Marching band performing at Place de la Poste, Lubumbashi, Congo (Democratic Republic)

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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

The photograph depicts the main railroad company's marching band. "Five separate railway systems operate in Zaire. The longest, The Chemin de Fer Kinshasa-Dilolo-Lubumbashi (KDL), connects the mining area of southern Shaba Region (now Katanga) to the port of Ilebo on the Kasai River and ultimately to Kinshasa by the Kasai and Zaire River." [F. Scott Bobb, 1999: Historical Dictionary of Democratic Republic of Congo, The Scarecrow Press, Inc.]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.

sova.eepa.1973-001_ref23383

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f47317ec-a7bd-4015-a65e-0341133eb3e6

Local Numbers

G 3 ZAI 128 EE 72

General

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

Local Note

0060

Frame value is 14.

Slide No. G 3 ZAI 128 EE 72

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Musicians

Rites and ceremonies -- Africa

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Congo (Democratic Republic) / EECL / Lubumbashi, Congo (Democratic Republic)

Extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Date

1972

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 6652

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_ref23383

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f47317ec-a7bd-4015-a65e-0341133eb3e6

EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536955032661-1536955038790-4

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