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Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

14000 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm)

30000 Slides (photographs) (color)

80,000 Photographic prints (b&w, 25 x 20 cm. or smaller.)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Negatives (photographic)

Slides (photographs)

Photographic prints

Negatives

Color slides

Black-and-white negatives

Black-and-white photographs

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Mali

Ghana

Côte d'Ivoire

Benin

Burkina Faso

Egypt

Kenya

Liberia

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

Senegal

South Africa

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Central African Republic

Date:

circa 1935-1978

Summary:

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.

Scope and Contents:

This collection is comprised of circa 14,000 negatives, 30, 0000 slides, 8,000 photographic prints, and 14 boxes of manuscript materials that date from circa 1945-1978.

The photographs document Eliot Elisofon's travels and work in Africa. 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. Artisans shown include an Asante weaver making kente cloth in Ghana; a Dogon carver in Mali making a kanaga mask; an Ebrie goldsmith in Cote d'Ivoire; Hausa dyers in Kano, Nigeria; and Nupe beadmakers in Nigeria; as well as artists at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Kinshasa, Congo. Portraits of leaders include the Asante court at Kumase in Ghana; Ebrie chiefs and notables in Cote d'Ivoire; the timi (king) of Ede, a Yourba town, Nigeria; the emir of Katsina, Nigeria; and the Kuba king and his court in the Congo. There are informal portraits showing children of the Kuba royal court dancing, Fulbe women with gold earrings in Mali, Mangbetu women in the Congo, and Maasai elders in Kenya. Masked dances documented include a Dogon dama festival celebration in Mali, an Igbo festival in Nigeria, and Kuba and Pende masked dancers in the Congo. There are also images of Yoruba gelede (men's association) masks in Nigeria. Non-masked dancers shown include Dan professional acrobatic dancers in Cote d'Ivoire, Irigwe dancers in Nigeria, Mangbetu dancers in the Congo, Mbuti dancers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Wodaabe men dancing in Nigeria. Events shown include Hausa riders in chain mail during the Independence Day celebration in Katsina, Nigeria. Images of art in situ include ancestral altars in the King of Benin's palace in Nigeria; Dogon rock paintings in Mali; and Yoruba Shango shrine sculptures in the palace courtyard of timi (king) of Ede in Nigeria. Landscapes include views of mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Animals shown include birds, buffalos, elephants and giraffes. Traditional architecture shown includes Asante shrine houses with raised wall decorations in Ghana, Dogon villages in Mali and mosques in Mopti.

The manuscript materials include correspondence, essays, clippings, puobligations, notes, research, and itineraries.

Biographical/Historical note:

A photographer best known for his work in Life magazine. Elisofon worked as a free-lance magazine photographer from 1933 to 1937, as a staff photographer for Life from 1933 to 1937 and on photographic assignments for various magazines, including the Smithsonian magazine, from 1942 to 1945. Elisofon traveled extensively in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America documenting the peoples of these lands as well as their arts and environments. A founding member and curatorial associate of the private Museum of African Art, which in 1981 became the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA), Elisofon bequeathed his collection of African photographs to the museum when he died in 1973. To honor Elisofon's contribution to the understanding of African art and culture, NMAfA named its archives after him.

Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Body arts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Negatives

Photographic prints

Color slides

Black-and-white negatives

Black-and-white photographs

Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo763575c19-5f10-470a-af8b-75ebd1c82664

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-eepa-1973-001

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

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.

Local Numbers:

C 2 NIG 17.4 EE 59

General:

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

Local Note:

Time Life no. 58482 1 28

Frame value is 23.

Slide No. C 2 NIG 17.4 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Education  Search this

Signs and symbols  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 1848

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75c402769-a6ea-4146-b1cc-d53253b5e9bc

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10010

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

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.

Local Numbers:

A 2 NIG 17 EE 59

General:

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

Local Note:

Time Life Magazine no. 58482 1 41

Frame value is 29.

Slide No. A 2 NIG 17 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Portraits  Search this

Priests  Search this

Religion  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 184

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7a65ed107-5249-4775-85ab-f554dc90b26e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10016

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

Robert Rapson (seated) teaches class of polling agents in Lagos, Nigeria. The date on the slide is DEC 59.

Local Numbers:

C 2 NIG 17.5 EE 59

General:

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

Local Note:

Time Life no. 58482 1 28

Frame value is 24.

Slide No. C 2 NIG 17.5 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Leaders  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 1849

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo792896cc9-395b-4e78-a71a-0149e20fd554

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10022

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

Robert Rapson (seated) teaches class of polling agents in Lagos, Nigeria. The date on the slide is DEC 59.

Local Numbers:

C 2 NIG 17.6 EE 59

General:

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

Local Note:

Time Life no. 58482 1 28

Frame value is 25.

Slide No. C 2 NIG 17.6 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Leaders  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 1850

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo74e8fec49-ea9d-4e12-9ea7-02f54a72f0f3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10033

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

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.

Local Numbers:

C 2 NIG 17.7 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 20.

Slide No. C 2 NIG 17.7 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Education  Search this

Signs and symbols  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 1851

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7da0dcf5f-bac0-4e1e-b867-6f639bb79596

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10044

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

Robert Rapson (seated) teaches class of polling agents in Lagos, Nigeria. The date on the slide is DEC 59.

Local Numbers:

C 2 NIG 17.8 EE 59

General:

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

Local Note:

Time Life no. 58482 1 28

Frame value is 26.

Slide No. C 2 NIG 17.8 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Leaders  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 1852

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Nigeria

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo716a5e8f8-4bb4-4e60-83c3-17f5428a60e1

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10055

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

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.

Local Numbers:

C 2 NIG 17.9 EE 59

General:

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

Local Note:

Time Life no. 58482 1 28

Frame value is 27.

Slide No. C 2 NIG 17.9 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Education  Search this

Signs and symbols  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 1853

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo749fab367-9da6-48bb-af20-8cd9648df7ba

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10066

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Culture:

Nupe (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

Children, Mokwe village, Niger Province, Nigeria. The date on the slide is NOV 59.

Local Numbers:

B 2 NPE 2.3.1 EE 59

General:

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

Local Note:

Time Life no. 58482 65

Frame value is 4.

Slide No. B 2 NPE 2.3.1 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Children  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 1040

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75c2787df-9922-4706-b30a-cba1cbd80904

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref1007

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

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.

Local Numbers:

C 2 NIG 17.9.1 EE 59

General:

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

Local Note:

Time Life no. 58482 1 28

Frame value is 28.

Slide No. C 2 NIG 17.9.1 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Education  Search this

Signs and symbols  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 1854

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo717f3bc43-ca8b-477f-8efc-0672671510bc

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10077

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

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.

Local Numbers:

C 2 NIG 17.10 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 19.

Slide No. C 2 NIG 17.10 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Education  Search this

Signs and symbols  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 1855

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75cfda613-b428-47fa-a9ba-c7a8536bd5fe

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10088

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

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.

Local Numbers:

C 2 NIG 17.11 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 17.

Slide No. C 2 NIG 17.11 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Education  Search this

Signs and symbols  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 1856

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo77421b768-ff9e-48ef-a3e8-97c81937ba32

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10099

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

Original title reads, "Roll on workers carrying bags of groundnuts or peanuts up side of a nascent pyramid, on the premises of P.S. Mandrides &Co, Ltd, Kano. Mandrides' oil mill is one of the largest in Nigeria. The workers are almost all Hausa, they are paid from 7 to 10 shillings a day. The bags contain shelled peanuts." [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.

Local Numbers:

M 1 NIG 3 EE 59

General:

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

Local Note:

58482 31

Frame value is 20.

Slide No. M 1 NIG 3 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Agriculture  Search this

Industries  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 10409

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7323a141e-4f5d-42eb-90fb-d1dad2ea03cc

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref1011

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

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.

Local Numbers:

58482 1 25

C 2 NIG 17.12 EEE 59

General:

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

Local Note:

Selgem EE10952500

Photograph appeared in Life Magazine.

A photographic print resides in the collection.

Series Reference: 17.12.

Frame value is 15.

Slide No. C 2 NIG 17.12 EEE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Education  Search this

Signs and symbols  Search this

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 1857

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo754ce6543-6bf3-4ea0-a1b1-5fff4249f67a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10110

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

Original title reads, "Roll on workers carrying bags of groundnuts or peanuts up side of a nascent pyramid, on the premises of P.S. Mandrides &Co, Ltd, Kano. Mandrides' oil mill is one of the largest in Nigeria. The workers are almost all Hausa, they are paid from 7 to 10 shillings a day. The bags contain shelled peanuts." [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.

Local Numbers:

M 1 NIG 3.0.1 EE 59

General:

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

Local Note:

58482 31

Frame value is 13.

Slide No. M 1 NIG 3.0.1 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Agriculture  Search this

Industries  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 10410

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo736f03095-f94c-4a5c-8659-283257b3f55a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref1012

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

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.

Local Numbers:

C 2 NIG 17.13 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 11.

Slide No. C 2 NIG 17.13 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Education  Search this

Signs and symbols  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 1858

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7686014f4-17df-4463-9a58-76a8e41abdd7

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10121

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

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.

Local Numbers:

A 2 NIG 18 EE 59

General:

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

Local Note:

Time Life Magazine no. 58482 1 41

Frame value is 28.

Slide No. A 2 NIG 18 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Portraits  Search this

Priests  Search this

Religion  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 185

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f9f18e2e-3c9a-4b2a-a0b6-9cb8929b83ce

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10129

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

Original title reads, "Roll on workers carrying bags of groundnuts or peanuts up side of a nascent pyramid, on the premises of P.S. Mandrides &Co, Ltd, Kano. Mandrides' oil mill is one of the largest in Nigeria. The workers are almost all Hausa, they are paid from 7 to 10 shillings a day. The bags contain shelled peanuts." [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.

Local Numbers:

M 1 NIG 3.0.2 EE 59

General:

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

Local Note:

58482 31

Frame value is 14.

Slide No. M 1 NIG 3.0.2 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Agriculture  Search this

Industries  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 10411

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Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7fecbe870-cd80-46f0-9e01-fc26a14c20dd

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref1013

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Culture:

Hausa (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

Chief Justice Sir Algernon Brown, and Premier Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, attending the new Law Courts building dedication. The building houses the Chief Justice's Court, the Federal Court of Appeal, and the Sharia Court of Appeal. [Eliot Elisofon's original field notes]. 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.

Local Numbers:

C 2 NIG 18 EE 59

General:

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

Local Note:

Time Life no. 58482 4

Frame value is 24.

Slide No. C 2 NIG 18 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Leaders  Search this

Clothing and dress -- Africa  Search this

Judges  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 1859

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection

Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Nigeria

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo782b5f81f-9596-4e03-89a9-923350e5373c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref10133

Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Elisofon, Eliot  Search this

Extent:

1 Slides (photographs) (col.)

Type:

Archival materials

Slides (photographs)

Color slides

Place:

Africa

Nigeria

Date:

1959

Scope and Contents:

Original title reads, "Roll on workers carrying bags of groundnuts or peanuts up side of a nascent pyramid, on the premises of P.S. Mandrides &Co, Ltd, Kano. Mandrides' oil mill is one of the largest in Nigeria. The workers are almost all Hausa, they are paid from 7 to 10 shillings a day. The bags contain shelled peanuts." [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.

Local Numbers:

M 1 NIG 3.1 EE 59

General:

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

Local Note:

58482 31

Frame value is 21.

Slide No. M 1 NIG 3.1 EE 59

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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:

Agriculture  Search this

Industries  Search this

Genre/Form:

Color slides

Collection Citation:

Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution

Identifier:

EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 10412

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Eliot Elisofon Field collection

Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Nigeria

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7daf594d1-f770-4e2b-8418-e6e6173bea2e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1973-001-ref1014