26. Matadi Aspect du port à l'arrivée d'un vapeur

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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 caption on recto reads: "26. Matadi; Aspect du port à l'arrivée d'un vapeur." Translated postcard caption reads: "26. Matadi. View of the port on the arrival of a steamer."

Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: "Matadi, Belgian Congo. Oct. 20, 1919. Howdy, this looks like some port, but it is just like all the rest of them. It is really the best one we have stayed at since Dakar."

Postcard likely part of series created by "J. I. P.," corner which could have borne the photographer/publisher's mark is missing.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo79198db6e-522c-475d-83d8-53ab6a02d5fd

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-47-50

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Citation source: Archives staff.

Numbering Peculiarities Note

Verso labeled with former accession number format: A1993-19-11.

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Bas-Congo Province -- Matadi

Topic

Transportation

Provenance

Mrs. Jo Bernick donation; FY 1993 EEPA 1993-019

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African Postcard Collection

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

Extent

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

Condition

Lower left corner torn.

Date

ca. 1919

Container

Volume 5 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1993-019-0011

Type

Archival materials

Postcards

Collection Rights

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