Evershed (J. A.) East Africa, Egypt, Palestine Photograph Album, 1924

Summary

Title:

J. A. Evershed East Africa, Egypt, Palestine Photograph Album,

Dates:

1924

Creators:

Evershed, J. A.

Extent:

.2 linear feet (1 half-size box)

Language:

English.

Preferred citation:

J. A. Evershed East Africa, Egypt, Palestine Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 63. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

Photograph album of a young Englishman, J. A. Evershed, who took a trip down the east coast of Africa on the S.S. Guildford Castle and back up on the A.R. Garros, then to Egypt and the Holy Land. More than 140 black/white snapshots, each with caption, beginning with scenes of Tanganyika (now Tanzania) including Tabora, Dodoma, Dar-es-Salaam, and Tanga. Several of the Tanganyika shots are of local schools and teachers, British and Tanganyikan. Also includes views of Port Said, Zanzibar, Mombassa, Djibouti, Aden, and Port Sudan. The Egypt shots include views of the Pyramids and Sphinx, Cairo, and Suez Canal. The Holy Land (Palestine) shots include several street scenes of Jerusalem, Jordan Valley, Dead Sea, Jaffa, and Bethlehem.

Acquisition information:

Purchase, 2003.

Physical location:

Del Sur

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:

Processed by D. Tambo

Date Prepared:

© 2003

Date Encoded:

Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 04 August 2003 .

Restrictions:

None.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

J. A. Evershed East Africa, Egypt, Palestine Photograph Album. Bernath Mss 63. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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