Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Map of Africa depicting the 1947 itinerary between Cape Town and Cairo
1947
Africa
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for Life magazine and traveled to Africa from January 8, 1947 to end of June 1947.
- Collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Archival grouping
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Location Unknown
- Catalog date
- 1947
- Recorded places
- Africa
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Format and extent
- 1 Lantern slide (b&w, 4 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EENG 10692
Collection: Eliot Elisofon Field collection