Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30268
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21150030268
Alternate number:
CE-53 (previous number (collector's original number)) and TEMP 2017.166 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
Black and white negative of the rooftops in Kandy. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. Scene taken from a hotel window in Kandy, during a rain storm. It rains a great deal of the time around Kandy, so much so that some sort of vegetation grows in every conceivable place. If you place your shoes in a closet for a week, they will sprout some rare or new plant! It must keep a house-wife busy preventing serious damage to clothing and linen during the wet season.
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Verbatim coll. place:
Island of Ceylon, Kandy
Culture or time period:
Sinhalese
Maker or artist:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collector:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collection date:
1931-1932
Materials:
Cellulose nitrate film
Place depicted:
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives
Function:
7.0 Use not specified (Communication, Records, Currency, and Measures)
Production date:
1931-1932
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
whole— height 4 inches and whole— length 5 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30268, described as Black and white negative of the rooftops in Kandy. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. Scene taken from a hotel window in Kandy, during a rain storm. It rains a great deal of the time around Kandy, so much so that some sort of vegetation grows in every conceivable place. If you place your shoes in a closet for a week, they will sprout some rare or new plant! It must keep a house-wife busy preventing serious damage to clothing and linen during the wet season.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30268, described as Black and white negative of the rooftops in Kandy. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. Scene taken from a hotel window in Kandy, during a rain storm. It rains a great deal of the time around Kandy, so much so that some sort of vegetation grows in every conceivable place. If you place your shoes in a closet for a week, they will sprout some rare or new plant! It must keep a house-wife busy preventing serious damage to clothing and linen during the wet season.

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