Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Allan L. Pitcher photographs
EEPA.2003-003
Archival Resource Key
178 Slides (photographs)
color
between 1958-1972
Photographs taken by Allan L. Pitcher, a Foreign Service officer working and traveling in Nigeria, Cameroon, Liberia, Ghana and Upper Volta. Images include individual and group portraits of men, women and children, leaders and village elders. There are numerous images of markets to include close-ups of market stalls and street views. Also included are images of rites, ceremonies and various dance performances in Liberia, among the boys about to enter the initiation camp, women of Sande society and dances performed in conjunction with government ceremonies. Another focus of the photography are industry and economic activities. Slides show rubber production in Firestone Rubber plantation (Liberia), mining and dam construction. Among the most important images are architectural shots, which include African residences as well as official buildings. Pitcher also photographed the Esso station with the screens by Adebisi Akanji and a shrine in Oshogbo.
Undetermined
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178
Arrangement note
postcards:organized in one volume
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
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Custodial History note
Donated by Allan L. Pitcher, 2002.
Nigeria
Cameroon
Africa
Liberia
Ghana
Burkina Faso
Color slides