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. 18. Femmes au village."
Translated caption reads: "Congo. No.18. Village women."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Photographie R. Visser, Déposé."
Postmarked: "Leopoldville, 28 September 1908;" and "Bruxelles Arrivee, 25 October 1908." Manuscript note on recto, postmarked postage stamp and address on verso.
A duplicate postcard was published in: "Robert Visser and His Photographs from the Loango Coast," Katrin Adler; Christine Stelzig, African Arts, Vol. 35, No. 4. (Winter, 2002), p. 50.
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Local Numbers
EEPA CF-20-02
Place
Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)
Topic
Portrait photography
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. 1906]
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 1985-140745
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-1536871081657-1536871087839-2