Léopoldville Bâteau Kempenaer

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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: "Léopoldville. Bâteau Kempenaer."

Translated postcard caption reads: "Kempenaer boat. Léopoldville."

Printed text on verso reads: "Imp. L. Daneels à Bruxelles."

Items EEPA CG-47-51 and EEPA CG-47-52 are duplicate postcards.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f8714282-9472-4821-af20-a42faec3dff6

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-47-52

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Citation source: Archives staff.

Numbering Peculiarities Note

Verso labeled with former accession number format: A1994-06-092.

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Kinshasa Province -- Kinshasa -- (Léopoldville)

Topic

Transportation

Boats and boating

Provenance

Howard Woody; purchase; FY 1994; EEPA 1994-006

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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

Verso discolored and inkstained.

Date

ca. 1910

Container

Volume 5 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1994-006-0092

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.

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