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University of California Africa Expedition Photograph Collection, 1947-1948.
Bernath Mss 153LOCAL
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Title:
University of California Africa Expedition Photograph Collection, 1947-1948Creator/Contributor:
Online Archive of CaliforniaAbstract:
115 color slides and album containing 137 black and white prints, one color print, and a map of the Sudan Railway relating
to an expedition to Africa. Locations include Faiyum, Zeuglodon Valley, Egypt; Nuba Hills, Sudan; Rift Valley, Turkana, Kenya;
Tanganyika; Mozambique. Images include expedition officers and staff; the excavation of whale bones in Egypt and human skeletons
in Kenya; expedition vehicles, ships, planes, and ferries on the Nile; camels, giraffes, and other wildlife; shipboard views
from the USS Allagash; and native peoples in Sudan and Kenya.
Date:
1947 (issued)Subject:
f-ua--- -- f-sj--- -- f-ke--- -- f-tz--- -- f-mz---Scientific expeditions -- Africa
Egypt -- Pictorial works
Sudan -- Pictorial works
Kenya -- Pictorial works
Tanzania -- Pictorial works
Mozambique -- Pictorial works
Note:
Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Purchase, 2005.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.
Cite as: [Identification of item], University of California Africa Expedition Photograph Collection. Bernath Mss 153. Department
of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Type:
Photographs.Photograph albums.
Color slides.
Physical Description:
.4 linear ft.
Language:
English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Use of the collection is unrestricted.
Use governed by UCSB Special Collections policy.