Black and white photograph

Museum number:
13-6933
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21130006933
Alternate number:
BHO-10 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
A black-and-white photographic print of an Indian tiger hunt. Image shows over 30 Indian men, a few white men and a dead tiger in a rough, rocky landscape. Written in blue pencil on the back: "(c) Paul Hoefler." Caption attached reads: "WATCH YOUR CREDIT LINE: PHOTO COPYRIGHTED BY PAUL L. HOEFLER. BHO 10. TIGER HUNTING IN INDIA, BHOPAL State, Central India. It is only during the dry season in Central India that it is possible to photograph the striped cat of the jungle; for then lack of water forces him into restricted areas, usually stream beds, where there are pools of water and cool, shady spots in which to sleep. The tigress in this photograph can be blamed for her own death, for while the party was proceeding along the edge of a nullah, or ravine, she suddenly charged, making it necessary to kill her. FOR RELEASE DECEMBER 17TH. 1933.
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Bhopal district, Madhya Pradesh, India
Maker or artist:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collection date:
ca. 1933
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white prints (photographs)
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
width 10 inches and height 8 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Black and white photograph, accession number 13-6933, described as A black-and-white photographic print of an Indian tiger hunt. Image shows over 30 Indian men, a few white men and a dead tiger in a rough, rocky landscape. Written in blue pencil on the back: "(c) Paul Hoefler." Caption attached reads: "WATCH YOUR CREDIT LINE: PHOTO COPYRIGHTED BY PAUL L. HOEFLER. BHO 10. TIGER HUNTING IN INDIA, BHOPAL State, Central India. It is only during the dry season in Central India that it is possible to photograph the striped cat of the jungle; for then lack of water forces him into restricted areas, usually stream beds, where there are pools of water and cool, shady spots in which to sleep. The tigress in this photograph can be blamed for her own death, for while the party was proceeding along the edge of a nullah, or ravine, she suddenly charged, making it necessary to kill her. FOR RELEASE DECEMBER 17TH. 1933.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Black and white photograph, accession number 13-6933, described as A black-and-white photographic print of an Indian tiger hunt. Image shows over 30 Indian men, a few white men and a dead tiger in a rough, rocky landscape. Written in blue pencil on the back: "(c) Paul Hoefler." Caption attached reads: "WATCH YOUR CREDIT LINE: PHOTO COPYRIGHTED BY PAUL L. HOEFLER. BHO 10. TIGER HUNTING IN INDIA, BHOPAL State, Central India. It is only during the dry season in Central India that it is possible to photograph the striped cat of the jungle; for then lack of water forces him into restricted areas, usually stream beds, where there are pools of water and cool, shady spots in which to sleep. The tigress in this photograph can be blamed for her own death, for while the party was proceeding along the edge of a nullah, or ravine, she suddenly charged, making it necessary to kill her. FOR RELEASE DECEMBER 17TH. 1933.

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