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House units at a citrus farm, Ishiba Ngandu, 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 house units for workers at Sir Steward Gore Browne's 33,000 acre citrus farm. During his trip to Nothern Rhodesia (now Zambia), Elisofon visited Shiwa Ngandu (also called Shiwa Ngandu), a grand English country house estate, the life-long project of an English aristocrat, Sir Stewart Gore-Browne. 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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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo78b4f64fc-ba57-44b3-ac21-3ad211fbe859

Local Numbers

Negative number 24658, C-5A, 36.

General

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

Local Note

Typed index card reads, "S 5 Zam. Zambia. Shiwa Ngandu. Workers quarters on Shiwa Ngandu estate. 33,000 acre citrus farm owned by Sir Steward Gore Browne. 3/1947. EE. neg.no. 24658, C-5A, 36." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.

Place

Africa
Zambia

Topic

Agriculture
Cultural landscapes

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Zambia

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 05586

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_ref32666
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo78b4f64fc-ba57-44b3-ac21-3ad211fbe859
EEPA.1973-001
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871016699-6

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