William M. Mann and Lucile Quarry Mann field books, 1914-1940
Physical Description:
1 folder
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 19 Folder 8
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Liberia
Monrovia
Date Range:
1940
Start Date:
1940
End Date:
1940
Abstract:
The black and white photographs were taken by the Manns on the Smithsonian-Firestone Expedition to Liberia in 1940, while collecting animals for the National Zoo. Subject matter includes: the expedition's progression over land and waterways in a variety of vessels; portraits of participants and native people; Ralph Norris (animal keeper) with a pygmy hippo; tribal dances; Monrovia waterfront; care and housing of collected animals; Episcopal Mission at Bromley; and people at work at the plantation. Images are in a variety of sizes; some include captions.
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