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[Sign on a van], between Shagamu and Lagos, Nigeria

Catalog Data

Photographer:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Collection Photographer:
Houlberg, Marilyn  Search this
Extent:
1 Slides (photographs) (col., 35mm.)
Culture:
Yoruba (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Color slides
Place:
Nigeria
Africa
Date:
1973
Scope and Contents:
The photograph depicts, [four boys standing in front of a van,framing the painted sign on the van, "Try and Love." The top of the van reads, "Shagamu to Lagos." Photo probably taken in Lagos.]
Local Numbers:
RS
General:
Title source: Marilyn Houlberg and EEPA staff based on slide information
Restrictions:
Access by appointment only. Email: elisofonarchives@si.edu
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.
Topic:
Signs and signboards  Search this
Transportation  Search this
Portraits  Search this
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Works of art in situ  Search this
Genre/Form:
Color slides
Collection Citation:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria Collection, EEPA 2005-002, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.2005-002, Item EEPA 2005-0002-00072
See more items in:
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection
Marilyn Houlberg Nigeria collection / Series 1: African Hairstyles / Barbershop
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f89ff4df-3578-40a7-9640-8b0942001102
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-2005-002-ref1146