Urban housing quarters provided by the Gécamines, a state-owned mining company, Lubumbashi, Congo (Democratic Republic)

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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

"A company town dominated by the mining industry, Lubumbashi is an administrative urban sub-region, lying on the Shaba high plateau." [F. Scott Bobb, 1999: Historical Dictionary of Democratic Republic of Congo, The Scarecrow Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignement for National Geographic Film and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.

sova.eepa.1973-001_ref7014

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo73d2a26f9-684e-446b-80c2-ce29c79c69e7

Local Numbers

S 3 ZAI 92 EE 70

General

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

Local Note

Frame value is 36.

Slide No. S 3 ZAI 92 EE 70

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Mod. architecture/cityscape -- Photographs

Cultural landscapes

Aerial photography

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

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

Extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Date

1970

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 15789

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_ref7014

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo73d2a26f9-684e-446b-80c2-ce29c79c69e7

EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536955032661-1536955038787-5

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