Burton Ashley photographs
name: label: Photographer
content: Ashley, Burton E., 1908-
place: label: Place
content: Zambezi River -- Photographs
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content: Victoria Falls Zimbabwe -- Photographs
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content: Zambia
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content: Cairo (Egypt)
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content: Tanzania
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content: Cape Town (South Africa)
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content: Kalahari Desert -- Photographs
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content: Egypt
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content: South Africa
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content: Luangwa River Zambia and Mozambique -- Photographs
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content: Nile River
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content: Port Said (Egypt)
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content: Africa
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content: Mozambique
creator: label: Photographer
content: Ashley, Burton E., 1908-
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content: Burton Ashley photographs
abstract: label: Summary
content: The photographs are cityscapes and landscapes taken by Burton E. Ashley in Egypt, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia during the early 1930s and early 1950s.  The images include views of Cape Town, South Africa; Cairo, Egypt; Port Said, Egypt, and Mozambique.  Architecture depicted includes buildings in Tanzania, a mission in Zambia and the Mohammed Ali Mosque in Cairo.  Additionally, there are images of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and rivers and waterfalls including the Luangwa, Nile, Zambezi and Victoria Falls.  The collection also includes photos of animals, geological features and vegetation.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Geologist Burton E. Ashley (1908-1993) worked for the British South Africa Company (1930-1933). He received a M.A. degree from the University of Minnesota in 1936 and later worked for the Texas Company (1936-1943), Phillips Petroleum Company (1943-1950), U.S. Geological Survey (1950-1957) and the U.S. Bureau of Mines (1957-1960). In 1961, he became minerals officer for the U.S. Department of State, serving in Australia. After retiring, Ashley served as a volunteer in the Mineral Sciences Department of the National Museum of Natural History.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Geologist Burton E. Ashley (1908-1993) worked for the British South Africa Company from 1930 to 1933.  He received an M.A. from the University of Minnesota in 1936 and later worked for the Texas Company (1936-1943), Phillips Petroleum Company (1936-1943), U.S. Geological Survey (1950-1957), and U.S. Bureau of Mines (1957-1960).  In 1961, he became minerals officer for the U.S. Department of State, serving in Australia.  After retiring, Ashley served as a volunteer in the Mineral Sciences Department at the National Museum of Natural History.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 665 Negatives (photographic) (black & white, 4 x 5 in. or smaller)
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content: 520 Negatives (photographic) (duplicate negatives; black & white, 4 x 5 in. or smaller)
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content: 10 Postcards (black & white, 9 x 14 cm.)
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content: 157 Slides (photographs) (color)
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content: 338 Photographic prints (+ contact prints , black & white, 4 x 5 in. or smaller)
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content: 1 Photographic print ((panograph), black & white, 6.3 x 20 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1930-1952
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
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content: Item 487
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Burton E. Ashley, 1979.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1979-001
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Negatives (photographic)
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content: Postcards
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content: Slides (photographs)
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content: Photographic prints
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content: Black-and-white photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Prints and copy prints,volume #1;Arranged numerically by image number

Panographic print and published print setvolume #2;Arranged by image number

color slidesbox #1;Arranged by image number

nitrate negsbox #2;Arranged by image number
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content: Postcards
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content: Black-and-white photographs
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content: Photographic prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The photographs are cityscapes and landscapes taken by Burton E. Ashley in Egypt, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia during the early 1930s and early 1950s.  More specifically, Ashley took photographs from 1930 to 1933 while working for the British South Africa Company, and from 1950 to 1952 while working for the U.S. Geological Survey.  

The images illustrate architecture such as Islamic buildings in Tanzania, a mission in Zambia and the Mohammed Ali Mosque in Cairo, Egypt; cityscapes of Cape Town, South Africa, and Port Said, Egypt; market scenes in Cairo and Mozambique; and ships, structures, and waterscapes in the Suez Canal, Egypt.  There are also images of animals, geological features, and vegetation, including landscapes of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and waterscapes of rivers (such as the Luangwa River, Nile River, and Zambezi River) and waterfalls (such as Victoria Falls). 

Some of the photographs were taken by Sydney Schafer.  One set of twenty prints is a published package of black and white prints purchased by Ashley in 1933. The images are 6 x 9 cm. and depict Egyptian pyramids.