Object Details
Creator
Visser, Robert, 1860-1937
Collection Citation
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Printed caption on recto reads: "Congo. / No. 24. Voyage en hammac."
Translated caption reads: "Congo / No. 24. Traveling in a hammock."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Photographie R. Visser, Déposé."
Manuscript note on recto. Postmark and address on verso.
Items EEPA CF-47-10, EEPA CF-47-11, and EEPA CF-47-12 are duplicate postcards.
Recto image appears in the article: "Robert Visser and his photographs from the Loango Coast," by Katrin Adler and Christine Stelzig, African Arts, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Winter, 2002), p. 40.
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Local Numbers
EEPA CF-47-11
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Citation source: Archives staff.
Place
Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)
Topic
Transportation
Hammocks
Creator
Visser, Robert, 1860-1937
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF)
Extent
1 Postcard (collotype, b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Date
[ca. 1902]
Container
Volume 2 CF
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 1985-140540-01
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.
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Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087814-1