Janus: Christy collection of photographs on Africa

RCS/Y304A contains:
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188	A big forest elephant, Ituri Forest, 1913
189	A big forest elephant felled with one head shot, Ituri Forest, 1913
190	A big forest elephant felled with one head shot, Ituri Forest, 1913
191	A big forest elephant felled with one head shot, Ituri Forest, 1913
192	A big forest elephant felled with one head shot, Ituri Forest, 1913
193	Young bull elephant shot in Ituri Forest, 1913
194	Young bull elephant shot in Ituri Forest, 1913
195	Young bull elephant shot in Ituri Forest, 1913
196	Big forest elephant (tusks weighing 89 and 94 lbs), Ituri Forest, 1913
197	Big forest elephant (tusks weighing 89 and 94 lbs), Ituri Forest, 1913
198	Big forest elephant (tusks weighing 89 and 94 lbs), Ituri Forest, 1913
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Christy collection of photographs on Africa

Title	Young bull elephant shot in Ituri Forest, 1913
Reference	Y304A/193
Creator	Christy, Cuthbert, 1863-1932
Covering Dates	1913
Extent and Medium	Good condition.

Content and context

101 x 79 mm. A view showing a rather thin Cuthbert Christy standing in front of the dead elephant. Christy records that this animal had previously stampeded through his camp kitchen one night, injuring one of his men.

Further information

This appears as Figure 49 in: Christy, Cuthbert (1924). Big game and Pygmies: experiences of a naturalist in Central African forests in quest of the Okapi, London: Macmillan, facing page 132.

Indexed

Y304A/193-195 are prints of the same photograph.

Index Terms

Africa

Congo

Christy, Cuthbert (1863-1932) explorer and zoologist

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