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Algeria Fillettes arabes

African Art Museum

Algeria Fillettes arabes
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Object Details

Creator

Lehnert & Landrock

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 Lehnert & Landrock; series 240.
Printed text on recto reads: "240 - Fillettes arabes." Translated caption reads: [Arab little girls.] Girls with long cloths wrapped around their waists. One holding a jar in her right hand, necklaces around their necks and large hooped earings.
Manuscript on recto reads: "SAÏDA.28.6.15 - Edmond[?]."
Printed text on verso reads: "Lehnert et Landrock, Phot."
Postmark on verso reads: "1830 / 28 -6 / 15 / ORAN"
Manuscript on verso reads: "Merci pour ta belle carte que j'ai reçu aujourd'hui, et... si j'avais le droit de choisir c'est l'anglaise ou Casque d'Or que je choisirais. Sûrement tu as dů recevoir des nouvelles depuis. Je crois que c'est plutôt toi que ne te décides pas souvent car moi je te réponds jour pour jour. tout à toi. Edmond / Troupes de l'Afrique du Nord." Translated verso reads: [Thank you for your beautiful postcard which I received today, and... if I could choose it will be either the English woman or ''Golden Helmet''. Naturally you should have received some news since. I think it must be you who doesn't decide often to write because for me I am responding day by day. All for you. Edmond. / North Africa troops.] Addressed to: "Madame [script not legible] 47 rue Condorcet - Paris IX - France."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref1200

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo779b19054-5ba8-4869-a04b-47f8671ba05d

Local Numbers

EEPA AE-20-63

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Place

Africa
Algeria

Topic

Portraits

Provenance

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

Creator

Lehnert & Landrock

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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. 1915]

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AE 1995-0020-63

Type

Archival materials
Postcards
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_ref1200
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo779b19054-5ba8-4869-a04b-47f8671ba05d
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087356-3

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