- Photograph by
- Chickering, Elmer, American, 1857 - 1915
- Subject of
- South African Kaffir Choir, African, 1894 - 1916
- Balmer, James H.
- Date
- ca. 1894
- Medium
- albumen on silver nitrocellulose and cardboard
- Dimensions
- H x W (image): 3 15/16 × 5 1/2 in. (10 × 14 cm)
- H x W (card): 4 3/16 × 6 1/2 in. (10.7 × 16.5 cm)
- Description
- A sepia tone albumen cabinet card of the South African Kaffir Choir, Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1894. Captured in studio, the large South African Kaffir Choir of 15 men, women, and children, pose in three rows dressed in their native ceremonial attire. In the front row are two children and a reclining woman along with a shield. The middle row has five women seated in chairs. In the back row are five standing male members of the choir along with a white man, the choir manager James Balmer, and a white woman, the pianist Elsie Clark. On the reverse of the cabinet card is an inkstamp for Elmer Chickering's Royal Photographic and Portrait Studio.
- Place captured
- Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Place depicted
- South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- Classification
- Photographs and Still Images
- Type
- cabinet photographs
- albumen prints
- Topic
- Africa
- British colonialism
- Colonialism
- Men
- Music
- Musicians
- Women
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2021.16.16
- Restrictions & Rights
- Public Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




