68 Congo Belge. Les rapides du Congo à sa sortie du Stanley-pool

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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

Translated postcard caption reads, "68 Belgian Congo. Rapids of the Congo at the outskirts of the Stanley-pool."

Printed text on recto reads: "68 Congo Belge Les rapides du Congo à sa sortie du Stanley-pool / Belgisch Congo De snelstroomingen van den Congo, buiten den Stanley-Pool." Postage stamp printed on verso. Manscript date and address on verso, date reads: "le 19-7-19." Postmarks on verso. Last word of printed recto caption, "pool," crossed out and replaced with manuscript text: "ville."

Items EEPA CG-14-20 and EEPA CG-14-22 are duplicate postcards.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ea36beea-efa1-4074-8421-a1f4fe4b4679

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-14-20

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Citation source: Archives staff.

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Kinshasa Province -- Pool Malebo -- (Stanley Pool)

Topic

Landscape -- Photographs

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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. 1919

Container

Volume 2 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0837

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.

Genre/Form

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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