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Unloading Ivory from an upriver steamer at Leopoldville [i.e. Kinshasa], 1904, 1904

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/144

Scope and Contents

56 x 42 mm. A view showing rows of elephant tusks awaiting reloading onto railway trucks.

Dates

  • Creation: 1904

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good condition.

Existence and Location of Copies

Y304A/144-145 are prints of the same photograph.

Bibliography

This appears as Figure 1 in: Christy, Cuthbert (1924). Big game and Pygmies: experiences of a naturalist in Central African forests in quest of the Okapi, London: Macmillan, facing page 2.

General

SG.

Originator(s)

Christy, Cuthbert, 1863-1932

Finding aid date

2004-01-14 16:26:57+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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