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Mosque & Place of Assembly at Dramanet Galam – Vintage Print

Mosque & Place of Assembly at Dramanet Galam — historic print
Mosque & Place of Assembly at Dramanet Galam. Historic print from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with Mosque & Place of Assembly at Dramanet Galam, a historic print rich in period detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Mosque & Place of Assembly at Dramanet Galam

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This print depicts a mosque and a place of assembly at Dramanet, a town in the Galam region along the upper Senegal River in West Africa. By 1825, Islam had shaped the political and religious life of the Senegambia region for centuries, and mosques built of earthen materials were a familiar sight in its towns. European travelers and mapmakers of the period often recorded such buildings in print, so images like this one reflect the outside world's growing, though often partial, knowledge of the region. The record gives little detail about its maker, so it is worth viewing the scene as one European's account of a place that was already well established in its own traditions.

Medium1 print.
Notes1825
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,141 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-127202

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