Original caption reads, "Madagascar - Place of Ambodimanga - Washing of gold in a pan [: Panning for gold]."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Edition de la Maison P. Ghigiasso, librairie, articles de menage, Tamatave."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MG-35-08
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Original caption reads, "Scenes Of Malagasy Life. Washing of gold in a pan [: Panning for gold]." Postmarked and stampted on recto, "Majunga, Madagascar, 27 August 1906."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Comptoir Photographique G Bodemer - Majunga."
Original hand-written address on verso, "Melle M. Bréchaille. Challet du Revetz Conflans Alles Ville Savoie."
Original hand-written text on recto, "Mademoiselle, I send you this card so that you see how the malagasys spend their life sitting."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MG-35-09
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Goldmines of Andavakoera near Ranomafana in the North of Madagascar. Original caption reads, "Madagascar - North - Goldmines of Andavakoera. Ranomafana - Other Mining Area."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Diego-Suarez - Edition Chatard."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MG-35-10
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Original caption reads, "Madagascar - Exploitation of the Société anonyme des Mines d'or of Vahinambo." Postmarked and stamped on recto, "Tananarive, Madagascar, 31 December 1903."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "L. Blion, éditeur, Tananarive."
Original hand-written address on verso, "Monsieur Cattanel, Instituteur en retraite à Calviae, par Calviae Dordogue France."
Original hand-written text on recto, "affectionately yours."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MG-35-18
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Original caption reads, "Madagascar - Ambodimanga Place."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Edition de la Maison P. Ghigiasso, librairie, literie, Tamatave."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MG-35-19
Collection Restrictions:
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Original caption reads, "Madagascar - Gold prospector at work." Postmarked and stamped on recto, "Ivohibe, Madagascar, 7 September 1908."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Edition G. M. L."
Original hand-written address on verso, "Monsieur Louis Bobin. Sergent Major au 9e Colonial 8e Cie Hanoi Tonkin."
Original hand-written text on recto, "My dear Louis. And this health, how is it? Mine is always fine. Only 17 months to serve till it is over. And for you? All the best to your wife and children from me. We have had it for the warrant offices stripes. I leave you with a handshake. Your old buddy."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MG-35-20
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Original caption reads, "Madagascar - Searching for gold through sluice boxes."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Edition G. M. L."
Original hand-written address on verso, "Mme Gaiplette, Tananarive."
Original hand-written text on recto, "Happy memories to all."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MG-35-21
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50 Platinum prints (1 album, black & white, 20 x 26 cm)
50 Photographic prints (dupe prints (1 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
50 Photographic prints (black & white, 4 x 5 in.)
Container:
Item 50
Box 1
Volume 1
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Platinum prints
Photographic prints
Black-and-white photographs
Place:
Matoppo Hills (South Africa)
Pietermaritzburg (South Africa)
Buluwayo (South Africa)
Johannesburg (South Africa)
Pretoria (South Africa)
Zambezi River
Quilimane (South Africa)
CMP Company's Carisbrook Castle
Cape Town (South Africa)
Barberton Proper (South Africa)
Queen's River (South Africa)
Chinde (South Africa)
Beira (South Africa)
South Africa
Delaoa Bay (South Africa)
Inhambane (South Africa)
Grahamstown (South Africa)
Port Elizabeth (South Africa)
Durban (South Africa)
East London (South Africa)
Africa
Zambezi River -- Photographs
Date:
1898
Summary:
Fifty photographs taken by J.E. Mittlebrook and published by D'Urban and Kimberley in 1898 in an album entitled, South African Souvenir.
Arrangement note:
Images indexed by negative number. The fifty-two platinotypes are arranged by the photographer following the itinerary of a route from Capetown up the eastern coast of South Africa, through Port Elizabeth, Grahamstown, and East London, to Durban, and Pietermaritzburg, and provide views of the churches, parks, harbors, and main streets of these cities. Also included is a portrait of a Zulu boy, wearing animal horns on his head, with his rickshaw. Continuing up the coast into what is now Mozambique, Middlebrook photographs Delagoa Bay, and the towns of Inhambane, Beira, Chinde, at the mouth of the Zambezi River, and Quelimane. As he crosses west into the Matoppo Hills towards Bulawayo, he records "Mr. Rhodes' Farm Buildings," with a photo of "C.J.R."--Cecil Rhodes--in the entrance of one of his conical "huts". Shots of Kimberley include a bird's eye view of the city from the De Beers Floors, and the Kimberley Sanitorium built by Rhodes. In Johannesburg, Middlebrook records a bird's eye view of the city, the imposing new post office, Commissioner and Pritchard Streets, Joubert Park, the vast produce market, and processing buildings of the Randt Gold Mining Companies. There are also views of Pretoria--including a scene of "Naachtmaal," when Boer farmers and families come to town for church services, and camp out in the town square--and the hills near Barberton, where Sheba G.M. Company mines quartz. Seven of the photographs portray native people, such as Chief Khama of the Batlapins, well-known for his friendship with Livingstone; Zulu men wearing head gear of rickshaw pullers in Durban; Zulu families in front of their homes in Natal, Zululand; an Amaxosa family in Cape Colony (Cape of Good Hope); a Matabele cane seller; a woman from Swaziland in native garb; and an east coast man, known as a Zanzibaree. The final two photographs are steamships: U[nion] S[steam] S[hip] Company's "Briton"; and C[astle] M[ail] P[ackets] Company's "Carisbrook Castle."
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Chief Khama of the Batlapina (South Africa) Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of History of Technology Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Work and Industry Search this
Extent:
0.15 Cubic feet (1 box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Correspondence
Date:
1852
Summary:
The collection documents personal correspondence between Reuben Moffat and his
father, John Little Moffat. The materials consist primarily of letters written during the
year 1852 and detail Reuben Moffat's attempts to obtain a patent for his electric gold washer
and magnetic separator invention.
Scope and Contents:
Personal correspondence with Moffat's family members on the subject of family matters and of his invention of an electric and magnetic gold amalgamator and washer.
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged into one series.
Series 1, Correspondence, 1852
Biographical / Historical:
Reuben Moffat of Brooklyn, New York, was an inventor seeking to obtain a patent for an "electric gold washer and magnetic separator", which he developed in the years following the Gold Rush. Whether this patent was ever obtained is not discernable from the papers in the collection.
Provenance:
Source of acquisition unknown.
Collected for the National Museum of American History, Division of Engineering and Industry (now called the Division of Work and Industry.) Transferred to the Archives Center in 2007.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Geological Survey of the Territories (U.S.) (1862-1872) (Hayden Survey) Search this
Names:
Geological Survey of the Territories (U.S.) (1862-1872) (Hayden Survey) -- Pictorial works Search this
Extent:
1 Album (30 photographic prints, all ill., 36 cm.)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Albums
Place:
West (U.S.) -- history -- 1860-1890 -- Pictorial works
West (U.S.) -- Discovery and exploration -- Pictorial works
Rocky Mountains -- Pictorial works
Date:
1871
Summary:
Includes photographs from the Wasatch Mountains sub-series (Ogden; Cache Valley; Bear River; Gooseberry Creek; Red Rock Pass); and also photographs of Fort Hall, Idaho; Snake River; Pleasant Valley; Portneuf Canyon, Idaho; Red Rock Mountains; hydraulic gold mining at Alder Gulch, near Virginia City, Montana; the camp at Fort Ellis, Montana; Shadow [i.e. Mystic] Lake; and the headwaters of the Gallatin.
General note:
Title devised by cataloger.
Album of photographs (positives) by William Henry Jackson.
Each photograph is mounted on ivory cardstock, with single gilt rule border around print, with gilt-lettered captions ("W.H. Jackson, photo.", "Washington, D.C.", and frequently the place name).
Most of the photographs have a catalog number that was apparently scratched into the negative.
Most of the cardstock mounts have handwritten pencil notes giving the U.S. Geological Survey accession number, the year 1871, and, in some cases, more details about the location.
Image sizes vary, and are mostly 13 x 22 cm. or 17.5 x 22.5 cm.
Local Notes:
SCNHRB copy 39088016537961 has photographs numbered (on image): 165, 167-181, 183-186, 188-191, 194-199.
SCNHRB copy has a black buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine. With binder's label for Heckman Bindery.
Topic:
Geology -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works Search this
Gold mines and mining -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works Search this
Geological surveys -- West (U.S.) -- Pictorial works Search this
Personal papers of Alexander Van Valen documenting his participation in the California Gold Rush, 1849-1850.
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists mostly of the personal papers of Alexander Van Valen during his journey and subsequent stay in San Francisco, California, to participate in the Gold Rush,1849-1850. Of particular interest are the founding documents of the mining company, his 85 page journal, and his many letters, mostly to and from his wife Susan. Also included are portraits and daguerreotypes of his family. This collection is especially valuable to researchers who are interested in the California Gold Rush, nineteenth century maritime travel, business history, and migration.
Arrangement:
The collection is arranged into two series.
Series 1, Personal Papers, 1849-1850
Series 2, Other Materials, 1849-1850
Biographical / Historical:
Alexander Van Valen was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, on June 25, 1819. He married Susan Maria Talmage, and the couple had twin daughters, Catharine Eliza and Sarah Maria, born June 2, 1845. Van Valen served as treasurer of the California Gold Mining Company, one of many companies formed to participate in the 1849 California Gold Rush. Funded by two wealthy New York merchants, Henry A. Kerr and B. S. Clark, the company consisted of Van Valen and four men other men. Van Valen and his business partners agreed to spend two summers in California and pay Kerr and Clark one quarter of any profits made. Van Valen sailed aboard the San Francisco-bound Hersilia on January 22, 1849. Once in California, he and his company decided to try to strike it rich, first along the Mokelumne River and then up the San Joaquin River to Stockton. The trip proved unsuccessful, and Van Valen returned to New York less than two years later. He died on November 24, 1869.
Provenance:
Purchased by the National Museum of American History from Cowan's Historic Americana Auctions in 2006.
Restrictions:
Collection is open for research.
Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
