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1898-[ongoing]
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61 Volumes
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1985-014
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection includes postcards from 45 African countries. Subjects include agriculture; animals; artists; body arts; cityscapes; cultural landscapes; dance; education; expeditions; flora; industry; leaders; marketplaces; medicine; military; missionaries; music; portraits; recreation; rites and ceremonies; and transportation, among many other topics.
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- Creators:
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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circa 1935-1978
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14000 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm)
30000 Slides (photographs) (color)
80,000 Photographic prints (b&w, 25 x 20 cm. or smaller.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection is comprised of photographic and manuscript materials, primarily created by Eliot Elisofon to document his travels and work. The images portray many aspects of African life and culture including agriculture, wildlife, archaeology, architecture, art and artisans, children, cityscapes and landscapes, leaders, markets, medicine, recreation, ritual and celebration, and transportation. The manuscript materials include correspondence, essays, clippings, puobligations, notes, research, and itineraries.
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Larrabee, Constance Stuart
- Dates:
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1900-1997
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circa 11000 Negatives (photographic) (black and white and color, 2.5 x 2.5 inches or smaller)
circa 5000 Photographic prints (silver gelatin, black and white, 8 x 10 inches or smaller)
circa 20 Linear feet (Manuscript Materials)
5.4 Linear feet (Office Files)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1998-006
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection dates from 1900 to 1997 and mostly includes images taken in South Africa. The images document the peoples of South Africa, particularly the Loved, Ndebele, San, Sotho, Xhosa, and Zulu peoples. Locations photographed include Basutoland (now Lesotho), Bechuanaland (now Botswana), Johannesburg, Natal, Pretoria, Soweto, Swaziland, Transkei, Transvaal, the Umzimkulu Valley and Zululand. Manuscript and office files include clippings, correspondence, exhibition announcements, invitations and reviews, notes, essays, receipts, and other materials that document Larrabee's career, family history, and personal life.
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Blackmun, Barbara Winston
- Dates:
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circa 1969-1994
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1,469 Color slides
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2016-012
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The collection includes 1,469 color slides (35mm) which were taken in Nigeria from circa 1964-1994, and focus on ancestral altars; artists; art objects in museums, including bronze plaques and carved ivory tusks; ceremonies and festivals, including the Igue and Ewere Festivals, and the Emobo, Otue, Olokun, title-taking, and Blackmun's initation ceremonies; and people, including Oba Erediauwa and chiefs Eribo, Ero, Esogban, Ezomo, Ohanmu and Osaigeide; and street and landscape scenes in Benin City, Ife, Lagos, Ishiago, and Mbarri, Owerri, Owo, among other locations in Nigeria.
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- Dates:
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circa 1920
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6 Postcards
1 Map
1 Pamphlet (descriptive leaflet)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2013-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
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- Creators:
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O'Hear, Ann
- Dates:
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1980-2015
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34 Slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm)
2 Digital images
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2016-004
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Ann O'Hear of leatherworking and pottery technology in Ilorin, Nigeria, from 1980 to 2015.
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Hubbard, Chris
- Dates:
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1969-1970
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47 Slides (color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2012-007
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Chris Hubbard in the Kasai region of the Democratic Republic of Congo from 1969-1970, which primarily depict the funeral of Kuba Nyim Mbopey Mabiintsh ma-Kyeen.
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Drewal, Henry John
- Dates:
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1997
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1,442 Slides (color, 35mm)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2010-010
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Series 1 is comprised of photos taken by Dr. Henry Drewal while traveling in Morocco from May 29, 1997 to June 21, 1997. The series includes images taken in Casablanca, Rabat, Salé, Fès al Bali, Meknès, Sijilmassa, Rissani, Marrakech, and Essaouira. Subjects include architecture, market scenes, craftsmen and artisans at work, musicians, landscapes ...
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- Dates:
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1923-1925
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19 Photographic prints (dupe prints (1 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in. )
192 Photographic prints (silver gelatin (1 album), black & white, 16 x 21 cm. or smaller )
192 Negatives (photographic) (dupe negs, black & white, 4 x 5 in.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1997-006
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs compiled in an album by the wife (Connie) of a British official (T. or Tim) who was stationed in Onitsha on the Niger River from 1923 through 1925. Onitsha was the headquarters of the Onitsha Province, which comprised the divisions of Onitsha, Enugu, Obolo, Awgu and Awka. The region is settled by the Igbo peoples. The album contains numerous images of Igbo peoples, as well as pictures of the British and their lifestyles.
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Meyerowitz, Eva Levine-Richter, 1899-1994
Meyerowitz, Herbert Vladimir, 1900-1945
- Dates:
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circa 1936 - circa 1937
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88 Negatives (photographic) (black and white, 35 mm)
268 Copy negatives (black and white, 35 mm)
285 Photographic prints ((0.4 cubic feet; 3 binders), black and white, 8 x 10 inches or smaller)
16 Contact sheets (black and white, 8 1/2 x 11 inches or smaller)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1987-009
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection consists of negatives and photographic prints taken in 1936 and 1937 by Eva L.R. Meyerowitz in Nigeria, Benin and Ghana. Peoples depicted include the Akan, Fon, Konkomba, and Tallensi and subjects include artisans, blacksmiths, dancing, markets, artwork and objects that were originally displyed in King Bezu's palace in Abomey, potters, shrines, and vernacular architeture.