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Cattle grazing, near Livingstone, Zambia

African Art Museum

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 Rhodesian cattle near railroad station, brought north for grazing because of drought in south. 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_ref31314

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7b0202f15-d853-4b21-99cb-14391fc5ad7f

Local Numbers

Negative number 24658, C-4A, 28.

General

Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.

Local Note

Typed index card reads, "M 5 Zam. Zambia. near Livingstone. Rhodesian cattle near Railroad station, brought north for grazing because of drought in south. 3/1947. EE. neg.no. 24658, C-4A, 28." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.

Place

Africa
Zambia

Topic

Agriculture
Transportation
Cattle -- Africa

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

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Extent

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

Date

1947

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 04233

Type

Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Black-and-white negatives
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

Black-and-white negatives
Negatives

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1973-001_ref31314
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7b0202f15-d853-4b21-99cb-14391fc5ad7f
EEPA.1973-001
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871016697-2

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