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Boarding train at Jos
Object Number 998-14-00/1.3.204
Display Title Boarding train at Jos
Descriptions
Object Description Written on album page: "Jos, the railway station. Here we started a three-day railway journey through British Nigeria to the sea. We sold our truck in Jos."
Department Photographic
Date 1927-1928
Artist Milton Katz
Culture
  • Central and Equatorial African styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms Jos
Materials Print, black and white on Album
Dimensions Overall: 8.5725 × 10.795 cm (3 3/8 × 4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Vivian Katz and Family of Milton Katz
Provenance
Collector Milton Katz (1927-1928)
Intermediary David Warrington
Donor Vivian Katz (5/8/98)

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Railway station at Jos
998-14-00/1.3.203 Railway station at Jos
Nigeria
Landscape approaching Jos
998-14-00/1.3.196 Landscape approaching Jos
Nigeria
Landscape approaching Jos
998-14-00/1.3.198 Landscape approaching Jos
Nigeria
Landscape approaching Jos
998-14-00/1.3.197 Landscape approaching Jos
Nigeria
Man, woman, and child in front of Jo's hogan
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New Mexico
Dave Rust - friend of Jo's from Utah
2004.1.123.1.918 Dave Rust - friend of Jo's from Utah
Awatovi
Train at railway station in Jos
998-14-00/1.3.205 Train at railway station in Jos
Nigeria
Train at railway station at Jos
998-14-00/1.3.206 Train at railway station at Jos
Nigeria
People on road
998-14-00/1.3.200 People on road
Nigeria
Buildings at the end of a road
998-14-00/1.3.202 Buildings at the end of a road
Nigeria
People on road, with fence and houses in background
998-14-00/1.3.201 People on road, with fence and houses in background
Nigeria
View of hill at Rejaf, the farthest point upstream the boat reaches before the party leaves the Nile River and heads southwest into Belgian Congo
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Belgian Congo
Sudan