72. Congo Belge Api: Eléphants trainant un chariot

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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: "72. Congo Belge / Belgisch Congo; Api: Eléphants trainant un chariot / Olifanten, een kar voorttrekkend." Translated postcard caption reads: "72. Belgian Congo; Api: Elephants pulling a wagon."

Manuscript message and address on verso, date reads: "le 8 Mai 1913." Postmarks on verso. Printed postage stamp on verso.

Items EEPA CG-26-17, EEPA CG-26-18 and EEPA CG-26-19 are duplicate postcards.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7f3351bff-35e0-4637-ae16-2cfa4c140581

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-26-17

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Citation source: Archives staff.

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Orientale Province -- Api

Topic

Agriculture

Transportation

Animals

Elephants

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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. 1913

Container

Volume 4 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1157

Type

Archival materials

Postcards

Picture 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

Picture postcards

Collection Restrictions

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

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