75. Congo Belge Elisabethville: Observatoire

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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: "75. Congo Belge / Belgisch Congo; Elisabethville; Observatoire. / Observatorium." Translated postcard caption reads: "75. Belgian Congo; Elisabethville; Observatory."

Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: "Ma petite Marcelle, Maman n'a pas le temps d'écrire cette semaine. Elle écrira une longue lettre par le prochain courrier. Mille baisers de Papa." Translated message reads: "My little Marcelle, Mama does not have the time to write this week. She will write a long letter by the next mail. A thousand kisses from Papa. 28/4/22." Postmark on verso, postage stamp printed on verso.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo73f7513f4-0239-4c6a-b367-532b59f98506

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-28-46

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Citation source: Archives staff.

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Haut-Katanga Province -- Lubumbashi -- (Elisabethville)

Topic

Cityscape photography

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)

Extent

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

Date

ca. 1922

Container

Volume 4 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1216

Type

Archival materials

Postcards

Collection Rights

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Genre/Form

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

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