Details
In a profile photograph, an unidentified man sits on the neck of an elephant and rides as another unidentified man, called a mahout (trainer, keeper), stands under the elephants head holding a goad and looking back over his shoulder at the camera, at a ferry crossing in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. A very large chain is around the elephant's neck. Palm trees and a house can be seen across the body of water. A stack of logs is in front of the elephant. Embossed in the lower left -hand corner, "Apothecaries Co Ltd, Photographers, Colombo, Ceylon."
Date Published
1894 to 1900
Notes
No date; likely late 1890s
Handwritten on back in blue ink, "Eliphant at Farry."
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri—Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Extent Of Original
1 photograph : black and white print ; 21 x 28 cm
Member of
Source File
umkc_lsc_loose_photo-054.tif
Physical Location
LaBudde Special Collections
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