Black and white negative

Museum number:
15-32307
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Alternate number:
KEN-66 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054 and Acc.4115
Description:
4" x 5" Negative. Flamigoes on Lake Hannington. Hoefler's original description: "Lake Hannington. The word "flamingo" is derived from the word "flame" and was given to this bird on account of its brilliant plumage. The long slender legs and webbed feet are scarlet and purple; the odd-shaped beaks are of the same color, and excepting for the crimson under the wings and the black-tipped pinion quills, the bird shades from a pale pink to a rosy hue. The commotion from these millions of birds produces a constant sound, a ceaseless hissing and kronking.
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Lake Hannington
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 15-32307, described as 4" x 5" Negative. Flamigoes on Lake Hannington. Hoefler's original description: "Lake Hannington. The word "flamingo" is derived from the word "flame" and was given to this bird on account of its brilliant plumage. The long slender legs and webbed feet are scarlet and purple; the odd-shaped beaks are of the same color, and excepting for the crimson under the wings and the black-tipped pinion quills, the bird shades from a pale pink to a rosy hue. The commotion from these millions of birds produces a constant sound, a ceaseless hissing and kronking.

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