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Blind Men Making Brushes

African Art Museum

Blind Men Making Brushes
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Object Details

Creator

Larrabee, Constance Stuart

Collection Photographer

Larrabee, Constance Stuart

Collection Citation

Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection, EEPA 1998-006, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Blind Men Making Brushes, 1948. Photographic image of three men wearing dark glasses and sitting at a table making brushes. There are several brushes on the table and bunch of wire. Photograph by Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1948.
Constance Stuart took these series of photographs in a clinic and educational institution for blind Africans called Ezenzelini on the outskirts of Johannesburg. It was founded by Reverend and Mrs. Blaxall. The blind lived and worked at the institution getting medical treatment and learning crafts.
There are no prints of this negative in the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection. EEPA produced an 8x10 study print for reference purposes.
sova.eepa.1998-006_ref2028

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo751eecd36-f7e9-4c2d-9edd-b828324d5fb9

Local Note

Original Constance Stuart Larrabee Number: 10-114
Contact Sheet Numbers: 332089-C4

Place

Africa
South Africa
Johannesburg (South Africa)

Creator

Larrabee, Constance Stuart

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Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection
Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 1: Photographs / Photographs / Ezenzilini School for the Blind, Johannesburg, South Africa

Sponsor

The cataloging of the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection was supported by a grant from The Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Extent

1 Negatives (photographic) ((silver gelatin)., b&w, 6 x 6 cm.)
1 Photographic print ((contact print)., b&w, 6 x 6 cm.)
1 Photographic print ((dupe print)., b&w, 8 x 10 in.)

Date

1948

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-061526

Type

Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Photographic prints

Collection Rights

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Genre/Form

Photographic prints

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1998-006_ref2028
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo751eecd36-f7e9-4c2d-9edd-b828324d5fb9
EEPA.1998-006
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1539205658568-1539205663042-4

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