Photographs from Originals of the Collection Schlagintweit, Vol I
date: label: Date made
content: 1858
name: label: maker
content: Wagner & Muller
notes: label: Description
content: book contains 48 tipped-in albumen photos of portraits of people of India. People from royality to working people.
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content: Schlagintweit Brothers
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content: German geographers and mountaineers.
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content: Adolf Schlagintweit was born on Jan. 9, 1829, in Munich. He was executed on Aug. 26,1857, in Kashgar, China.
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content: Hermann Schlagintweit was born on May 13,1826, in Munich and died there on Jan. 19,1882.
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content: Robert Schlagintweit was born on Oct. 27, 1833, in Munich and died on June 6,1885, in Giessen.
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content: From 1854 to 1857, on the initiative of A. von Humboldt and with the backing of the Prussian government and the British East India Company, the Schlagintweit brothers traveled about India and Central Asia, exploring the Deccan Plateau, the Himalayas, the Karakoram, the Kunluns, Sinkiang, and the Tibetan Highlands. Before 1853, Adolf and Hermann also explored the Alps. In 1868 and in 1880, Robert climbed mountains in the USA.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Berlin, Berlin
topic: label: Subject
content: Books
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Albert Boni
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: PG.77.14.31
label: accession number
content: 299134
label: catalog number
content: 77.14.31
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Book
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content: book
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 28 cm x 22 cm x 2 cm; 11 in x 8 11/16 in x 13/16 in