Christraud M. Geary photographs of Senegal
name: label: Photographer
content: Geary, Christraud M.
place: label: Place
content: Senegal
label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Dakar (Senegal)
label: Place
content: Gorée (Senegal)
creator: label: Photographer
content: Geary, Christraud M.
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content: Christraud M. Geary photographs of Senegal
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographs taken by Christraud Geary during a research trip to Dakar and Gorée Island, Senegal in October 1990.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Christraud M. Geary (1946-) was formally a curator of the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives at the National Museum of African Art.  She received a PhD in Cultural Anthropology and African Studies from the University of Frankfurt, Germany, in 1973.  Geary specializes in the history of photography in Africa and in the study of African art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 156 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: October 1990
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Christraud M. Geary, 1991.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1991-002
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Slides (photographs)
label: Type
content: Color slides
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Arranged in chronological order.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Metadata created by Hannah Storch in November 2019.  Finding aid was written by Eden Orelove in December 2019.

Collection was digitized in 2019.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Color slides
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection includes 156 slides created by Christraud M. Geary in Dakar and Gorée, Senegal, in October 1990.  In Dakar, Geary photographed collections storage spaces in the National Archives, objects displayed at the IFAN Museum of African Arts (also known as the Musée de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire), people at the Kermel Craft Market, views of Cap-Vert from the Phare de Mamelies Lighthouse, and boats in the Dakar Harbor.  In Goree, her photographs include views of Goree Island, the IFAN Historical Museum fortress, street scenes, the House of Slaves Museum, and the artist Djiberi Ndoye with his artwork.