Thysville,summit station of Congo Railway, a center of Europeans, Congo Free State.
studio of Underwood & Underwood
Category
Photographs
Date
1907 - 1917
Materials
Card
Measurements
88 x 178 mm
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Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520677.11
Summary
A monochrome albumen print stereograph depicting Thysville,summit station of Congo Railway, a center of Europeans, Congo Free State. The images are mounted on stiff curved dark grey card with rounded edges. The images have arched tops and straight bottoms. Recto: Printed in black ink under the images, 9946-Thysville,summit station of Congo Railway, a center of Europeans, Congo Free State. Copyright 1907 by Underwood and Underwood. U-97515 In the left margin printed in italic, Underwood and Underwood Publishers, New York London Toronto-Canada Ottawa- Kansas In the right margin, Works and Studios, Arlington NJ, Westwood NJ. Verso:
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986
Makers and roles
studio of Underwood & Underwood, creator studio of Underwood & Underwood, publisher