Black and white negative

Museum number:
15-32245
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Alternate number:
TAN-174 (previous number (donor's original number), written below, "108")
Accession number:
Acc.4054 and Acc.4115
Description:
4" x 5" Negative. Side view of Dapper, the baby zebra the Expedition kept. Hoefler's original description: "Baby zebra. Although many have tried to train the zebra into a useful animal to man, none have succeeded in the attempt and he is considered vermin. The farmer shoots him to protect his crops and the hunter shoots him for lion bait and to feed his natives.
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Tanzania
Maker or artist:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collector:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collection date:
1928-1929
Materials:
Cellulose nitrate film
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Black and white negative, accession number 15-32245, described as 4" x 5" Negative. Side view of Dapper, the baby zebra the Expedition kept. Hoefler's original description: "Baby zebra. Although many have tried to train the zebra into a useful animal to man, none have succeeded in the attempt and he is considered vermin. The farmer shoots him to protect his crops and the hunter shoots him for lion bait and to feed his natives.

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