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Album of Guinea.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Album of Guinea	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Summary

The Album of Guinea (1906) consists of views, candid shots and portraits taken in Guinea during the French colonial period. About half the album documents the native peoples' domestic life and their dwellings, including men embarking on boats, women cooking, women repairing a home, a man weaving textiles, women molding pottery, and people washing light colored cloths. Their leisure time is documented by children playing, men playing musical instruments, men and women dancing, people seated by the river's edge watching a boat, processions, and men shooting firearms. Indigenous people are also depicted in individual and group portraits. The construction of a railroad, seemingly by hand labor of the native men, is documented. Views of Western-style buildings include a large estate (?) and the surrounding grounds containing a statue of Noël Balley, the colony's first governor, railroad stations, a church, apartments and houses. Other photos show granaries, gardens and views of the country side, river(s?) and a port. The only photos of Europeans are in group portraits where a few men are pictured with native peoples.
None of the photographs are captioned.

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Title devised by cataloger.
All photographic prints are mounted two to a page. Cover of album is separating from the spine.

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Call Number

Sc Photo Album of Guinea

OCLC

895885532

Title

Album of Guinea.

Production

1906.

Type of Content

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

Terms Of Use

Photocopying is not permitted.

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Sc Photo Album of Guinea