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Mission des Filles de la Charité à Nsona-Mbata La leçon de couture

African Art Museum

Mission des Filles de la Charité à Nsona-Mbata La leçon de couture
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Object Details

Creator

Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
Thill, Ernest (Brussels)
Nells (Brussels)

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 verso reads: "Mission des Filles de la Charité à Nsona-Mbata / Missie van de Dochters der Liefde te Nsona-Mbata. / La leçon de couture. / Aan het naaimachien."
Translated caption reads: "Mission of the Sisters of Charity of Nsona Mbata / The sewing lesson."
Publisher's logo on verso: "Nels." Additional printed text on verso reads: "Ern. Thill, Bruxelles."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref3370

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo795329f4d-ca8c-4155-b512-96b8d48d9a73

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-40-29

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

See Also

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bas-Congo Province, Sona-Bata, (Nsona Mbata) (-4.90056, 15.15917)
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Place

Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Bas-Congo Province -- Sona-Bata -- (Nsona Mbata)

Topic

Missions
Education

Creator

Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul
Thill, Ernest (Brussels)
Nells (Brussels)

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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 5 CG

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1440

Type

Archival materials
Postcards
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.

Bibliography

Geary, Christraud, M. "In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa, 1885-1960," London: Philip Wilson Publishers, 2002, p. 36.

Genre/Form

Picture postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref3370
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo795329f4d-ca8c-4155-b512-96b8d48d9a73
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087732-3

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