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 message and address on verso, message reads: "Ma chère ..., Bien arrivée 21 mardi vers 10h soir. Tout va bien et ira bien, j'espère. Je m'installe. je t'écrirai la semaine prochaine. Un peu fatiguée. J'ai écrit à Maman. Enverrons lettre le mois prochain. Et bonne année. Bonjour à Pauline." Translated message reads, "My dear ..., Arrived here Tuesday 21 around 10pm. All is well and will be well I hope. I am settling down. I shall write you next week. A bit tired. I have written to mother. We shall send a letter next month. And happy new year. Greetings to Pauline."

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

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7bdf4a0a6-abe3-4eaa-a8a2-471ceff0efe4

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-14-22

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. 1920

Container

Volume 2 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0839

Type

Archival materials

Postcards

Collection Rights

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Genre/Form

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

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