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
During his trip to South Africa, Elisofon visited Germiston, located in the Witwatersrand east of Johannesburg; world's largest gold refinery, Rand Refinery Limited, recovers gold bullion from almost all of South Africa's mines; other industrial activity includes smelting, cotton-ginning & manufacturing. 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.
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Local Numbers
Negative number 24658, C-2A, 8.
General
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
Typed index card reads, "Q 5 SAF. South Africa. Germiston area, near Johannesburg. Slag heap from gold mines. 3/1947. EE. neg.no. 24658, C-2A, 8." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Place
Africa
South Africa
Topic
Industries
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
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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 EENG 04872
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.
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Large EAD
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EEPA.1973-001
EEPA
Record ID
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