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, named after the semi-arid inland plateau of the Great Karoo. The town of Beaufort West was founded in 1818 on the farm of Hooivlakte at the foot of the Nuweveld Mountain Range. 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-1A, 19.
General
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
Typed index card reads, "U 5 SAF. South Africa. North of Beaufort West. Gravel highway in the Karroo desert. 2/1947. EE. neg.no. 24658, C-1A, 19." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
Place
Africa
South Africa
Topic
Natural landscapes
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 07827
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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Record ID
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