Game Park staff patrol on domesticated African elephants, Garamba National Park, 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

The photographs depicts staff members at Garamba Natl. Park near Gangala Na Bodio, on patrol using domesticated elephants. Garamba is famous for the African Elephant Domestication Centre at Gangala-na-Bodio, south-west of the park. Today, four trained elephants remain. The Garamba Rehabilitation Project has caught more young elephants that are also being trained for visitor use. 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.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo708576089-adeb-478c-9ce4-4caa5f5c41ea

Local Numbers

L 3 ZAI 3.4 EE 72

General

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

Local Note

Slide No. L 3 ZAI 3.4 EE 72

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Hunting

Armed Forces

Animals -- Africa

Mammals

Domestic animals

Photographer

Elisofon, Eliot

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Congo (Democratic Republic) / EECL / Garamba Natl. Park, Congo (Democratic Republic)

Extent

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Date

1972

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 10135

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.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536955032661-1536955037848-2

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