Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30708
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
UD-52 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
4 x 5" Negative. Udaipur, Rajputana, India. Landscape, positioned between Chitorgarh and Udaipur, depicting flora and fauna. Hoefler's original description: "Udaipur, Rajputana, India. A typical landscape in the country between Chitorgarh and Udaipur. There are no roads across this district and the Hoefler Asiatic Expedition experienced great difficulties in reaching the capital of Udaipur, their only guide through a semi-desert country being the wheel tracks of ox carts.
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Udaipur District, Rajasthan, India
Verbatim coll. place:
Udaipur, Rajputana, India.
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:
4 inches and 5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 4 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30708, described as 4 x 5" Negative. Udaipur, Rajputana, India. Landscape, positioned between Chitorgarh and Udaipur, depicting flora and fauna. Hoefler's original description: "Udaipur, Rajputana, India. A typical landscape in the country between Chitorgarh and Udaipur. There are no roads across this district and the Hoefler Asiatic Expedition experienced great difficulties in reaching the capital of Udaipur, their only guide through a semi-desert country being the wheel tracks of ox carts.Hearst Museum object 2 of 4 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30708, described as 4 x 5" Negative. Udaipur, Rajputana, India. Landscape, positioned between Chitorgarh and Udaipur, depicting flora and fauna. Hoefler's original description: "Udaipur, Rajputana, India. A typical landscape in the country between Chitorgarh and Udaipur. There are no roads across this district and the Hoefler Asiatic Expedition experienced great difficulties in reaching the capital of Udaipur, their only guide through a semi-desert country being the wheel tracks of ox carts.Hearst Museum object 3 of 4 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30708, described as 4 x 5" Negative. Udaipur, Rajputana, India. Landscape, positioned between Chitorgarh and Udaipur, depicting flora and fauna. Hoefler's original description: "Udaipur, Rajputana, India. A typical landscape in the country between Chitorgarh and Udaipur. There are no roads across this district and the Hoefler Asiatic Expedition experienced great difficulties in reaching the capital of Udaipur, their only guide through a semi-desert country being the wheel tracks of ox carts.Hearst Museum object 4 of 4 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30708, described as 4 x 5" Negative. Udaipur, Rajputana, India. Landscape, positioned between Chitorgarh and Udaipur, depicting flora and fauna. Hoefler's original description: "Udaipur, Rajputana, India. A typical landscape in the country between Chitorgarh and Udaipur. There are no roads across this district and the Hoefler Asiatic Expedition experienced great difficulties in reaching the capital of Udaipur, their only guide through a semi-desert country being the wheel tracks of ox carts.

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