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Object Number
2001.29.448
Display Title
Women on a street near Corner of the Hotel Grossherzog
Descriptions
Object Description
Women on a street in Windhoek, 1957–58. This street corner is near the Grossherzog Hotel, where the Marshall expedition members usually stayed in Windhoek. The only urban African images in the Marshall family collection are some taken in the South West Africa capital in 1957–58. Photograph by Robert Gesteland.
Department
Photographic
Date
1957-1958
Artist
Robert C. Gesteland
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
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Namibia
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Khomas
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<County>
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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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