Object Details
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Collection Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
Collection Citation
Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
Scope and Contents
The photograph depicts two men bathe water buffalo on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch ( Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
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Local Numbers
M 6 EGY 201.3 EE 61
General
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
62165 5
Frame value is 25.
Slide No. M 6 EGY 201.3 EE 61
Place
Africa
Egypt
Topic
Agriculture
Animals -- Africa
Mammals
Domestic animals
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
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Extent
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Date
1961
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 11392
Type
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Color slides
Collection Rights
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. Where noted, some images remain under the copyright of Life/Shutterstock. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form
Color slides
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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Record ID
ebl-1536870822481-1536871013665-1