3. Kinshasa La Poste

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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. Kinshasa - La Poste." Translated postcard caption reads: "3. Kinshasa - The Post Office."

Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: "We are now permanently in England. Address "Chez Nous", Carlaw Rond, Prenton Cheshire. Dear Mary and Frans, We have just packed up and are returning to England permanently. We have bought a nice house and should be very happy. We hope you are fit and well and the children are happy. Our great friends the Bovettes are now permanently in Rotterdam and we are sure you will like them, they are so charming. If Frans can help them to find a house. I am sure they will be exceedingly grateful. Regards to you all and send our regards to ...."

Postmarks on verso. Postage stamp removed.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo78383d8a6-f6b0-4e7e-bb41-8f2831b3fe78

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-28-58

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Citation source: Archives staff.

Place

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Kinshasa Province -- Kinshasa

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. 1949

Container

Volume 4 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1228

Type

Archival materials

Postcards

Collection Rights

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Genre/Form

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

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