Apolo Kagwa, Chief Bongo, Reverand B. Musoke, and a Busoga Chief. Images also show relics in a Tutsi tomb, missionary hospital and schools, marketplaces, weddings and other daily life. Additional group and family photographs of Christian missionaries in the region.
Arrangement note:
Images indexed by page number.
Biographical / Historical:
Album was compiled by Christian missionary Amy J. Welsh while working in Iganga, Uganda between 1906 and 1925.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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 -- Africa  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographs
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-005
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Uganda photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7dff88595-8a70-46a9-b2d6-8eedbd49f912
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2000-005

Kabaka Muteesi I's tomb in Kasubi, Kampala

Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Uganda
Date:
ca. 1920s
General:
Original caption reads "Mutesa's Tomb," in Kasubi. King Daudi Chwa II sits behind the spears. Also appears as a postcard published by Alfred Lobo, Uganda - Series #3, ca. 1920s. "Mutesa's Tomb (interior). Kampala, Uganda."
Collection Restrictions:
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:
Kampala (Uganda)  Search this
Tombs  Search this
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-005, Item EEPA.2000-005-0028
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Uganda photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo737ce98c8-c7f8-4e81-b12f-0468a78ce2f8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-005-ref534

Two boys waiting for ants to fly

Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Uganda
General:
Original caption reads "Waiting for the ants to fly."
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-005, Item EEPA.2000-005-0042
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Uganda photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo730f4cadf-2fa9-431b-9df2-b9451168f04e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-005-ref548

Uganda photographs

Creator:
Church Missionary Society. Uganda Mission  Search this
Names:
Aliwonya, Silasi, Reverend  Search this
Chwa II, Daudi, King, 1896 - 1939  Search this
Clayton, Herbert, 1870-1965  Search this
Cook, Albert R., Sir (Albert Ruskin), 1870-1951  Search this
Cook, Katharine Timpson, 1863-1938  Search this
Hattersley, C. W. (Charles W.) (1866-1934)  Search this
Hobart, Claud Vere Cavendish  Search this
Kahaya, Edward Suleiman, Omugabe, 1877-1944  Search this
Kezekia Ndahura II, Edward, Omukama, 1884–1907  Search this
Leakey, Richard H.  Search this
Mbaguta, Nuwa, 1867 - 1944  Search this
Senfuma, Thomas  Search this
Willis, John Jamieson, 1872-1954  Search this
Extent:
22 Photographic prints ((dupe prints), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
170 Negatives (photographic) ((dupe negs), black & white, 4 x 5 in.)
170 Photographic prints (black & white, 11 x 15 cm. or smaller)
Container:
Box 1
Volume 1
Culture:
Wanika (African people)  Search this
Hima (African people)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Negatives (photographic)
Place:
Africa
Victoria, Lake
Ankole (Uganda)
Uganda
Mombassa (Kenya)
Frere Town (Kenya)
Kenya
Date:
1897-1903
Scope and Contents:
This collection is comprised of a photographic album, dating from 1897-1903, that includes images of Momabassa, and Frere Town in Kenya and the Ankole, Toro and Mengo regions of Uganda and some locations in between. African peoples depicted include the Waniki and Banma. Subjects include the French Roman Catholic mission station at Budu, Mengo Church, Mengo Hospital, CMS station in Koki, the Koki Roman Catholic station, House and enclosure of the King of Koki, missionaries and their families, and wives and children of chiefs. Some of the figures depicted include Reverend H. Clayton, Reverend W. H. R. Leakey, Reverend Ernest Millar, missionaries, including Miss Walker, Miss Chadwick, and Miss Brown; Sir Apolo Kaggwa; Kamswaga, King of Koki, and Kahara, King of Akole as well as local chiefs, Lieutenant Hobart; A. C. Hattersley, and Archibald Walker.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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:
Missionaries -- Africa  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographic prints
Identifier:
EEPA.1998-002
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Uganda photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7851ef0ab-9c99-4426-ae84-1c91f767c0e1
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-1998-002

Apolo Kaggwa and his son at writing table

Item Creator:
Church Missionary Society. Uganda Mission  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Uganda
General:
Man and boy pose at a table. The man is writing in a book.
Item Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Item 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:
Portraits  Search this
Identifier:
EEPA.1998-002, Item EEPA.1998-002-0060
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Uganda photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a91ba988-cc64-4114-8ca5-ca8b82896393
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1998-002-ref568

Nigeria photograph album

Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Names:
Archibong, Prince, III  Search this
Boler, Richard Doubleday, Captain  Search this
Brown, William Abobo, Chief  Search this
Casement, Roger, Sir, 1864-1916  Search this
Honesty, Eyo, VIII  Search this
Jumbo, Oko, Chief, -1891  Search this
Kingsley, Mary Henrietta, 1862-1900  Search this
Locke , Ralph Frederick  Search this
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
MacDonald, Ethel, Lady, 1857-1941  Search this
Moor, Ralph Denham Rayment, Sir, 1860-1909  Search this
Ovonramwen, King of Benin, -1914  Search this
Phillips, James Robert, -1897  Search this
Shekleton, R.A., Dr.  Search this
Wall, T.A.  Search this
Yonwuren, Ogbe, Chief, ca. 1830 -  Search this
Extent:
174 Photographic prints ((1 box), black & white, albumen prints , 15.5 x 23 cm. or smaller)
Container:
Box 1
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Nigeria
Africa
Madeira Islands
Bonny (Nigeria)
Sapele (Nigeria)
Brass (Nigeria)
Old Calabar (Nigeria)
Opobo Town Nigeria -- Photographs
Africa -- Colonization
Niger Coast Protectorate -- 1893-1899
Date:
[circa 1890-1900]
Summary:
This album was likely compiled by a British official posted in the Niger Delta between the 1890s and 1900. It contains photographs of British officers and troops around the British invasion of the Benin Kingdom as well as views of the British-imposed Oil Rivers Protectorate and Niger Coast Protectorate in Old Calabar, Opobo, and Bonny. It also includes portraits of Ovonramwen, the King of Benin, on his way into exile in 1897, and of other kings and rulers in the Niger Delta kingdoms.
Scope and Contents:
The collection contains photographs of Ovonramwen, the King of Benin, on his way into exile in 1897, and of other kings and rulers in the Niger Delta kingdoms. Portraits included are Prince Archibong III of Old Calabar, New Calabar Chief and Wives, Lady Egba and Chief Chief Ogbe Yonwuren, Ladies of Rank in Old Calabar, Eyo Honesty VIII, Chief Long John of Bonny, chiefs of Opobo, and Chief Oko Jumbo. Portraits of British subjects included are of Sir Claude Maxwell MacDonald and Lady Ethel Macdonald, Roger Casement, Sir Ralph Moor, Mary Kingsley, Deputy J.R. Phillips, Dr. R.A. Shekleton, Commissioner A. Harcourt, Mr. T.A. Wall, and Captain Boler. Includes scenes of weddings, iria outfits, steamships, regattas, the Queen's Jubilee of 1897, British colonial officials, trading ports, sports, coffee plantations, and consulates in Bonny, Warri, Old Calabar, Opobo, Kwa Ibo, and Sapele. Some landscape views of Madeira.
Arrangement note:
Images indexed by negative number.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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 -- Africa  Search this
Canoes  Search this
Troops  Search this
Regattas  Search this
Government and politics -- chiefs  Search this
Genre/Form:
Black-and-white photographs
Photographic prints
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003
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Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d8501212-875f-4532-b32a-de0813e8f399
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-2000-003

W. H. Himbury photographs

Names:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Extent:
63 Photographic prints (dupe prints (1 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in. )
63 Photographic prints (albumen (1 album), black & white, 18 x 26 cm. or smaller )
63 Negatives (photographic) (dupe negs, black & white, 4 x 5 in. )
Container:
Item 63
Box 1
Volume 1
Culture:
Ijo (African people)  Search this
Kalabari (African people)  Search this
Efik (African people)  Search this
Anang (African people)  Search this
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Negatives (photographic)
Place:
Abeokuta Province (Nigeria)
Lagos (Nigeria)
Africa
Date:
1897
Summary:
Photographs taken by unknown photographers in Nigeria and found in an album signed on the front inside cover, "W.H. Himbury, Grosvenor Club, Piccadilly 10."

Funeral pictures of important African chiefs are prominent within the album and include burial pictures of the family members of the deceased as well as of the belongings of the deceased. Images include views of Lagos and Abeokuta. African peoples include the Anang Ibibio, Kalabari and Efik.

Images of individuals include British colonial officials and chiefs of the Niger Delta. Prominent among the British officials is Sir Claude Maxwell Macdonald (1852-1915), Governor of the Oil River Protectorate, which, after 1896, was known as the Niger River Protectorate.
Arrangement note:
Images indexed by negative number.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form:
Photographic prints
Identifier:
EEPA.1995-024
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W. H. Himbury photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo76d4c0bb1-659c-43e3-873b-90ad6f13b256
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-1995-024

Macdonald Calabar photographs

Creator:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Extent:
135 Negatives (photographic) (dupe negs, black & white, 4 x 5 in. )
135 Photographic prints (albumen, black & white, 14 x 21 cm.)
135 Photographic prints (copy prints (2 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
Container:
Item 135
Box 1
Volume 1
Volume 2
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Negatives
Photographs
Negatives (photographic)
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Nigeria
Africa
Date:
circa 1895
Summary:
Photographic album formerly belonging to Major General Claude Maxwell Macdonald (1852-1915), Commissioner, Oil Rivers Protectorate, in West Africa, circa 1895. The album contains photographs of the consulate general in Old Calabar, Opobo and Bonny. Images, such as the arrival of Lady Macdonald in 1895 (returning from a home leave), interiors of British residences, and (named) group portraits of the British reflect colonial life and infrastructure. Native and British troops are depicted as well. Several images show the results of the British attacks on Brass and Nembe, in retaliation for King Nana's unwillingness to cooperate.

Several images were taken of chiefs, among them a copy photograph of a 1882 image of King Nana of the Benin River, King Jaja of Opobo, King Koko of Brass, King Duke IX of Old Calabar, and King George Pebble of Bonny. Perhaps the most outstanding imagery is a series "On the way to Benin," which contains the photograph of an altar, a crucified woman, a forest path, and a contingent of British colonials. Several remarkable photographs depict Cross River masquerades with head crests, dances of Kru "Boys," and portray women of the Niger Delta. One photograph, showing the bronze sculpture of a Benin horseman placed on a rug in front of a wall (very likely taken in Nigeria), is of great interest for art historians. This particular figure left Benin before the city was ransacked and destroyed by the British Punitive Expedition in 1987, and, according to William B. Fagg, eminent historian of Nigerian art, came to the Merseyside County Museums, Liverpool, UK, as early as 1892 (note that Macdonald arrived in the Oil Rivers Protectorate in 1891).
Arrangement note:
Images indexed by negative number.
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form:
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographs
Identifier:
EEPA.1996-019
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Macdonald Calabar photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d806ce75-6440-497d-84e7-0261f2aaa840
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-eepa-1996-019

Consolute General [photograph] : Old Calabar, Arrival of Lady Mac

Collector:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Collection Creator:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Extent:
1 Print (b&w, 14 x 19.5 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Prints
Place:
Africa
Nigeria -- History -- 1851-1899
Oil Rivers Protectorate -- 1885-1893
Niger Coast Protectorate -- 1893-1899
Date:
1895
Scope and Contents:
Right front view of the Consulate General, Old Calabar, Niger Coast Protectorate (Oil Rivers), 1891, during the arrival of Lady Macdonald at the residence, January 1895. Accompanying caption reads, "Consulate General Old Calabar, Arrival Lady Mac January 1895.
Collection Restrictions:
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.
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Macdonald Calabar photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo784375906-d94a-4095-b1c1-9c25bbeb538c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-019-ref508

Consolute General [photograph] : Old Calabar

Collector:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Collection Creator:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Extent:
1 Print (b&w, 13 x 18 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Prints
Place:
Africa
Nigeria -- History -- 1851-1899
Oil Rivers Protectorate -- 1885-1893
Niger Coast Protectorate -- 1893-1899
Date:
1891
Scope and Contents:
View of front facade of the Consulate General, Old Calabar, Niger Coast Protectorate (Oil Rivers), 1891. Accompanying caption reads, "Consulate General Old Calabar, 1891."
Collection Restrictions:
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.
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Macdonald Calabar photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo79ce04473-0157-44d0-a2a7-4fe233e42ca3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-019-ref509

Old Calabar [photograph] : Consulate Hill and Buildings

Collector:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Collection Creator:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Extent:
1 Print (b&w, 15 x 20 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Prints
Place:
Africa
Nigeria -- History -- 1851-1899
Oil Rivers Protectorate -- 1885-1893
Niger Coast Protectorate -- 1893-1899
Date:
ca. 1895
Scope and Contents:
View of the consulate buildings, background, and hill, foreground, at Old Calabar, Niger Coast Protectorate (Oil Rivers), ca. 1895. Accompanying caption reads, "Consulate Hill and Buildings, Old Calabar."
Collection Restrictions:
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.
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Macdonald Calabar photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo71209ddca-5203-402e-8686-e71f5de51d40
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-019-ref510

Old Calabar [photograph] : View from Consulate Looking up River

Collector:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Collection Creator:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Extent:
1 Print (b&w, 15 x 19.5 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Prints
Place:
Africa
Nigeria -- History -- 1851-1899
Oil Rivers Protectorate -- 1885-1893
Niger Coast Protectorate -- 1893-1899
Date:
ca. 1895
Scope and Contents:
View from the Consulate, Old Calabar, looking up river. From left to right; river, road, and a hospital; Niger Coast Protectorate (Oil Rivers), ca. 1895. Accompanying caption reads, "View from Consulate, Old Calabar: Looking up River."
Collection Restrictions:
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.
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Macdonald Calabar photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d8ce4d52-0a4e-4e12-9faf-4a924f9a25a1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-019-ref511

Trading establishment [photograph] : Calabar

Collector:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Collection Creator:
MacDonald, Claude Maxwell, Sir, 1852-1915  Search this
Extent:
1 Print (b&w, 13 x 18 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Prints
Place:
Africa
Nigeria -- History -- 1851-1899
Niger Coast Protectorate -- 1893-1899
Date:
1894
Scope and Contents:
Trading establishment in Calabar, Niger Coast Protectorate (now Nigeria). Photographer unknown, ca. 1894.
General:
Title source: Photographic album.
Citation source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Identifier:
EEPA.1996-019, Item EEPA 1996-190117
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Macdonald Calabar photographs
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo734af6843-650e-4310-b4ae-a69e60559e0b
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1996-019-ref515

Portrait of Chief Long John sitting in state with his family, Bonny

Creator:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Bonny (Nigeria)
Date:
ca. 1890s
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads "Long John. After death. (Chief of Bonny)." This print also appears in the W.H. Himbury Photographic Album, EEPA 1995-0024-037 with the caption "Late slaver Chief [Henry] Long John, sitting in state after death. Principal wives and eldest son around him. Bonny. N.C.P." Published in "African Photographer J.A. Green" edited by Martha G. Anderson and Lisa Aronson, page 168 with the description, "When J.A. Green photographed Chief Ofori Long John's funeral, the Ibani Ijo were still practicing the funerary custom (tanda) of presenting the corpse of local elite seated and dressed in their finest attire for public viewing. His son, Henry Obulu, supports the jaw of his father to assert his position as the rightful heir to the chieftancy seat."
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on album captions.
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0090
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Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo741aac627-e83e-4520-bcbb-36a03ea6a41a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-003-ref596

British colonial officers on board S.S. Bathurst

Collection Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Date:
ca. 1890s
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads "On board S.S. Bathurst. Officers board for Benin Punitive Expedition."
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on album captions.
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0001
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Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo78b80bf6e-ab31-41fd-b4bc-2fd8b081b2ec
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-003-ref507

Woman riding in a hammock, Madeira

Collection Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Madeira Islands
Date:
ca. 1890s
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads "To Madeira, going shopping."
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on album captions.
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0002
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Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo71c397a2b-2bb4-47db-bfda-7400ca09f363
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-003-ref508

View in Madeira

Collection Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Madeira Islands
Date:
ca. 1890s
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads "View in Madeira."
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on album captions.
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0003
See more items in:
Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo74ef288b1-81f6-4df0-9309-71708763ad08
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-003-ref509

Wedding at mission house, Bonny

Creator:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Bonny (Nigeria)
Date:
ca. 1890s
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads "Native wedding at mission house, Bonny."
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on album captions.
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0004
See more items in:
Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo773fafd11-cba3-45c9-bf85-32d476e97488
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-003-ref510

Group portrait at Queen's Jubilee, Old Calabar

Creator:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Green, J. A. (Jonathan Adagogo), 1873-1905  Search this
Extent:
1 Photographic print (B/W)
Type:
Archival materials
Photographic prints
Place:
Old Calabar (Nigeria)
Date:
1897
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads "Queens Jubilee, 1897, Old Calabar." Celebration for Queen Victoria of England's Diamond Jubilee, her 60th anniversary of ascending to the throne.
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on album captions.
Collection Restrictions:
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.
Identifier:
EEPA.2000-003, Item EEPA 2000-003-0005
See more items in:
Nigeria photograph album
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7677fc09a-f2ba-4df3-97d6-1b1c1ecb2564
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2000-003-ref511

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