Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30247
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
CE-26 (previous number (collector's original number)) and TEMP 2017.145 (temporary number)
Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
4 X 5" Black and white negative of a person riding an elephant. The elephant carries a giant log. Island of Ceylon. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. The elephants in Ceylon are wise and lovable beasts. They work on the plantations and willingly perform any labor given them by their owners. This one was transporting logs for some building operations and patiently jogged along the road in the rain with his heavy burden, recalling the parable of the busy ant that "by dint of labor and by making many journeys, builded a great edifice." (Prints Supplied To: Vacuum-Oil Company, Hills Brothers.)
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Sri Lanka (Ceylon)
Verbatim coll. place:
Island of Ceylon
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 15-30247, described as 4 X 5" Black and white negative of a person riding an elephant. The elephant carries a giant log. Island of Ceylon. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. The elephants in Ceylon are wise and lovable beasts. They work on the plantations and willingly perform any labor given them by their owners. This one was transporting logs for some building operations and patiently jogged along the road in the rain with his heavy burden, recalling the parable of the busy ant that "by dint of labor and by making many journeys, builded a great edifice." (Prints Supplied To: Vacuum-Oil Company, Hills Brothers.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30247, described as 4 X 5" Black and white negative of a person riding an elephant. The elephant carries a giant log. Island of Ceylon. Hoefler's original description: "Island of Ceylon. The elephants in Ceylon are wise and lovable beasts. They work on the plantations and willingly perform any labor given them by their owners. This one was transporting logs for some building operations and patiently jogged along the road in the rain with his heavy burden, recalling the parable of the busy ant that "by dint of labor and by making many journeys, builded a great edifice." (Prints Supplied To: Vacuum-Oil Company, Hills Brothers.)

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