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Object Number 998-14-00/1.2.171
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 / French Sudan
Africa / Chad
Additional Geographic Terms N'Djamena Fort Lamy
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
View of Fort Lamy from on the Chari River
998-14-00/1.2.170 View of Fort Lamy from on the Chari River
French Sudan
Chad
View of Fort Lamy from on the Chari River
998-14-00/1.2.172 View of Fort Lamy from on the Chari River
Chad
French Sudan
View across the Chari River
998-14-00/1.3.185 View across the Chari River
Cameroon
View from a mound near Fort Lamy
998-14-00/1.3.6 View from a mound near Fort Lamy
Belgian Congo
Country around Fort Lamy
998-14-00/1.3.2 Country around Fort Lamy
Belgian Congo
Women carrying water near Fort Lamy
998-14-00/1.3.3 Women carrying water near Fort Lamy
Belgian Congo
Women carrying water near Fort Lamy
998-14-00/1.3.4 Women carrying water near Fort Lamy
Belgian Congo
Women carrying water near Fort Lamy
998-14-00/1.3.5 Women carrying water near Fort Lamy
Belgian Congo
Crossing the Chari River
998-14-00/1.2.169 Crossing the Chari River
French Sudan
Chad
Bank of the Chari River with trees
998-14-00/1.2.166 Bank of the Chari River with trees
French Sudan
Chad
Sultan of Goulfei crossing the Chari River
998-14-00/1.3.136 Sultan of Goulfei crossing the Chari River
Goulfei
Belgian Congo
Sultan of Goulfei crossing the Chari River
998-14-00/1.3.137 Sultan of Goulfei crossing the Chari River
Goulfei
Belgian Congo