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British East Africa Fetching Water
c. 1910
Africa; Tanzania; Kenya
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
Text on recto reads: "Fetching Water. British East Africa. Photo : Knowles." Additional Text on verso reads: "The Standard P. & P. Works, Nairobi and Mombasa, B. E. Africa. Printed in Great Britain.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 43: Tanzania and Zanzibar (TZ)
- Catalog date
- c. 1910
- Recorded places
- Africa; Tanzania; Kenya
- Recorded subjects
- Portraits; Hairstyles -- Africa; Clothing and dress -- Africa; Calabashes
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 8.8 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA TZ 2009-010-128
Collection: African Postcard Collection
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