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
Kimberley Diamond Digger Near His Shack, 1948. Photographic image of a male diamond digger sitting and counting the coins in his lap. He is wearing a hat. There is a shack in the background made of galvanized tin where the digger lives. This is located in "Nooitgedacht" which is twenty miles outside Kimberley. The digger is counting the money he received for selling a diamond to the De Beers Company in Kimberley. This diamond is the first he has found in many months. Photograph by Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1948.
There are no prints of this negative in the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection. EEPA produced an 8x10 study print for reference purposes.
This image was found among the Johhannesburg Black South African series and has been catalogued in that sequence. However, the images themselves were taken during the Kimberley Diamond Mines shoot and should be viewed in relation to this shoot.
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Local Note
Original Constance Stuart Larrabee Number: 36-109
Contact Sheet Number: 914698-6
Place
Africa
DeBeers Diamond Mines
Kimberley (South Africa)
South Africa
Topic
Diamond mining
Creator
Larrabee, Constance Stuart
See more items in
Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection
Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 1: Photographs / Photographs / Kimberley Diamond Mines, Kimberley, 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 1998-061716
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.
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EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1539205658568-1539205663079-2