Object Details
Photographer
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
Caravan Selling Ivory in the French Congo (now the Republic of the Congo). Photographed by Robert Visser, 1882-1894. Publisher unknown, ca. 1900. Original caption reads, "Caravane d'Ivoire à vendre."
Manuscript messge on recto, postmarked postage stamp and manuscript address on verso.
Items EEPA CF-16-06 and EEPA CF-16-08 are duplicate postcards.
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Local Numbers
EEPA CF-16-06
Place
Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)
Topic
Marketplaces
Ivory
Photographer
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. 1912]
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 1985-140792
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.
Bibliography
Geary, Christraud, M. "In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa, 1885-1960," London: Philip Wilson Publishers, 2002, p. 27.
Edward, Owen. "Spirals of history," Smithsonian, Vol. 39, No. 1 (April 2008), p. 38.
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-1536871081657-1536871087845-2