3. Boma Fort déclassé de Shinkakasa. Fossé de contrescarpe

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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: "3. Boma - Fort déclassé de Shinkakasa. Fossé de contrescarpe." Translated postcard caption reads: "3. Boma - Decommissioned Fort Shinkakasa. Counterscarp divide."

Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: " Meilleurs souvenrs de Boma, et bonne pensée de nous deux. Lorsque vous irez chez père et mère, Maurice vous donnera deux photos pour vous et pour envoyé à Marguerite. Bonnes Amitiés." Translated message reads: "Best remembrances from Boma, and affectionate thoughts from both of us. When you go to visit Father and Mother, Maurice will give you two photos for you and to send to Marguerite. Yours."

Printed text on verso reads: "Édition F. D. W." Postmarked postage stamps on verso.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo700ac8542-1c45-40d6-9907-3a2b7bc3acbd

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-28-27

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Citation source: Archives staff.

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Bas-Congo Province -- Fort de Shinkakasa

Topic

Cityscape photography

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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. 1910

Container

Volume 4 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1201

Type

Archival materials

Postcards

Collection Rights

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Genre/Form

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

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