Janus: Christy collection of photographs on Africa

RCS/Y304A contains:
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29	[? West African man]
30	[Group of (? West) Africans]
31	[Group of (? West) African musicians]
32	[Unidentified landscape]
33	[Sleeping sickness and starvation, Buvuma Island 1902]
34	[Near the end 1902]
35	[Lethargy. The last stage. Buvuna [?Buvuma] Island 1902]
36	Chain symptom, severe and continued headache. Congo, 1903
37	Sleeping sickness patients at Leopoldville [i.e. Kinshasa] waiting for their ration 1903
38	Taken three days before death, Leopoldville [i.e. Kinshasa] 1903
39	Advanced case, Leopoldville [i.e. Kinshasa] 1903
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Christy collection of photographs on Africa

Title	[Near the end 1902]
Reference	Y304A/34
Creator	Christy, Cuthbert, 1863-1932
Covering Dates	1902
Extent and Medium	Good condition.

Content and context

Photographer not given.

148 x 105 mm. View showing an emaciated African lying on the ground at the point of death from sleeping sickness.

Further information

Caption from Christy, Cuthbert (1903). Sleeping sickness, 'Journal of the African Society', vol 3, 1903-1904, p. 1-11. The image is also used as an illustration in this article.

Indexed

CN 1635.

Index Terms

Africa

Christy, Cuthbert (1863-1932) explorer and zoologist

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