Object Details
Photographer
Demeuse, M.
Creator
Nells (Brussels)
Collection Citation
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Translated postcard caption reads, "Congo. Falls of Lumbula in the Louloua."
Printed text on verso reads: "Ed. Nels, Bruxelles, Serie 14, No. 52." Publisher's logo on recto and verso: "Nels."
Recto image possibly created by photographer M. Demeuse, as published in "Le Congo Illustré: Voyages et travaux des Belges dans l'état indépendant du Congo," Bruxelles: Weissenbroch, v. 1, 1892, p. 146. Location identified as the Loumboula waterfall near the trading post of the Upper Congo Society (la Société du Haut-Congo) at Luebo.
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Local Numbers
EEPA CG-14-14
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Citation source: Archives staff.
See Also
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasaï-Occidental Province, Lulua river (-5.334037, 21.418533)
Interactive maps
Place
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Kasaï-Occidental Province -- Lulua river
Topic
Landscape -- Photographs
Photographer
Demeuse, M.
Creator
Nells (Brussels)
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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.)
Date
ca. 1892
Container
Volume 2 CG
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0831
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.
Genre/Form
Postcards
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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EEPA
Record ID
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