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Steam locomotive, Kinshasa, Congo (Democratic Republic)

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

"Five separate railway systems operate in Zaire. The longest, The Chemin de Fer Kinshasa-Dilolo-Lubumbashi (KDL), connects the mining area of southern Shaba Region (now Katanga) to the port of Ilebo on the Kasai River and ultimately to Kinshasa by the Kasai and Zaire River." [F. Scott Bobb, 1999: Historical Dictionary of Democratic Republic of Congo, The Scarecrow Press, Inc.]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for American Broadcasting Company and traveled to Africa from early December 1966 to early February 1967.
sova.eepa.1973-001_ref6119

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo77cd743ba-f3c0-4593-a4fe-a0f975d5b617

Local Numbers

R 3 ZAI 234 EE 67

General

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

Local Note

41
Frame value is 22.
Slide No. R 3 ZAI 234 EE 67

Place

Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Transportation

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Congo (Democratic Republic) / EECL / Kinshasa, Congo (Democratic Republic)

Extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Date

1967

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 14983

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.
EEPA.1973-001_ref6119
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo77cd743ba-f3c0-4593-a4fe-a0f975d5b617
EEPA.1973-001
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536955032661-1536955038302-5

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