8 x 10" Black and white negative of Camp Sultanpur - Hoefler Expedition with their camera equipment amidst a crowd. Hoefler's original description: "Bhopal State, Central India. Near Camp Sultanpur. This Central Indian State is noted for its tiger hunting, and here the Hoefler Asiatic Expedition went as invited guests of His Highness The Nawab of Bhopal. Many tigers were successfully photographed due to the highly organized system by which His Highness conducted the tiger beats, After these tiger hunts there were dances by the villagers, celebrating the killing of the tigers, and the photograph shows the camera crew preparing to film the orchestra at one of these tiger dances." Verso: Prints Supplied To: Socony-Vacuum Corporation. Publicity Department.
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Bhopal district, Madhya Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
Bhopal State, Central India
Maker or artist:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collector:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collection date:
1931-1932
Materials:
Cellulose nitrate film
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives
Production date:
1931-1932
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
whole— length 10 inches and whole— height 8 inches