Southern Rhodesia, East side at northern end of range near Zambezi River escarpment. Vicinity of Umvukwe Mountains, an extrusion in the "Great Rift Valley."., Zimbabwe, Africa
Mwinilunga District; Kalene Hill, ca. 5 km N of bridge over Zambezi River on Kalene Hill-Jimbe Bridge Road, on road to Salujinga. At rocky outcrop at side of road., North-Western, Zambia, Africa
Southern Rhodesia. East side at northern end of range near Zambezi River escarpment. Vicinity of Umvukwe Mountains, an extrusion in the "Great Rift Valley.", Zimbabwe, Africa
Trust Land directly east of Mosi Oa Tunya National Park. Below Victoria Falls, along Sonqwe Gorge, 9.2 km east of the Lusaka-Livingstone Road. On the escarpment and down valley to the Zambezi River. Mopane-Terminalia woodland with lithosol-cambisol soils., Livingstone, Southern, Zambia, Africa
Collection Date:
18 Feb 1997
Taxonomy:
Plantae Dicotyledonae Malpighiales Euphorbiaceae
Published Name:
Euphorbia mossambicensis (Klotzsch & Garcke) Boiss.
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:
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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
East side at northern end of range near Zambezi River escarpment, vicinity of Umvukwe Mountains, an extrusion in the "Great Rift Valley". Southern Rhodesia, Zimbabwe, Africa
Rhodesia. District Wankie. On the banks of the Deka River near the bridge on the road to the confluence of the Deka and the Zambezi Rivers., Zimbabwe, Africa
Southern Rhodesia. East side at northern end of range near Zambezi River escarpment. Vicinity of Umvukwe Mountains, an extrusion in the "Great Rift Valley"., Zimbabwe, Africa
Southern Rhodesia. East side at northern end of range near Zambezi River escarpment. Vicinity of Umvukwe Mountains, an extrusion in the "Great Rift Valley."., Zimbabwe, Africa
Kalomo District: 27 km east of the Lusaka-Livingstone Road. On the road to Mukumi Village. Along the escarpment and into the gorge, exiting to the Zambezi River., Southern, Zambia, Africa
Slavery and beyond the making of men and Chikunda ethnic identities in the unstable world of south-central Africa, 1750-1920 Allen F. Isaacman and Barbara S. Isaacman
Collection open for research on site by appointment. Unprotected photographs must be handled with gloves.
Collection 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.
Collection Citation:
Mechanical and Civil Engineering Stereograph Cards, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.