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Congo Chute du Lumbula dans le Louloua

African Art Museum

Congo Chute du Lumbula dans le Louloua
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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.
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref2765

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo734c0fb90-f69b-4fe3-84d4-7b7437a0e9c9

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)
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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.
EEPA.1985-014_ref2765
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo734c0fb90-f69b-4fe3-84d4-7b7437a0e9c9
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087630-0

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