The photograph depicts boys fishing on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch ( Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-6, 30.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "L 6 Egy. Egypt. near Rosetta. Boys fishing on the Nile. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-6, 30." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts boys fishing on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch ( Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-6, 31.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "L 6 Egy. Egypt. near Rosetta. Boys fishing on the Nile. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-6, 31." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts boys fishing on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch ( Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-6, 32.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "L 6 Egy. Egypt. near Rosetta. Boys fishing on the Nile. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-6, 32." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts boys fishing on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch ( Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-6, 33.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "L 6 Egy. Egypt. near Rosetta. Boys fishing on the Nile. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-6, 33." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts boys fishing on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch ( Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-6, 34.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "L 6 Egy. Egypt. near Rosetta. Boys fishing on the Nile. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-6, 34." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts boys fishing on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch ( Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-6, 35.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "L 6 Egy. Egypt. near Rosetta. Boys fishing on the Nile. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-6, 35." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts boys fishing on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch ( Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-6, 36.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "L 6 Egy. Egypt. near Rosetta. Boys fishing on the Nile. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-6, 36." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts boys fishing on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch ( Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-6, 37.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "L 6 Egy. Egypt. near Rosetta. Boys fishing on the Nile. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-6, 37." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts two men bathe water buffalo on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch ( Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-8, 6.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "M 6 Egy. Egypt. Rosetta. Two men bathe water buffalo. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-8, 6." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts two men bathe water buffalo on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch ( Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-8, 7.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "M 6 Egy. Egypt. Rosetta. Two men bathe water buffalo. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-8, 7." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts two men bathe water buffalo on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch (Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-8, 8.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "M 6 Egy. Egypt. Rosetta. Two men bathe water buffalo. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-8, 8." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts two men bathe water buffalo on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch (Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-8, 9.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "M 6 Egy. Egypt. Rosetta. Two men bathe water buffalo. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-8, 9." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts two men bathe water buffalo on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch (Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-8, 10.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "M 6 Egy. Egypt. Rosetta. Two men bathe water buffalo. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-8, 10." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts two men bathe water buffalo on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch (Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-8, 11.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "M 6 Egy. Egypt. Rosetta. Two men bathe water buffalo. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-8, 11." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts two men bathe water buffalo on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch (Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-8, 12.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "M 6 Egy. Egypt. Rosetta. Two men bathe water buffalo. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-8, 12." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts two men bathe water buffalo on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch (Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-8, 13.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "M 6 Egy. Egypt. Rosetta. Two men bathe water buffalo. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-8, 13." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts two men bathe water buffalo on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch (Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-8, 14.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "M 6 Egy. Egypt. Rosetta. Two men bathe water buffalo. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-8, 14." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts man and his water buffalo on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch (Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-8, 15.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "M 6 Egy. Egypt. Rosetta. Man and his water buffalo. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-8, 15." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
The photograph depicts man and his water buffalo on a section of the Nile River located in the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch (Rashid, Far`, now) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was working on "The Nile" project and traveled to Africa from March 14, 1961 to March 31, 1961, visiting Egypt.
Local Numbers:
Negative number 62165 C-8, 16.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "M 6 Egy. Egypt. Rosetta. Man and his water buffalo. 3/1961. EE. neg.no. 62165 C-8, 16." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
1 Negatives (photographic) (b&w, 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches.)
Type:
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Black-and-white negatives
Negatives
Place:
Africa
Egypt
Date:
1947
Scope and Contents:
"Basin irrigation allowed the growth of one single winter crop. When Muhammad Ali (1805-52) set out to modernize Egypt by transforming water into wealth through the cultivation of cotton -an important export crop that needed water- dams were constructed to provide for perennial irrigation." [Kamil Jill, 1993: Aswan and Abu Simbel, History and Guide. The American University in Cairo Press]. During his trip to Egypt, Elisofon visited the new Liberation Province of the western Delta region. This province was carved out of the desert by water from the Rosetta branch (Arabic Rashid, Far`) of the Nile as part of a land reclamation scheme under the Nasser government's agrarian reform program." [Eliot Elisofon, Laurens Van Der Post, 1964: The Nile, The Viking Press]. 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.
Local Numbers:
Negative number Nile 1947 R-52, 11.
General:
Title source: Index card based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
Typed index card reads, "M 6 Egy. Egypt. The Delta. Children pick worms from cotton plants. 1959. EE. neg.no. Nile 1947 R-52, 11." The card was written in 1977-79 by Archives staff using source provided by photographer.
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.
