Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
E.C. Higbee's "Round Africa Cruise" videos and photographs
Higbee, Edwin Converse
EEPA.1989-011
Archival Resource Key
6 Film reels
reels (1 hr 49 min)
silent, black & white
16 mm. 2348 ft
7 Film reels
reels (2 hr 3 min)
silent, black & white
16 mm. 2793 ft
126 Photographic prints
(1 v.)
black & white
7 x 13 cm.
126 Photographic prints
dupe prints (2 v.)
black & white
7 x 13 cm.
1929
Photographs and film taken by Edwin Converse Higbee during his trip from Capetown to Cairo in 1929 aboard the S.S. Corinthia. The trip was sponsored by the Raymond & Whitcomb Co., a travel service based in Boston, Massachusetts, and promoted as a Round Africa Cruise. Images reflect a variety of people, countryside and architecture.
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Arrangement note
Images indexed by negative number.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Conditions Governing Access note
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Custodial History note
Motion pictures,donated by Trew Higbee Bennett, daughter of E.C. Higbee, 1989, to the Human Studies Film Archives.
Photographic prints,donated by Trew Higbee Bennett, daughter of E.C. Higbee, 1989, to the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives.
Preferred Citation
E.C. Higbee's "Round Africa Cruise" videos and photographs, EEPA 1989-011, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Africa
Cairo (Egypt)
Aswan (Egypt)
Luxor (Egypt)
Karnak (Egypt)
Guinea
Kenya
Nairobi (Kenya)
Nile River
Photographic prints
South Africa