Kerner, Robert Joseph Photographs from the Robert J. Kerner papers.
University of California, Berkeley
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Type
Country
United States of America
Copyright
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Dates Covered
1890-1956
Locations Discussed
North Africa
Middle East
West Africa
Morocco
Nigeria
Turkey
Undetermined
Note
Includes portraits of Robert J. Kerner and colleagues or unidentified others, and photographs taken in Africa. Many of the African snapshots are from Fez, French Morocco and from West Africa (with Niger, Haute Volta, and Onagadougon identified). Subjects include city views, street scenes, dwellings, landscapes, festivals and gatherings. Four albumen prints, approximately 1890, of the Bosporus and vicinity by photographers Sébah and Joaillier are present. One rolled group portrait of attendees at a conference of either the Association of American Universities or the American Historical Association, 1929, is present (with two apparently conflicting identifying annotations.)
Transferred from the Robert J. Kerner papers (BANC MSS C-B 1057).
approximately 50 photographs in 1 box and 1 roll : black and white prints
various sizes.
Title devised by cataloger.
Photographers chiefly unknown.
Rolled portrait requires conservation treatment prior to use.