A department store in Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, is patronized by an occasional tourist, although its backbone of trade is from locals.

A department store in Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, is patronized by an occasional tourist, although its backbone of trade is from locals.

Photograph

Nickolas Muray

Maker
American, b. Hungary, 1892–1965

A department store in Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, is patronized by an occasional tourist, although its backbone of trade is from locals.

From The Great Tribes of Africa


1957
Gelatin silver print
Image: 26.5 x 34 cm
Mount: 28 x 35.5 cm
Gift of Mrs. Nickolas Muray
Inscriptions verso (typed label):A department store in Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, is patronized by an occasional tourist, although its backbone of trade is from locals.

verso (stamp): Photo by Muray / Mrs. Nickolas Muray / 2401 River Road / Pt. Pleasant New Jersey

verso, label (stamp): Photo by Muray / Mrs. Nickolas Muray / 333 E. 49th St. - 6B / New York 17, N.Y.
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