Sergent indigène et son domestique

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Object Details

Creator

Holy Ghost Fathers

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: "Sergent indigène et son domestique." Translated postcard caption reads: "Native sergeant and his servant."

Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: "Chevilly, 22 Septembre 1910. Puisque je ne puis vous les envoyer de Kindu, je vous les expédierai des environs de Paris. Ils ne sont pas aussi gentils que les bretons et les portugais, mais après tout, ils sont de chez eux. Je suis bien arrivé à Paris. Je commence à me "réhabituer". Salutations respectueuses."

Translated message reads: "Chevilly, 22-9-1910. Since I am not able to send you those postcards from Kindu, I will do so from Paris. They are not quite as nice as the brits or the portugueses but, still, they were born here. Well arrived in paris. I am slowly getting accustomed again. Greetings."

Postmarked postage stamp on verso.

Printed text on verso reads: "Cette carte-vue se vend au profit de la Mission des Pères du St.-Esprit à Kindu, Congo-belge."

Items EEPA CG-38-18 and EEPA CF-20-42 are duplicate postcards.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7b3663ae7-4e3c-419e-81d8-cdd1f8ca817f

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-38-18

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Citation source: Archives staff.

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Military -- Africa

Costume

Creator

Holy Ghost Fathers

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)

Extent

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

Date

ca. 1910

Container

Volume 4 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1985-140725-02

Type

Archival materials

Postcards

Collection Rights

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Genre/Form

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

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Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7b3663ae7-4e3c-419e-81d8-cdd1f8ca817f

EEPA.1985-014

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087557-1

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