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Port expansion in the harbor area, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

African Art Museum

Port expansion in the harbor area, Port Harcourt, Nigeria
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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

Original title reads, "Port Harcourt handles imports and exports of the Eastern region and part of the Northern region and a good deal of overseas transit traffic with the French territories. The general cargo quays are operated by the statutory Nigerian Ports of Authority. Three new deep-water berths are being built and should be finished by 1961." [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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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo74310a1b3-2913-4e4f-8d26-d1e64084f240

Local Numbers

Q 2 NIG 79.3 EE 59

General

Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.

Local Note

58482 1 03
Frame value is 21.
Slide No. Q 2 NIG 79.3 EE 59

Place

Africa
Nigeria

Topic

Transportation
Industries
Aerial photography

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection
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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 13285

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-1536870822481-1536871015826-4

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