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Object Number
998-14-00/1.1.235
Display Title
Party getting their truck across Ubangi River on improvised ferry
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on album page: "Getting our / truck across / on an im- / provised ferry. / Ubangi River - chief tributary of / the Congo. / At this point the river is known as the / Mbomu. "
Department
Photographic
Date
1927-1928
Artist
Milton Katz
Culture
- Central and Equatorial African styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Belgian Congo
Materials
Print, black and white adhered to Album
Dimensions
Overall: 5.3975 × 8.4138 cm (2 1/8 × 3 5/16 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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