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.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd58ad9b7ae-14b5-4b32-acc8-3c1ab6a757a5

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