Doll wreaths afloat
description: A highlight of the Hinamatsuri festival involves these symbols
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-03
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: Japanese
coverage: Kyoto, Japan

Girl's day conclusion
description: Hinamatsuri' festivals end with launching small circular boats, to flow downstream in an allegory of life
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-03
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: Japanese
coverage: Kyoto, Japan

Court attendants
description: This drama, staged in the Shimogamo shrine, features staging of Heian era imperial court protocol
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-03
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: Japanese
coverage: Kyoto, Japan

Heian-era Emperor
description: This staged reenactment recalls Kyoto, Japan's imperial glory, for the Heian period (794 to 1185) was one of great artistic achievement
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-03
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: Japanese
coverage: Kyoto, Japan

Heian-era Empress
description: During the Heian era (794 to 1185 CE), Japan's government was based in Kyoto, Japan. The Emperor reigned rather than ruled, however, as power rested in the hands of Fujiwara clan
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-03
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: Japanese
coverage: Kyoto, Japan

Women in kimonos
description: Kimonos are Japan's traditional dress for women. They are worn only for special occasion, notably ones with historic flavor
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2000-03
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
coverage: Japanese
coverage: Kyoto, Japan

Royal tombs
description: King and queen remain together in death as in life. However, their bodies and those of other former French monarchs buried at St. Denis nearly didn't survive the Revolution, as churches throughout the country were ransacked.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 013 Royal tombs St. Denis France NAMES.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: St. Denis, near Paris

Tomb reconstruction for France's first king
description: Most carvings of French monarchs in the St. Denis crypts are imaginative reconstructions from portraits. This shows renovation of King Clovis' tomb in process, as the basilica has been considerably restored since ~2000. Clovis I lived from 465 to 511. All but three of the country's kings are buried in St. Denis.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 012 King Clovis tomb plastic wrapped St. Denis.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: St. Denis, near Paris

Bridge with locks of love by Notre Dame Paris
description: Those wishing to return to Paris have covered many of the city's bridges with padlocks - and then thrown away the key. Removing them is too expensive. The results, however, are picturesque.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 003 Bridge with locks of love by Notre Dame Paris.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Paris

Burial place for one of France's greatest kings and his wife
description: The crypt of the St. Denis cathedral houses the tombs of almost all French monarchs and many of their spouses. The tomb shown here is noteworthy artistically and historically. Both King Francois 1er and Queen Claude are shown nude, with signs of incipient decay - a reminder of mortality. Yet note the sumptuous tomb itself, for Francois introduced the Renaissance to France (see other pictures in this collection, especially of Chambord)
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 011a Claude and Jeannette St. Denis cathedral.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: St. Denis, near Paris

A headless saint commemorated
description: St. Denis, pictured at the left, supposedly had his head chopped off atop Montmartre ['Martyr's mountain'] in Paris, but then walked nearly six miles to St. Denis where he finally died. Because a saint is buried here, this church is called a basilica.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 010 St. Denis posters cathedral crypt.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: St. Denis, near Paris

St. Denis cathedral west front
description: The basilica of St. Denis, located ~6 miles north of Paris, stands as the first Gothic church ever built. It is the final resting place for almost all of France's kings and queens. The crypt includes carved representations of them, some done while the monarchs still lived. The missing tower was removed in the 1840s as a result of storm damage, but is scheduled for rebuilding, where France's kings are buried
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 009 St. Denis cathedral west front.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: St. Denis, near Paris

Smart Cars Paris
description: Parking spaces in Paris (as in practically every other major world city) are rare and costly. These drivers have found a creative solution: buy the smallest cars possible, and squeeze tightly into spaces.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 005 Smart Cars Paris.jpg
coverage: French
coverage: Paris

19th-century public fountain, Paris
description: Standing outside the famous English-language bookstore 'Shakespeare and Company,' this fountain once had cups attached for drinking. The bookstore became a center for writers such as James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway and Ezra Pound in the 1920s.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 004 Old public fountain by Shakespeare and Company Paris.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Paris

Notre Dame 850th anniversary welcome poster
description: Started in 1183, this iconic cathedral on an island is one of France's best-known sights. Surprisingly, much of its appearance dates from the 19th-century reconstruction by Viollet-le-Duc, a major advocate of Gothic style who didn't hesitate to alter buildings according to his own taste!
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 002a Notre Dame 850th anniversary welcome poster.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Paris

Bateau mouche with Notre Dame Paris
description: Paris is bisected by the River Seine. One of the easiest, loveliest ways to see parts of the city is via tour boats of this sort.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 002 Bateau mouche with Notre Dame Paris.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Paris

Anti-gay rights posters, France
description: These posters, on a wall near France's leading university, show conflicting emotions. They read, 'No to homosexual marriage and adoption!'
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 001a Anti-gay marriage posters Paris 2013.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Paris

Mustard field in southern Burgundy
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Burgundy, France

Medieval building reconstruction in France
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Burgundy, France

Village near source of Seine
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Burgundy, France

Nuits Saint George domaine sign
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Burgundy, France

Route des Grands Crus sign
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Burgundy, France

Professor Ludwig at the source of the Seine
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: Source-Seine, France

Mustard or canola growing
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Burgundy (France)

Medieval window in Sens, France
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Sens-sur-Yonne (France)

Explaining how to make raclette
description: Raclette is a hard cheese which is heated so the outer layer can be peeled off and eaten with bread.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Dijon (France)

Medieval street in Sens, France
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Sens-sur-Yonne (France)

Medieval street and sign in Sens
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Sens-sur-Yonne (France)

Medieval shop fronts in Sens, France
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Sens-sur-Yonne (France)

Entrance to the 16th century Jean Cousin home in Sens
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Sens-sur-Yonne (France)

White asparagus for sale in Sens
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Sens-sur-Yonne (France)

Horse meat for sale
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Sens-sur-Yonne (France)

Cows stomach in a Sens butcher
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Sens-sur-Yonne (France)

Calves feet at a Sens butcher
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Sens-sur-Yonne (France)

Tympanum in Sens Cathedral
description: "Sens Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Sens) is a Catholic cathedral in Sens in Burgundy, eastern France. It was one of the earliest Gothic buildings in the country, and the largest of the early Gothic churches. The choir was begun in 1140. As was typical in cathedral construction work progressed westwards, building the nave, with the west front completed around 1200. The structure was finally completed in the 16th century. The architecture of its choir influenced, through the architect William of Sens, that of the choir of Canterbury Cathedral." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sens_Cathedral)
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Sens-sur-Yonne (France)

Bakery
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Sens-sur-Yonne (France)

Moses and David on baptismal font
description: The conquest of Burgundy by France in 1477 led to near-total destruction of the ruling family's property. This huge base shows six Prophets, sculpted by Claus Sluter (1340-1405). It can be found in the center of a major psychiatric hospital.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 033 Moses and David on Well of Moses Dijon.jpg
coverage: French
coverage: Dijon

North African fast food, central France
description: Three significant North African states fell under French colonial domination in the 19th century. From the mid 20th century on, cuisine from that area became popular with the French due to its low cost, tastiness and interesting spices
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 024 North African fast food Lyon.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Lyon

Roman gate near Dijon
description: Lying on the main road between Paris and Lyon, Dijon occupies a strategic position. It was settled well before the Roman conquest. This gate protected the capital of the Roman province, whichlater became the capital of the dukes of Burgundy.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 032 Roman gate near Dijon.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Dijon

Centuries of wear on Roman bricks
description: This one-time stone and brick gate was one of Dijon's main entrances during the Roman empire. While the stone has weathered reasonably well, despite acid rain and other pollution, bricks inside the archway have been eroded significantly
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 031 Eroding bricks Roman gate Dijon.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Autun

West entrance Autun cathedral
description: Featuring a façade and numerous other sculptures by the famous Gislebertus (active at Autun between ~1120 and 1135), the Autun Cathedral drew pilgrims headed to Santiago to Compostela in NW Spain for hundreds of years. Whether Gislebertus was the actual sculptor or the donor has been disputed, however. His name can be readily discerned with binoculars on the west tympanum.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 030 West entrance Autun cathdral J and Trudi.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Autun

Spiral staircase Autun cathedral
description: This elegant design combines the slender lines of Gothic structures, curvilinearity, and hard stone worn over hundreds of years
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 029 Spiral staircase Autun cathedral.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Autun

Interior arches Autun cathedral
description: Gothic cathedral builders sought height, light and elegance in supporting arches. All are well exemplified in this interior
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 028 Interior arches Autun cathedral.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Autun

Hotel courtyard by Autun cathedral
description: This quiet hotel courtyard in the village of Autun once housed an Ursuline convent, disbanded during the Revolution
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 027a Medieval hotel courtyard Autun France.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Autun

Hotel courtyard by Autun cathedral
description: This quiet hotel courtyard in the village of Autun once housed an Ursuline convent, disbanded during the Revolution
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 027 Hotel courtyard Autun 2.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Autun

Sidewalk cafe Old Lyon
description: Because of its pedestrian-friendly setting, Old Lyon features many sidewalk cafes well away from vehicles - though not from people walking by
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 026 Sidewalk cafe Old Lyon.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Lyon

Lyon downtown cathedral entrance
description: The large public square in front of the Cathedral of St. Jean is lively at all seasons with playing children, beer drinkers, and visitors waiting the hour to come and the clock to strike
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 026 In front of St. Jean cathedral Lyon France.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Lyon

Lyon cathedral from west end
description: The cathedral is a good example of French Gothic styling. Construction stretched over three centuries. Most noteworthy is the old clock atop the east entrance, which announces each hour with a rooster crowing and angels blowing their trumpets
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 023 Lyon cathedral from west end.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Lyon

Medieval building, Old Lyon
description: Located next to the Cathedral of St. Jean, this plain stone structure has been repurposed several times
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 025 Old building north of St. Jean Lyon.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Lyon

Keeping store premises clean
description: This employee - or perhaps proprietor - keeps the pavement outside his shop neat
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 022a Proprietor sweeping street Old Lyon France.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Lyon

Lyon from high above
description: The grounds of Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvi?Àre provide a fine view over the city of Lyon and the Rhone. The site's defensive value was recognized centuries earlier.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 015 Lyon from Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvi?Àre.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Lyon

Secret stairwell in Old Lyon
description: Known as 'traboules,' these interior stairwells link buildings at many different levels and addresses. During World War II and the German occupation, the traboules became escape routes for maquisards, as the resistance fighters were known
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 022 Traboule stairway Lyon EXPLAIN.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Lyon

Candy store window, Old Lyon
description: The proprietor of this shop displays his most tempting items for casual walkers on this pedestrian-only street
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 021 Confectionary shop Lyon.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Lyon

Grand Guignol puppet stand
description: Similar to Punch and Judy shows, Grand Guignol puppeteers both amuse and frighten children with their displays of violence and reconciliation.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 020 Grand Guignol puppets Old Lyon.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Lyon

Bottomless chair Old Lyon
description: The old section of Lyon features vehicle-free cobbled streets, designed for strolling and displays of tempting merchandise
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 019 Bottomless chair Old Lyon.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Lyon

Bikes for rent Lyon
description: France was a significant pioneer in providing bicycles for public access and short-term rentals
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 018 Bikes for rent Lyon.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Lyon

Mosaic of early Christian church
description: The Gallo-Roman museum in Lyon houses numerous top-quality mosaics from craftsmen of the first millennium, such as this fine example
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 017 Jeannette early Xian church mosaic Lyon Gallo Romain.jpg
coverage: Gallo-Roman
coverage: Lyon

Ave Maria in multiple languages
description: The stairwells between the apse and crypt of Notre-Dame de Fourviere contain praise to the Virgin in dozens of languages
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 015c Stairway with Ave Maria in numerous languages Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvi?Àre Lyon.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Lyon

Elaborate 19th-century French church
description: The basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourviere. Particularly its interior, shows an extravagant style of pious architecture.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
identifier: Burg 015b South porch of Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvi?Àre Lyon with figures of Mary.JPG
coverage: French
coverage: Lyon

Up the Lyon cliffs
description: To reach the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourviere, those not wanting the hike or twisty drive can take this convenient tram
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: Lyon (France)

Queen Claude - she married well
description: Queen Claude, the short-lived wife of Francois 1, had seven children before dying at age 24.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2013-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Burgundy CD
coverage: French
coverage: St. Denis, France

Market, South Sudan
description: Residents of South Sudan - as of 2014 the world's youngest and among its poorest countries - get their food in small rural markets of this sort. The site picture is in a suburb of the capital!
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2009-06
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Sudanese/African
coverage: Juba, South Sudan
coverage: South Sudan

Dry field in a Malawi village
description: Almost all of Africa has two seasons, wet and dry. This picture shows a typical scene during the 9-10 months when no rain falls.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2014-04
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Malawi/Central African
coverage: Rural Malawi
coverage: Malawi

Man carrying radio
description: Africans learn early in life to balance and carry loads effectively on their heads - even some highly unusual ones to Western eyes
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2014-04
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Malawi/Central African
coverage: Rural Malawi
coverage: Malawi

African children in tree's shade
description: Because of the day's heat, these Malawian children have clusteed together for shelter
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2014-04
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Malawi/Central African
coverage: Rural Malawi
coverage: Malawi

Girls carrying water, Ethiopia
description: At the time of this photo in 1973, practically no schools existed in Ethiopia's rural areas. Girls became involved in household tasks such as bringing water from wells, pumps or small reservoirs several times per day
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1973-12
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Ethiopian/NE Afican
coverage: Ethiopian highlands
coverage: Ethiopia

Nigerian women return from market
description: Throughout tropical Africa, women dominate small-scale commerce, save for butchery and a few other areas. These Yoruba women show how easily Africans balance large loads on their heads, the best way to support heavy weights and ensure good posture.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1963-09
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Nigerian/Africa
coverage: Western Nigeria
coverage: Nigeria

Women getting water, Axum reservoir
description: This murky reservoir serves hundreds of Ethiopians, who live in Axum, the country's most sacred city. Without exception, the job of getting water falls on women, many of them pre-teen agers
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1993-10
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Ethiopia/Africa
coverage: Āksum (Ethiopia)

Women carrying firewood near Abuja Nigeria
description: In the world's poorest countries, country dwellers cook using firewood gathered locally. (Ironically, Nigeria has plenty of wealth from oil production, but practically none of it reaches rural areas.) Solar-power stoves remain expensive - and wood has become extremely hard to find near large villages. These women live close to Nigeria's capital Abuja, situated in the dry central part of the country.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1994-02
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Abuja (Niger State, Nigeria)

View from Table Mountain, South Africa
description: Looming 3500 feet above the city of Cape Town, Table Mountain provides splendid views across the Cape Flats and the South Atlantic.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1998-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: South Africa

Rural home, central Nigeria
description: This house stands in Nigeria's 'Middle Belt,' a transition zone between moist rainforest and very dry parts of the Sahel. Everything was made from natural material, including the wall designed to keep out cattle and potentially deadly animals
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1994-02
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Nigerian/Africa
coverage: Nigeria

University of Ghana tower
description: When it became independent in 1957, Ghana enjoyed substantial financial reserves, which were invested in numerous projects. The University was established in 1948, and subsequently expanded considerably. This tower, atop the highest point on the campus, dominates the area around
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1963-10
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Ghanaian/Africa
coverage: Legon (Ghana)

Seasonal surplus, Ghanian market
description: One of the greatest issues faced by these sellers comes during the harvest. Because of the lack of electricity and refrigeration, tons of food rot each year. Ironically, an attempt by the Ghanian government to establish a ketchup factory failed a few years later
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1963-11
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: African
coverage: Tamale (Ghana)

Outdoors classroom, South Sudan
description: South Sudan's heat, poverty and low rates of literacy interact to make open-air schools an appropriate solution
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2012-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: African
coverage: South Sudan

Tissisat (or, Blue Nile) Falls, Ethiopia
description: The Blue Nile rises in the highlands of Ethiopia. At these falls, it drops ~135', amply justifying the name of the river as 'smoking water.'
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1993-10
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Ethiopia
coverage: Blue Nile River (Ethiopia and Sudan)

Early morning, Togo independent monument
description: The small West African republic of Togo honors in 1960 independence via this monument. It combines the silhouette of a struggling person with a woman carrying a star (a single star appears on the country's flag)
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1963-10
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Togolese/West African
coverage: Lomé (Togo)

Rural home, South Sudan
description: Why not use no-cost natural materials to build your house? This home has a palm thatch roof atop walls made of sun-dried earth
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2012-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: African
coverage: South Sudan

Discarded colonial era statues, Guinea
description: One of the first post-independence actions throughout Asia and Africa was to remove or repurpose monuments from countries' pre-independence periods. These mouldering statues of former French administrators fitting look toward the setting sun in Conakry
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1964-01
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Guinean
coverage: Conakry (Guinea)

School age children, Ethiopia
description: Both when this picture was taken and the present, girls attended school at significantly lower rates than boys
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1993-10
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Ethiopian
coverage: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Monument to revolution, Ethiopia
description: Ethiopia underwent a bloody jilitary coup and revolution between 1974 and 1976, leading to the dictatorship of Mengistu Haile Mariam.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1993-10
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Ethiopian
coverage: Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Early morning at the market, Ethiopia
description: A few hundred meters from this small market is located a UNESCO World Cultural Site: the monolithic churches of Lalibela. Located about 8200' above sea level, a 12th-century Ethiopian envisaged his village as a new Jerusalem.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1973-12
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Ethiopian/NE African
coverage: Ethiopia

Horsedrawn ambulance
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
identifier: Horsedrawn ambulance.jpg

Celebratory dance, Cameroon
description: A new post office had just been opened in this village, leading to dance displays and even a radio reporter recording the music
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1963-07
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Cameroonian/African
coverage: Cameroon

Non-functioning sink, University of Lagos guesthouse
description: Although Nigeria is one of the world's major producers of oil, much of the wealth it produces has been siphoned off by corruption, conflict and grandiose schemes. To get potable water at the University of Lagos guest house, I had to buy bottles at local markets
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1994-03
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Nigerian
coverage: Lagos (Nigeria)

Rugged coastline near Cape Town
description: The cliffs, treacherous currents and waves combine to make this area picturesque
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1993-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: South African
coverage: Cape Town (South Africa)

Motorscooter towing wheelbarrow
description: A creative adaptation of modern technology to an age-old question of transporting loads
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 2012-05
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Malawi/Central African
coverage: Malawi

Northern Ghana market
description: This picture typifies rural markets throughout Africa. It was taken the day before President Kennedy was shot. The passage of time hasn't changed such market's structure and functioning, however.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1963-11
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Ghanaian/Africa
coverage: Tamale (Ghana)

Early morning at the market, Ethiopia
description: Much of Ethiopia lies over a mile above sea level, meaning nights are cold. The women and girls in this market trade their handicrafts and other products to support their families.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1973-12
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Ethiopian/NE African
coverage: Lalibela, Ethiopia

'Stop' sign
description: English serves as South Sudan's official language. Given the high rate of illiteracy - an average of under 20% when this picture was taken - the spelling error is understandable.
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: June, 2009
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: South Sudan

Grasslands in West Cameroon
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1963
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Cameroon

Gorée Island beach
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1963
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Gorée (Senegal)

Distillery in Ghana
description: Sign reads: "God Never Sleep Ghana Alcoholic Distiller Akorabo Society P.O. Box 2 Akorabo"
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1963
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Akorabo (Ghana)

Girls selling food at a bus stop
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1994
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Nigerian
coverage: Yoruba
coverage: Nigeria

Girl with a basket on her head
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD

Ghana Revolutionary discipline billboard
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Ghana

Fresco of St. George in the Church of Saint George, Lalibela, Ethiopia
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1973-12
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Lalibela (Ethiopia)

Dutch inscription on a tomb in Elmina, Ghana
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1964
format: image/jpeg
language: nl
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Elmina (Ghana)

Ferry landing on the Kadéï River in Cameroon
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1963
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Cameroon

Sign warning of landmines in South Sudan
description: Sign reads: "Stop! Danger Demining On Progress"
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: South Sudan

The mixed cemetery of Fadiouth
creator: Welch, Claude Emerson
publisher: State University of New York at Buffalo
date: 1964
format: image/jpeg
type: Image
identifier: Africa CD
coverage: Joal-Fadiout (Senegal)