Alexandra Ragtime Boys performing in the street, Johannesburg, South Africa

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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

Original caption reads, "Alexandra Ragtime Boys playing their swinging music at corner of Von Brandis and Pritchard streets in Johannesburg, with a crowd of blacks, whites and colored listening. Group of seven men includes two guitar players, a racking case base player, singers and dancers. Leader is boy in green sweater, Leslie Modupi, 16, who plays guitar. Other band member playing guitar behind his neck is Alex Macheru, 19." [Master Catalogue: Literary Africa. Eliot Elisofon. 1959. K77, 30-34; K78, 9-14].

This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d29378de-1482-4589-a473-df706447d70a

Local Numbers

F 5 SAF 7 EE 59

General

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note

57938 78

Frame value is 7.

Slide No. F 5 SAF 7 EE 59

Place

Africa

South Africa

Topic

Musicians

Dance

Mod. architecture/cityscape -- Photographs

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection

Eliot Elisofon Field collection / South Africa

Extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Date

1959

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 6177

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.

EEPA.1973-001_ref22856

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d29378de-1482-4589-a473-df706447d70a

EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871016248-1

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