Kimberley Miner With Tram

Object Details

Place: Africa; DeBeers Diamond Mines; South Africa; Kimberley (South Africa)

See more items in: Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection; Constance Stuart Larrabee Collection / Series 1: Photographs / Photographs / Kimberley Diamond Mines, Kimberley, 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 ((contact print)., b&w, 6 x 6 cm.); 1 Photographic print ((dupe print)., b&w, 8 x 10 in.)

Archival Repository: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

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.

Scope and Contents: Kimberley Miner With Trams, 1948. Photographic image of a man standing behind a tram used to haul the hard rock that is transported to the factory. This miner is wearing a woven hat. The following caption is found in Stuart's notes relating to this image: "Bins roll incessantly all day with their thousands of tons of 'blue ground' en route to the sorting and crushing plant. The ground goes through many sorting, crushing, washing processes before it finds its way to the vibrating tables coated with grease to which the diamonds will adhere while the balance of the material will pass on to the waste dump." 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.

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