The Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs: 1860-1960
Northwestern University
The collection depicts the breadth of African experience; documents African life; European life in Africa in all its manifestations; and the African landscape, in particular as it changed over time. Included are photographs showing the building of East Africa’s railways, the growth of its urban centers and the development of European colonial administration. There are outstanding examples of portraiture. The collection provides an unsurpassed resource for the study of the history of photography in East Africa.
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