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Congo - Mayumbe; Serie II: La vie en prospection Sous la tente à Mansiguini

African Art Museum

Congo - Mayumbe; Serie II: La vie en prospection Sous la tente à Mansiguini
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Object Details

Creator

Rotographie Belge

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: "Congo - Mayumbe; Serie II; La Vie en Prospection. Sous la Tente à Mansiguini." Translated postcard caption reads: "Congo - Mayumbe. Series II; Life while prospecting. Under the tent at Mansiguini."
Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: "Chers Parents, j'ai reçu une carte de Léon, vous ne perdez rien car le temps est exécrable. Je vous attendrai donc jeudi matin gare du Midi. Il n'y a aucun dérangement, j'ai liquidé en prévision de votre arrivée toute mes positions de bourse donc nous sommes libres. Amitiés à Léon." Translated message reads: "Dear Parents, I have received a card from Léon, you are not missing anything and the weather here is awful. So I shall expect you thursday at South Station. No trouble at all. I settled all my stock exchange positions in the expectation of your arrival. We are therefore free, greetings to Léon."
Postmarked postage stamp on verso.
Printed text on verso reads: "Rotographie Belge, Éditeur, Bruxelles-Midi / Collection Charbonneau - Déposée." Logo on verso bears the image of a rooster and the letters: "R.T.B."
Manuscript "X" in ink on verso.
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref3260

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7b62cfefa-faa2-4b27-ac70-53eb843daf3a

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-35-40

General

Title source: Postcard caption.
Citation source: Archives staff.

Place

Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Industry

Creator

Rotographie Belge

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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 2011-001-1330

Type

Archival materials
Postcards
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

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref3260
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7b62cfefa-faa2-4b27-ac70-53eb843daf3a
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087713-5

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