Senegal photographs
name: label: Collector
content: National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Senegal
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: NMAfA: National Museum of African Art,, Smithsonian Institution, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, 950 Independence Ave, S.W. Washington, DC 20560-0708;, Transfer;, 1989;, 1989-0003
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographs and cabinet cards from Senegal collected by the staff of the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, during the 1980s. Popular from the mid-1860s through the 1900s, cabinet cards were commercially produced 4" x 5 1/2" photoprints mounted on card stock measuring 4 1/4" x 6 1/2", often with an embossed studio name in the corner. Frequently sold as collectors' items, these cards often contained images of attractive women or royalty of various nationalities. Images include cabinet cards from the Bonnevide Photographic Studio and from J. Barbier.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 14 Photographic prints (Cartes-de-Vista (1 box), black & white)
label: Extent
content: 46 Photographic prints (dupe prints, black & white, 8 x 10 in. or smaller )
label: Extent
content: 8 Photographic prints ((1 box), black & white, 18.5 x 40 cm. or smaller )
label: Extent
content: 32 Photographic prints (cabinet cards (1 box), black & white, 4 x 5.5 in. )
unitdate: label: Date
content: between 1880-1913
container: label: Container
content: Volume 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1989-003
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
label: Type
content: Cabinet photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Images indexed by negative number.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Cabinet photographs