Russell E. Train Africana Collection (Smithsonian. Libraries) Search this
Extent:
1 Album (Photograph albums, 8 x 5.5 in. or smaller (photographs), 12 x 10 x 1.5 in. (album))
Container:
Item Ph032
Type:
Archival materials
Albums
Date:
1880 - 1890
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.
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 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.
