Black and white negative

Museum number:
15-32230
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Alternate number:
TAN-159 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054 and Acc.4115
Description:
4" x 5" Negative. Expedition party posing with tied up cheetah. Hoefler's original description: "Captured cheetah. The cheetah or hunting leopard of India, is the fastest of all animals for a short distance, but any horse or motor car can easily ride him down as he cannot long keep up the pace. We intended to keep this animal as a pet, but after capturing him we found that he was a bit too old to become very tame in the time we had to train him, so let him go without any harm to himself. Found this cheetah in an exhausted condition and had him roped to carry with us, but afterwards gave him some water and meat, then turned him loose again.
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Tanzania
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 15-32230, described as 4" x 5" Negative. Expedition party posing with tied up cheetah. Hoefler's original description: "Captured cheetah. The cheetah or hunting leopard of India, is the fastest of all animals for a short distance, but any horse or motor car can easily ride him down as he cannot long keep up the pace. We intended to keep this animal as a pet, but after capturing him we found that he was a bit too old to become very tame in the time we had to train him, so let him go without any harm to himself. Found this cheetah in an exhausted condition and had him roped to carry with us, but afterwards gave him some water and meat, then turned him loose again.

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