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Object Number
998-14-00/1.2.170
Display Title
View of Fort Lamy from on the Chari River
Descriptions
Object Description
Written on album page: "Fort Lamy from the Shari. Fort Lamy is the largest post of the French Sudan. It is essentially of military significance, in that it serves to protect the Sudan south of it from aggression by cutthroats from the Sahara, the edge of which is only a few miles north of Fort Lamy."
Department
Photographic
Date
1927-1928
Artist
Milton Katz
Culture
- Central and Equatorial African styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Chad
Africa / French Sudan
Africa / French Sudan
Additional Geographic Terms
N'Djamena
Fort Lamy
Materials
Print, black and white adhered to Paper
Dimensions
Overall: 8.5725 × 11.9063 cm (3 3/8 × 4 11/16 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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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 998-14-00/1.2.171 | View of Fort Lamy from on the Chari River |
Chad
French Sudan | ||
| 998-14-00/1.2.172 | View of Fort Lamy from on the Chari River |
Chad
French Sudan | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.185 | View across the Chari River |
Cameroon
| ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.6 | View from a mound near Fort Lamy |
Belgian Congo
| ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.2 | Country around Fort Lamy |
Belgian Congo
| ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.3 | Women carrying water near Fort Lamy |
Belgian Congo
| ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.4 | Women carrying water near Fort Lamy |
Belgian Congo
| ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.5 | Women carrying water near Fort Lamy |
Belgian Congo
| ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.136 | Sultan of Goulfei crossing the Chari River |
Belgian Congo
Goulfei | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.137 | Sultan of Goulfei crossing the Chari River |
Goulfei
Belgian Congo | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.139 | Sultan of Goulfei crossing the Chari River |
Belgian Congo
Goulfei | ||
| 998-14-00/1.3.138 | Sultan of Goulfei crossing the Chari River |
Goulfei
Belgian Congo |