Russell Hamilton Postcard and Photograph Collection
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FSA A2001.13
name: label: Collector
content: Hamilton, Russell, d. 1911
place: label: Place
content: China -- Description and Travel
label: Place
content: Egypt -- description and travel
label: Place
content: Hong Kong -- Description and Travel
label: Place
content: India -- description and travel
label: Place
content: Japan -- Description and Travel
label: Place
content: Kuwait
label: Place
content: Oman
label: Place
content: Somalia
label: Place
content: Sri Lanka -- 1890-1920
label: Place
content: Yemen
creator: label: Collector
content: Hamilton, Russell, d. 1911
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 193 Items (postcards and photographs, black and white and color)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1895-1909
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Originally given to Hamilton's wife, Ethyl Mary Hadwen Hamilton, as souvenirs of his trips. After her death, her daughter, Mary Shepherd Slusser, received them and in 2001 subsequentlly donated them to the Freer/Sackler in. 49 postcards depicting Madagascar, Mauritius, and the Seychelles were then transferred to the Eliot Elisofon Archives at the National Museum of African Art in February, 2002.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A2001.13
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The postcards are organized by geographic location.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Assembled by English petty officer Russell Hamilton (d. 1911) during his voyages made prior to 1909, likely for the British Merchant Marines, documenting images of China, Egypt, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kuwait, Oman, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Somalia, Sri Lanka, and Yemen. The items date from between the late 1890's and 1909.The 183 photographic postcards are both black and white and hand-tinted with many captions in English created for Western audiences They were produced by various publishers, among whom Clifton & Co. The 10 silver prints depict people in daily activities, culture groups, street scenes, city views, architectural monuments and landscapes.