Object Details
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
Printed caption on recto reads: "Souvenir du Congo; Sur les bords du Congo." Translated caption reads: "Souvenir of the Congo; On the banks of the Congo"
Manuscript message on recto, message reads: "Matadi, le 16 Septembre 1900. Chère Madame Orval, Par la présente je viens vous faire spécialement biens mes compliments ainsi qu'à ... Guillaume, Jacques et leurs petites familles, et vous prie de bien vouloir à l'occasion déposer pour moi quelques fleurs à la tombe de mon frère. Merci." Translated message reads: "Matadi, September 16 1900. Dear Mrs Orval, with the present postcard I come to pay you specially all my compliments as well as to .... Guillaume, Jacques and their little families, and beg you when the opportunity arrives to drop for me a few flowers on the tomb of my brother. Thank you."
Manuscript address on verso. Postmarks on verso.
Additonal printed text on recto reads: "Ed. Nels, Serie 14 No. 6."
Items EEPA CG-24-05 and EEPA CG-24-06 bear variations of same recto image.
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Local Numbers
EEPA CG-24-06
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Citation source: Archives staff.
Place
Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Topic
Transportation
Boats and boating
Creator
Nells (Brussels)
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
Extent
1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Date
ca. 1900
Container
Volume 3 CG
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1114
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_ref3045
Large EAD
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EEPA.1985-014
EEPA
Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087677-3