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Women wearing face veils, Cairo, Egypt

African Art Museum

Women wearing face veils, Cairo, Egypt
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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

This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from January 8, 1947 to end of June 1947.
sova.eepa.1973-001_ref26627

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo78b36f180-f29f-434c-a89a-77fa2c647de9

Local Numbers

A 6 EGY 30 EE 47

General

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

Local Note

Frame value is 11.
Slide No. A 6 EGY 30 EE 47

Place

Africa
Egypt

Topic

Women
Clothing and dress -- Africa

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection
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Extent

1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)

Date

1947

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 957

Type

Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Negatives

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

Negatives

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1973-001_ref26627
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo78b36f180-f29f-434c-a89a-77fa2c647de9
EEPA.1973-001
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871013563-2

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