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Railroad engineers -- German East Africa -- Photographs

 Subject
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German East Africa photograph collection.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 639
Content Description Album of 94 photographs taken in German East Africa along the Tanganyika Railway or Central Line. Photographs were likely taken by a German engineer or a high-ranking worker on the railway. Photos in the collection document the construction of the railway, including images of the German engineers' camps, different sections of the line, bridges, locomotives, an accident, native workers, and several stations, including Msua, Ngerengere, Kigwe, Saranda, and Tabora. Several photos depict German...
Dates: 1904 - 1912