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Africa

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Scope Note: Second largest continent; noted for early sites chronicling development of hominids; ancient, complex civilizations in North; premodern sub-Saharan populated by hunters and farmers; major European expansion 18th-19th centuries; most nations independent 20th century.

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"Yallah": Photographs by Peter W. Haeberlin, March 1-[March] 1958

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Abstract

An exhibition of photographs of the western Saharan desert between 1949 and 1953 by the late Swiss artist Peter W. Haeberlin, published in a book called “Yallah” by Paul Bowles. The exhibition was sponsored by book publishers McDowell, Obolensky, Inc. The exhibition records span three folders plus photographs.

Dates: March 1-[March] 1958