Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30482
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
BHO-2 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
8 x 10" Black and white negative of Dewatya, a tiger camp, in Bhopal State. Hoefler's original description: "Bhopal State, Central India. The Tiger Camp called Dewatya. His Highness The Nawab of Bhopal believes in efficiency and comfort. This Camp was established in the tiger jungles in order that the Hoefler party might properly film the big striped cats of India, and to this Camp were invited many distinguished guests, including Lady Sykes, wife of the Governor of Bombay Presidency. Many delightful days were spent in this place and several tigers fell to the guns of the hunters, all of them affording material for the pictures, just prior to or after their demise.
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
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30482, described as 8 x 10" Black and white negative of Dewatya, a tiger camp, in Bhopal State. Hoefler's original description: "Bhopal State, Central India. The Tiger Camp called Dewatya. His Highness The Nawab of Bhopal believes in efficiency and comfort. This Camp was established in the tiger jungles in order that the Hoefler party might properly film the big striped cats of India, and to this Camp were invited many distinguished guests, including Lady Sykes, wife of the Governor of Bombay Presidency. Many delightful days were spent in this place and several tigers fell to the guns of the hunters, all of them affording material for the pictures, just prior to or after their demise.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30482, described as 8 x 10" Black and white negative of Dewatya, a tiger camp, in Bhopal State. Hoefler's original description: "Bhopal State, Central India. The Tiger Camp called Dewatya. His Highness The Nawab of Bhopal believes in efficiency and comfort. This Camp was established in the tiger jungles in order that the Hoefler party might properly film the big striped cats of India, and to this Camp were invited many distinguished guests, including Lady Sykes, wife of the Governor of Bombay Presidency. Many delightful days were spent in this place and several tigers fell to the guns of the hunters, all of them affording material for the pictures, just prior to or after their demise.

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