Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Law courts, the meeting place of the Sierra Supreme Court
1978
Africa; Sierra Leone
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
Donor notes read: "Law Courts; originally the seat of colonial magistrates; now the meeting place of the Sierra Supreme Court. Built ca. 1906. The Cotton Tree is to the left; taken from the Cotton Tree Museum. Sept. 1978. The date on the slide is DEC 78.".
- Collection
- Christopher DeCorse photographs
- Archival grouping
- Christopher DeCorse photographs / Sierra Leone
- Catalog date
- 1978
- Recorded places
- Africa; Sierra Leone
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- DeCorse, Christopher R
- Recorded subjects
- Mod. architecture/cityscape -- Photographs; Cultural landscapes
- Format and extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1993-028, Item EEPA.1993-028-1194
Collection: Christopher DeCorse photographs