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Car trapped in gravel bed, Laingsburg-Beaufort West area, South Africa

African Art Museum

Car trapped in gravel bed, Laingsburg-Beaufort West area, 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

During his trip to South Africa, Elisofon drove from Cape Town to Johannesburg by Great Karoo route. 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_ref32260

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a2e2f528-f788-41e7-b3a2-bd224e13742e

Local Numbers

Negative number 24658, C-1A, 18.

General

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

Local Note

Typed index card reads, "R 5 SAF. South Africa. Laingsburg-Beaufort West area. Car trapped in gravel bed. 2/1947. EE. neg.no. 24658, C-1A, 18." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.

Place

Africa
South Africa

Topic

Transportation

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection
Eliot Elisofon Field collection / South Africa

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 05180

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_ref32260
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a2e2f528-f788-41e7-b3a2-bd224e13742e
EEPA.1973-001
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871016237-1

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