During his trip to Congo (now Democratic Republic of Congo), Elisofon took the Congo River steamer at Kisangani en route to Kinshasa. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for American Broadcasting Company and traveled to Africa from early December 1966 to early February 1967.
Local Numbers:
R 3 ZAI 40 EE 67
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
65
Frame value is 7.
Slide No. R 3 ZAI 40 EE 67
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.
This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.
Local Numbers:
R 3 ZAI 41 EE 72
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
0014
Frame value is 11.
Slide No. R 3 ZAI 41 EE 72
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.
This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.
Local Numbers:
R 3 ZAI 42 EE 72
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
0014
Frame value is 14.
Slide No. R 3 ZAI 42 EE 72
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.
This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.
Local Numbers:
R 3 ZAI 43 EE 72
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
0014
Frame value is 8.
Slide No. R 3 ZAI 43 EE 72
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.
This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.
Local Numbers:
R 3 ZAI 44 EE 72
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
0014
Frame value is 7.
Slide No. R 3 ZAI 44 EE 72
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.
This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.
Local Numbers:
R 3 ZAI 44.1 EE 72
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
0014
Frame value is 6.
Slide No. R 3 ZAI 44.1 EE 72
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.
This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.
Local Numbers:
R 3 ZAI 45 EE 72
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
0014
Frame value is 12.
Slide No. R 3 ZAI 45 EE 72
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.
This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.
Local Numbers:
R 3 ZAI 45.1 EE 72
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
0014
Frame value is 13.
Slide No. R 3 ZAI 45.1 EE 72
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.
This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.
Local Numbers:
R 3 ZAI 45.2 EE 72
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
0014
Frame value is 10.
Slide No. R 3 ZAI 45.2 EE 72
Collection Restrictions:
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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.
"Zaire is estimated to hold 13 percent of the world's hydroelectrical potential. The largest site is the Inga hydroelectrical complex. Smaller plants provided electricity to primarly urban areas. These included complexes on the Inkisi River near Kinshasa, on the Tshopo River near Kisangani, on the Aruwimi River near Bunia, on the Ruzizi River supplying Bukavu and Burundi, and other smaller stations." [F. Scott Bobb, 1999: Historical Dictionary of Democratic Republic of Congo, The Scarecrow Press]. This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for American Broadcasting Company and traveled to Africa from early December 1966 to early February 1967.
Local Numbers:
R 3 ZAI 46 EE 67
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
60
Frame value is 9.
Slide No. R 3 ZAI 46 EE 67
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.
This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.
Local Numbers:
R 3 ZAI 47 EE 72
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
0014
Frame value is 5.
Slide No. R 3 ZAI 47 EE 72
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.
This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.
Local Numbers:
R 3 ZAI 48 EE 72
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
0014
Frame value is 4.
Slide No. R 3 ZAI 48 EE 72
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.
This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.
Local Numbers:
R 3 ZAI 48.1 EE 72
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
0014
Frame value is 3.
Slide No. R 3 ZAI 48.1 EE 72
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.
This photograph was taken when Eliot Elisofon was on assignment for National Geographic and traveled to Africa from January 19, 1972 to mid April 1972.
Local Numbers:
R 3 ZAI 54 EE 72
General:
Title is provided by EEPA staff based on photographer's notes.
Local Note:
0014
Frame value is 14.
Slide No. R 3 ZAI 54 EE 72
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Additional printed text on recto reads: "Ed. V Verachlert. Cl. G Finoeist."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CG-05-23
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Citation source: Archives staff.
Collection Restrictions:
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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.
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.
Photographs made by George H. Stathes in northern Nigeria, Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda during the mid 1960s. Stathes' photographs depict people, agriculture, markets, fishing and fisheries, roads, a cemetery, ceremonies and dances, art, and Rwenzori Mountains.
Biographical/Historical note:
George H. Stathes (1925-1996) worked for the Ford Foundation and Texaco Oil, mostly in Nigeria.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 99-10
Location of Other Archival Materials:
Abuja pottery collected by Stathes held in the Department of Anthropology collections in accession 2010265.
Photographs made by Charles W. Brashares in India (1948-1949), Portugal, Africa (including Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa, 1945), Japan (1948) Bolivia (1951), and Peru (1951) documenting the people, ceremonies, architecture, and scenery of each location. The collection also includes lantern slides depicting Palestinian people, architecture, and cities (including Jerusalem), made in 1923-1924.
Biographical/Historical note:
Charles W. Brashares (1891-1982) was ordained by the Methodist Episcopal Church and served as a pastor in Massachusetts, Maine, Ohio, and Michigan from 1917 to 1944. He was bishop of the Des Moines area from 1944 to 1952 and bishop of Chicago area from 1952 to his death.
Local Call Number(s):
NAA Photo Lot 99-1
Location of Other Archival Materials:
The Bentley Historical Library at the University of Michigan holds the Charles W. Brashares papers, 1912-1972.
Photo Lot 99-1, Charles W. Brashares photographs of India, Africa, Portugal, Japan, South America, and Palestine, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
