Johannesburg Social Welfare, Poor Relief

Local Note
Original Constance Stuart Larrabee Number: 11-92
Creator
Larrabee, Constance Stuart
Collection Photographer
Larrabee, Constance Stuart
Place
Africa
South Africa
Johannesburg (South Africa)
Creator
Larrabee, Constance Stuart
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Sponsor
The cataloging of the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection was supported by a grant from The Smithsonian Women's Committee.
Extent
1 Negatives (photographic) ((silver gelatin)., b&w, 6 x 6 cm.)
1 Photographic print ((dupe print)., b&w, 8 x 10 in.)
Date
1947-48
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-061978
Type
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Photographic prints
Collection Citation
Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection, EEPA 1998-006, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Collection Rights
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form
Photographic prints
Scope and Contents
Johannesburg Social Welfare, Poor Relief, 1947-48. Photographic image of a black South African man standing on the back of a truck handing a basket to a white South African woman. The basket is probably filled with food and other goods for her poor family. Behind her is a house where two children are sitting on the steps. Photograph by Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1948.
There are no prints of this negative in the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection. EEPA produced an 8x10 study print for reference purposes.
Collection Restrictions
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