Allan L. Pitcher photographs
place: label: Place
content: Nigeria
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content: Cameroon
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content: Africa
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content: Liberia
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content: Ghana
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content: Burkina Faso
abstract: label: Summary
content: Photographs taken by Allan L. Pitcher, a Foreign Service officer working and traveling in Nigeria, Cameroon, Liberia, Ghana and Upper Volta. Images include individual and group portraits of men, women and children, leaders and village elders. There are numerous images of markets to include close-ups of market stalls and street views. Also included are images of rites, ceremonies and various dance performances in Liberia, among the boys about to enter the initiation camp, women of Sande society and dances performed in conjunction with government ceremonies. Another focus of the photography are industry and economic activities. Slides show rubber production in Firestone Rubber plantation (Liberia), mining and dam construction. Among the most important images are architectural shots, which include African residences as well as official buildings. Pitcher also photographed the Esso station with the screens by Adebisi Akanji and a shrine in Oshogbo.
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content: 178 Slides (photographs) (color)
unitdate: label: Date
content: between 1958-1972
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content: Item 178
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Donated by Allan L. Pitcher, 2002.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2003-003
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Slides (photographs)
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content: Color slides
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content: postcards:organized in one volume
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content: Color slides