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Two black boys and one white boy looking into a store window
Two black boys and one white boy looking into a store window
Object Number 2001.29.447
Display Title Two black boys and one white boy looking into a store window
Descriptions
Object Description A group of boys in Windhoek, 1957–58. This integrated group is unusual: until 1977 South Africa applied its apartheid laws in Windhoek, enforcing employment discrimination; segregating urban residential areas, schools, and public facilities; prohibiting interracial intercourse and marriage; and restricting rural-urban migration. Photograph by Robert Gesteland.
Department Photographic
Date 1957-1958
Artist Robert C. Gesteland
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Namibia / Khomas / <County> / Windhoek
Materials Slide, 35mm
Quantity 1
Credit Line Gift of Laurence K. Marshall and Lorna J. Marshall
Provenance
Donor Lorna Marshall
Donor John Marshall

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Women on a street near Corner of the Hotel Grossherzog
2001.29.448 Women on a street near Corner of the Hotel Grossherzog
Windhoek
"Children in groups": Group of boys and girls sitting close together, boys are making toy cars (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31225.1 "Children in groups": Group of boys and girls sitting close together, boys are making toy cars (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Children in groups": Group of men and boys playing !ó'm!hú / !’Om g!xuni / ’Ai kota !U!u g!xuni / N!aih //’an (the porcupine game, also known as the axe game, assegai game or war game), including "≠Gao Lame," /Gunda with a feather, ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be of Band 2) and Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma, Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31212 "Children in groups": Group of men and boys playing !ó'm!hú / !’Om g!xuni / ’Ai kota !U!u g!xuni / N!aih //’an (the porcupine game, also known as the axe game, assegai game or war game), including "≠Gao Lame," /Gunda with a feather, ≠Gao (son of Gau and Be of Band 2) and Tsamgao (son of ≠Toma, Band 1) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Boys' play": Gao (son of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa) standing with his arms around another boy (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31414 "Boys' play": Gao (son of ≠Gao and Khwo//o-/Gasa) standing with his arms around another boy (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Pulling on Kaross / Pulling on Gemsbok Horns / Carrying on Kaross "Airplane".": Two boys pulling "Little /Qui" on a kaross, a game they frequently played (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.800.1 "Pulling on Kaross / Pulling on Gemsbok Horns / Carrying on Kaross "Airplane".": Two boys pulling "Little /Qui" on a kaross, a game they frequently played (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Porcupine or Axe and Assegai [game]": Men and boys playing !ó'm!hú / !’Om g!xuni / ’Ai kota !U!u g!xuni / N!aih //’an (the porcupine game, also known as the axe game, assegai game or war game) (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31316.1 "Porcupine or Axe and Assegai [game]": Men and boys playing !ó'm!hú / !’Om g!xuni / ’Ai kota !U!u g!xuni / N!aih //’an (the porcupine game, also known as the axe game, assegai game or war game) (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Children in groups": Four boys standing in profile, silhouetted against the sky (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31222 "Children in groups": Four boys standing in profile, silhouetted against the sky (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Daytime dance at Gautscha": /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) and boys dancing, with a group of women singing behind them (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30498.1 "Daytime dance at Gautscha": /Naoka ("Gao Medicine's" first wife) and boys dancing, with a group of women singing behind them (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
[No folder title]: Boy carrying bow and quiver (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.30289.1 [No folder title]: Boy carrying bow and quiver (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Toys, Gun, Tsamgao's camera": Toy cars made from veldkos by boys (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31333 "Toys, Gun, Tsamgao's camera": Toy cars made from veldkos by boys (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"Tree & swing": Boys climbing a tree in a clearing (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.31394.2 "Tree & swing": Boys climbing a tree in a clearing (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha
"≠Gao Lame" standing, and two unidentified boys sitting, at the edge of a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
2001.29.25575.1 "≠Gao Lame" standing, and two unidentified boys sitting, at the edge of a waterhole (print is a cropped image)
Gautscha