Object Details
- Local Numbers
- S 4 KEN 28 EE 59
- General
- Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
- Local Note
- 57938 65
- Frame value is 18.
- Slide No. S 4 KEN 28 EE 59
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Collection Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- Place
- Africa
- Kenya
- Topic
- Mod. architecture/cityscape -- Photographs
- Cultural landscapes
- Aerial photography
- Photographer
- Elisofon, Eliot
- See more items in
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection
- Eliot Elisofon Field collection / Kenya
- 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 15922
- 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. Where noted, some images remain under the copyright of Life/Shutterstock. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
- Genre/Form
- Color slides
- Scope and Contents
- The old city, inscribed on the World Heritage List as "the oldest and best-preserved Swahili settlement in East Africa," was founded in the 14th century and it contains many fine examples of Swahili architecture. 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-1536870822481-1536871014526-1
