Model farm owned by President Mobutu, Nsele, 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

During his trip to Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon visited Nsele, the model farm owned by President Mobutu, 60 kms up river from Kinshasa. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon traveled to Africa from March 17, 1970 to July 17, 1970.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a3d52cdf-4f6c-4a78-b3af-2378a0dad23b

Local Numbers

EENG-I-40, 3.

General

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

Local Note

Typed index card reads, "S 3 Zai. Zaire. Nsele. President Mobutu's experimental farm. 5/1970. EE. neg.no. I-40, 3." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Industries

Mod. architecture/cityscape -- Photographs

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection

Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Congo (Democratic Republic) / EENG / 1970

Extent

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

Date

1970

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 05464

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_ref32544

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a3d52cdf-4f6c-4a78-b3af-2378a0dad23b

EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871013175-1

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