Object Details
Creator
Société des Missions Évangéliques (Paris, France)
Photographer
Rein-Wuhrmann, Anna, 1881-1971
Collection Citation
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Printed text on recto reads: "Cameroun / L'entrée du "Palais royal" à Foumban."
Translated caption reads: "Cameroon / Entrance to the "Royal Palace" in Foumban."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Edit. des Missions Évangéliques, 102 Bd Arago, Paris."
Manuscript on verso reads: "163."
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Local Numbers
EEPA CM-03-01
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
See Also
Cameroon, West, Noun, Foumban (5.728629, 10.90184)
Place
Africa
Cameroon
Cameroon -- West -- Noun -- Foumban
Topic
Works of art in situ
Sculpture
Vernacular architecture -- Africa
Costume -- Africa
Provenance
Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000178360; 20090630 EEPA 2009-010
Creator
Société des Missions Évangéliques (Paris, France)
Photographer
Rein-Wuhrmann, Anna, 1881-1971
See more items in
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 7: Cameroon (CM)
Extent
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Condition
Stains on verso
Date
ca. 1920
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CM 2009-010-011
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
Recto image published in Rein-Wuhrmann, Anna. "Vier Jahre im Grasland von Kamerun," Basel: basler Missionsbuchhandlung, 1917. p. 35.
Genre/Form
Picture postcards
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
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Record ID
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