Black and white negative

Museum number:
15-32325
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Alternate number:
TAN-51 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054 and Acc.4115
Description:
4" x 5" Negative. Three lions on the plains. Walk towards the left to a water hole. Hoefler's original description: "Three lions roaming plains. Shooting the prowlers of the plains with a camera is much more difficult than doing so with a gun and brings the cameraman into much closer contact. It is a continual battle of wits between man and beast. Three lions on route to the water hole.
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 15-32325, described as 4" x 5" Negative. Three lions on the plains. Walk towards the left to a water hole. Hoefler's original description: "Three lions roaming plains. Shooting the prowlers of the plains with a camera is much more difficult than doing so with a gun and brings the cameraman into much closer contact. It is a continual battle of wits between man and beast. Three lions on route to the water hole.

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