The Captain Angus Buchanan Sahara Expedition The Sultan of Ahaggar and his chiefs
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA NG-15-01
- General
- Title source: Abbreviated postcard caption.
- Creator
- Buchanan, Angus, Capt., 1886-1954.
- Photographer
- Glover, T. A.
- Place
- Africa
- Niger
- Algeria
- Sahara
- Topic
- Leaders
- Portrait photography -- Africa
- Expeditions
- Creator
- Buchanan, Angus, Capt., 1886-1954.
- Photographer
- Glover, T. A.
- Culture
- Tuaregs
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 33: Niger (NG)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (photograph., b&w, 8.5 x 13.5 cm.)
- Date
- ca. 1923
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA NG 2012-001-1640
- Type
- Archival materials
- Postcards
- Postcards
- Picture postcards
- Collection Citation
- African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- 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.
- Bibliography
- The Buchanan expedition is documented in the 1924 film, "Crossing the Great Sahara."
- Genre/Form
- Picture postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Text on recto reads: "The Sultan of Ahagar and his chiefs. Famous men of the veiled people in the heart of the Sahara."
- Items EEPA AE-15-04, EEPA AE-49-04 and EEPA NG-15-01 are duplicate postcards.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088367-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0