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
Original title reads, "Operation performed at Lagos General Hospital. The surgeon is Dr. Adeiloyejo Majekodunmi, 42, senior gynecological consultant for Lagos General Hospital. He studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, graduating in 1941. Dr. Majekodunmi is transplanting a woman's patient because of a childbirth injury. Some of the nurses are student nurses. Opposite the surgeon is Dr. Abimbola Awoliyi, who graduated in 1946 from the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, and was the first woman doctor from Nigeria. The anaesthetist is Dr. Mohamed Aziz, from India." [Elisofon field notes, August 1959-December 1959]
This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from August 18, 1959 to December 20, 1959.
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Local Numbers
P 2 NIG 19.2 EE 59
General
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note
58482 1 29
Frame value is 5.
Slide No. P 2 NIG 19.2 EE 59
Place
Africa
Nigeria
Topic
Medicine
Photographer
Elisofon, Eliot
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Extent
1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
Date
1959
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 12878
Type
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Color slides
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
Color slides
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536870822481-1536871015779-4