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Game of Chess

African Art Museum

Game of Chess
There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .

Object Details

Creator

Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
W.H. Smith & Son

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: "Game of Chess."
Printed text on verso reads: "Printed by W.H. Smith & Son, The Arden Press / For the Belgian Catholic Mission of Scheut. / 63 Stamford Hill, London. N. 16."
Postmarked postage stamp on verso. Manuscript message and address on verso.
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref3435

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7c4bc11f8-fb4c-4268-b93b-9976f4d0eac9

Local Numbers

EEPA CG-44-02

General

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

Place

Africa
Congo (Democratic Republic)

Topic

Recreation
Missions

Creator

Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
W.H. Smith & Son

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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 2011-001-1505

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.

Bibliography

Carlson, Amanda, ed. "Field's Edge: Agency, Body and African Lens," Florida: Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, 2002.

Genre/Form

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref3435
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7c4bc11f8-fb4c-4268-b93b-9976f4d0eac9
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087744-0

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