Croquemitaine s'amuse le 14 Juilliet à Loango

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Object Details

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

Printed text on recto reads: "Croquemitaine s'amuse le 14 Juillet à Loango."

Translated caption reads: "Mischievous spirit amuses himself on July 14 [Bastille Day] in Loango."

Postmarked postage stamps on recto. Manuscript message and address on verso.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo743485074-7484-458d-8ebb-72fb5a8a7801

Local Numbers

EEPA CF-17-03

Place

Africa

Congo (Brazzaville)

Congo, Republic of the, -- Kouilou Region -- Loango

Topic

Masquerades

Provenance

JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.

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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. 1928]

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CF 1985-140802

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.

Bibliography

Geary, Christraud, M. "In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa, 1885-1960," London: Philip Wilson Publishers, 2002, p. 37.

Genre/Form

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

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

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