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 steamer Melik going south to Juba from Malakal in the Upper Nile region (now, A`ali an-Nil region). 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 Nile 1947 C-4, 15.
General
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
Negative is missing.
For similar image, see Nile 1947 R-7, 12 (EEPA EENG 05058).
Place
Africa
Sudan
Topic
Transportation
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
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Extent
1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm.)
1 Lantern slide (b&w, 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches.)
2 Photographic prints (b&w, 16 x 23.6 cm.)
2 Photographic prints (b&w, 26.5 x 26.5 cm.)
Date
1947
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 09502
Type
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Lantern slides
Photographic prints
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
Lantern slides
Photographic prints
Negatives
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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EEPA
Record ID
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