Black villagers collect wood for steamboats, Belgian Congo

32. Congo Belge Noirs réunissant du bois pour le chauffage des vapeurs

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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

Printed caption on recto reads: "32. Congo Belge; Noirs réunissant du bois pour le chauffage des vapeurs. / Belgisch Congo; Negers die brandhout inzamelen voor de stoombooten." Translated postcard caption reads: "32. Belgian Congo. Blacks collecting wood for steamboats."

Manuscript date and address on verso, date reads: "le 31 Mai 1919." Postmarks on verso. Printed postage stamp on verso.

Items EEPA CG-26-03, EEPA CG-26-04 and EEPA CG-35-59 are duplicate postcards.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo77917a094-5fca-4c5f-a013-84f1e79e6289

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-26-03

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Citation source: Archives staff.

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Agriculture

Transportation

Steamboats

Boats and boating

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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 4 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1145

Type

Archival materials

Postcards

Picture postcards

Revision Statement

Revision date: 2023 April 21. The title of this record was edited as part of ongoing revision of racist, outdated, and/or harmful descriptive language in cataloging. Previous versions of this catalog record may be available. This catalog record contains original descriptive language for materials that may contain racist, outdated, and/or harmful language. The use of this description is not an endorsement of the language it contains. Original descriptive language has been retained to promote searchability and discoverability of the collections.

Collection Rights

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Genre/Form

Picture postcards

Collection Restrictions

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Large EAD

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo77917a094-5fca-4c5f-a013-84f1e79e6289

EEPA.1985-014

EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087682-4

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