Blind Men Making Tennis Net
Object Details
- Local Note
- Original Constance Stuart Larrabee Number: 10-28
- Creator
- Larrabee, Constance Stuart
- Collection Photographer
- Larrabee, Constance Stuart
- Place
- Africa
- South Africa
- Johannesburg (South Africa)
- Creator
- Larrabee, Constance Stuart
- See more items in
- Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection
- Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 1: Photographs / Photographs / Blind South Africans Working at an Occupational Facility, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 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
- 1948
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1998-006, Item EEPA 1998-061438
- 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
- Blind Men Making A Tennis Net, 1948. One man is standing in front of a large basin with a contraption on the side. There is a dark, sticky dye material in the basin. Another man's hand can be seen pulling the net out of the contraption. Photograph by Constance Stuart Larrabee, 1948.
- This series of photographs depicts blind South Africans working in an occupational facility in Johannesburg. They are making baskets, tennis nets, and caning chairs.
- There are no prints of this negative in the Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection. EEPA produced an 8x10 study print for reference purposes.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1539205658568-1539205663026-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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