Object Details
- Local Numbers
- Q 2 NIG 39.1 EE 59
- General
- Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- 58482 90
- Frame value is 4.
- Slide No. Q 2 NIG 39.1 EE 59
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Nigeria
- Topic
- Industries
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- See more items in
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Nigeria
- Extent
- 1 Slides (photographs) (col.)
- Date
- 1959
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1973-001, Item EEPA EECL 13172
- Type
- Archival materials
- Slides (photographs)
- Color slides
- Collection Citation
- Eliot Elisofon Field Collection, EEPA 1973-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution
- 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
- Color slides
- Scope and Contents
- Original title reads, "The African Timber & Plywood Limited at Sapele has 2,000 employes at the mill and 1,500 working in the forests. African Timber & Plywood Limited fells timber within about a 300-mile radius around Sapele, bringing the logs as much of the way as possible by water. Main buildings of plant are: plywood plant, power station (with stacks), shipping sheds, sawmill with giant crane framework." [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.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536870822481-1536871015809-2
