Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30269
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
CE-54 (previous number (collector's original number)) and TEMP 2017.167 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
Black and white negative of a merchant in Colombo, Ceylon. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. In the native bazaar, Colombo. Such shops as these cater to the Sinhalese trade. A merchant in Ceylon like a merchant in India has very little invested in stock. His capital is small and so he has a little bit of everything and not much of anything, replacing stock as it is sold and living off of the profits as he goes along. The ever-present burden-bearing porter is shown in the picture, carrying a heavy sack of grain.
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Verbatim coll. place:
Island of Ceylon, Colombo
Culture or time period:
Sinhalese
Maker or artist:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collector:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collection date:
1931-1932
Materials:
Cellulose nitrate film
Place depicted:
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives
Function:
7.0 Use not specified (Communication, Records, Currency, and Measures)
Production date:
1931-1932
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
whole— height 4 inches and whole— length 5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30269, described as Black and white negative of a merchant in Colombo, Ceylon. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. In the native bazaar, Colombo. Such shops as these cater to the Sinhalese trade. A merchant in Ceylon like a merchant in India has very little invested in stock. His capital is small and so he has a little bit of everything and not much of anything, replacing stock as it is sold and living off of the profits as he goes along. The ever-present burden-bearing porter is shown in the picture, carrying a heavy sack of grain.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30269, described as Black and white negative of a merchant in Colombo, Ceylon. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. In the native bazaar, Colombo. Such shops as these cater to the Sinhalese trade. A merchant in Ceylon like a merchant in India has very little invested in stock. His capital is small and so he has a little bit of everything and not much of anything, replacing stock as it is sold and living off of the profits as he goes along. The ever-present burden-bearing porter is shown in the picture, carrying a heavy sack of grain.

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