Polling agents getting instructions for the December 12, 1959 federal elections, Lagos, 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, "Polling agents getting instructions for Dec. 12 federal elections from Robert N. Rapson, M.V.O., a senior assistant secretary in the office of the prime minister, who was assigned as electoral officer for Lagos. All the polling agents at the 283 polling stations in Lagos were employes of the government or of public corporations. Lagos elected three of the 312 members of the federal house of representatives." [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.

sova.eepa.1973-001_ref9977

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo72db800b1-80c7-458b-9ec1-146394a558b8

Local Numbers

C 2 NIG 17.1 EE 59

General

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

Local Note

Time Life no. 58482 1 25

Frame value is 10.

Slide No. C 2 NIG 17.1 EE 59

Place

Africa

Nigeria

Topic

Education

Signs and symbols

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 1845

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_ref9977

Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo72db800b1-80c7-458b-9ec1-146394a558b8

EEPA.1973-001

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536870822481-1536871015465-1

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