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FIG. 10 (above):
Rudolf or Helene
Oldenburg,
Vier Kinder / Trommel
(Four Children / Drum),
1907–1913.
Scan from silver gelatin glass
negative, 18 x 13 cm.
Weltmuseum Wien, Fotosammlung,
inv. VF 50029.
FIG. 11 (right):
Rudolf or Helene
Oldenburg,
Sierra Leone-Familie,
Conakry (Sierra Leone
Family, Conakry),
1902–1906.
Silver gelatin print, 16.8 x 12 cm.
Weltmuseum Wien, Fotosammlung,
inv. VF 15950.
The subject for this photo from
Sierra Leone is a “modern” African
family. Many Sierra Leoneans were
entrepreneurs and there were studio
photographers among them.14
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