Black and white negative

Museum number:
15-32304
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21150032304
Alternate number:
102 (previous number, Negative number?) and KEN-60 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054 and Acc.4115
Description:
4" x 5" Negative. N'jemps Kidogo people ride on the flatbed of the Colorado African Expedition truck. Two members of the Expedition pose with the truck. Hoefler's original description: "On 'movie location' in remotest Africa. All native Africans love to ride on the white man's "go-fast moto" (motor car), so it is no trick at all to secure plenty of help whenever and wherever needed. This photograph was taken on the flats near Lake Baringo in the Great Rift Valley, and shows the first motor truck to every reach this lake. On the shores of Lake Baringo. The N'jemps Kidogo were very keen on riding in the trucks, so we always had plenty of help in the field.
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
flats near Lake Baringo in the Great Rift Valley
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 15-32304, described as 4" x 5" Negative. N'jemps Kidogo people ride on the flatbed of the Colorado African Expedition truck. Two members of the Expedition pose with the truck. Hoefler's original description: "On 'movie location' in remotest Africa. All native Africans love to ride on the white man's "go-fast moto" (motor car), so it is no trick at all to secure plenty of help whenever and wherever needed. This photograph was taken on the flats near Lake Baringo in the Great Rift Valley, and shows the first motor truck to every reach this lake. On the shores of Lake Baringo. The N'jemps Kidogo were very keen on riding in the trucks, so we always had plenty of help in the field.

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