Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30666
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
JAP-3 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
4 x 5" Negative. Kamakura, Japan. Great Buddha statue. Hoefler's original description: "Kamakura, Japan. The Great Buddha at Kamakura is a shrine to which thousands of people journey and it is also visited by many thousands of tourists from all over the world, for this great image of bronze is one of the notable sights of Japan. Kamakura is only forty miles from Yokohama, reached by an excellent road which takes the visitor through some pretty sections of Japan. This work in bronze was cast in September 1252 A. D. and although a tidal wave swept over it in 1495, it still stands unshaken, defying the ravages of time." (Prints Supplied To: Hills Brothers.)
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Kamakura, Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Kamakura, Japan
Maker or artist:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collector:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collection date:
1930s
Materials:
Cellulose nitrate film
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives
Production date:
1930s
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
height 4 inches and length 5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30666, described as 4 x 5" Negative. Kamakura, Japan. Great Buddha statue. Hoefler's original description: "Kamakura, Japan. The Great Buddha at Kamakura is a shrine to which thousands of people journey and it is also visited by many thousands of tourists from all over the world, for this great image of bronze is one of the notable sights of Japan. Kamakura is only forty miles from Yokohama, reached by an excellent road which takes the visitor through some pretty sections of Japan. This work in bronze was cast in September 1252 A. D. and although a tidal wave swept over it in 1495, it still stands unshaken, defying the ravages of time." (Prints Supplied To: Hills Brothers.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30666, described as 4 x 5" Negative. Kamakura, Japan. Great Buddha statue. Hoefler's original description: "Kamakura, Japan. The Great Buddha at Kamakura is a shrine to which thousands of people journey and it is also visited by many thousands of tourists from all over the world, for this great image of bronze is one of the notable sights of Japan. Kamakura is only forty miles from Yokohama, reached by an excellent road which takes the visitor through some pretty sections of Japan. This work in bronze was cast in September 1252 A. D. and although a tidal wave swept over it in 1495, it still stands unshaken, defying the ravages of time." (Prints Supplied To: Hills Brothers.)

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