The Captain Angus Buchanan Sahara Expedition Captain Buchanan, Ali, and Sakari, and Feri N'Gashi camel
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA NG-49-01
- General
- Title source: Abbreviated postcard caption.
- Creator
- Buchanan, Angus, Capt., 1886-1954.
- Photographer
- Glover, T. A.
- Place
- Africa
- Niger
- Algeria
- Sahara
- Topic
- Portrait photography -- Africa
- Expeditions
- Camels
- Creator
- Buchanan, Angus, Capt., 1886-1954.
- Photographer
- Glover, T. A.
- 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 2012-001-1653
- 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
- Buchanan, Angus. "Sahara." New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1926. Chapter 15, p.268.
- The Buchanan expedition is documented in the 1924 film, "Crossing the Great Sahara."
- Genre/Form
- Picture postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Caption on recto reads: "Captain Buchanan ~ Ali ~ and Sakari and Feri N'Gashi who, along with Mr. T. A. Glover (Camera Man) were all of the original expedition to reach Algiers after 16 months spent in crossing the Sahara."
- Items EEPA AE-49-01 and EEPA NG-49-01 are duplicate postcards.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088369-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0