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Mrs. Harris canoeing on the Aruwimi, Upper Congo.

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1147860


Item data

Title

Mrs. Harris canoeing on the Aruwimi, Upper Congo.

Collection

Dawn in darkest Africa

Names

Harris, John H. (John Hobbis), 1874-1940 (Author)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1912
Place: New York
Publisher: E. P. Dutton & Company

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division
Shelf locator: Sc 916.7-H (Harris, J. Dawn in darkest Africa)

Subjects

Slavery -- Africa
Ethnology -- Africa, West
Canoes

Genres

Photographs

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPGR2982092-B
Barcode: 33433021808435
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11721536
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1fb85a50-c623-012f-de48-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1912

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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Mrs. Harris canoeing on the Aruwimi, Upper Congo." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1912. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1fb85a50-c623-012f-de48-58d385a7bc34

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. (1912). Mrs. Harris canoeing on the Aruwimi, Upper Congo. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1fb85a50-c623-012f-de48-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, The New York Public Library. "Mrs. Harris canoeing on the Aruwimi, Upper Congo." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1fb85a50-c623-012f-de48-58d385a7bc34

Wikipedia citation

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