Algeria ALGER - Vue prise du Môle

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Object Details

Creator

Edition L.Y.

Collection Citation

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Picture postcard printed by Edition L.Y.; series 14.

Printed text on recto reads: "14 ALGER - Vue prise du Môle." Translated caption reads: "ALGIERS - View taken from the mole''. In the foreground boats at sea and city's building in the background.

Manuscript on verso reads: "Alger 18 juin 1930 - Bien chère Madame - Me voici à Alger au beau pays de mon enfance où je passe cette année de belles vacances- J'ai revu avec émotion ma ville et tous les merveilleux souvenirs de mon enfance reviennent en force a ma mémoire ravie- Il fait beau un peu chaud peut-être." Translated verso reads: [Alger June 18, 1930 - My dearest Madam - Here I am in Algiers, beautiful country of my childhood where I am spending this year great vacations - I saw with emotion my town and all the wonderful memories of my childhood came back to my delighted memory - It is a little bit hot maybe.]

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo737d63d7d-8e55-425d-b326-a2f47e1588e4

Local Numbers

EEPA AE-06-35

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Place

Africa

Algeria

Topic

Cityscape photography

Provenance

IU: Iowa University; Iowa City, Iowa; Donation; 1995.

Creator

Edition L.Y.

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 2: Algeria (AE)

Extent

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm)

Date

[ca. 1930]

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AE 1995-0006-35

Type

Archival materials

Postcards

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

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

EEPA.1985-014_ref1084

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EEPA.1985-014

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087330-1

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