Cameroun Petite fille de Foumban - Helena

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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 text on recto reads: "Cameroun / Petite fille de Foumban - Helena."

Translated caption reads: "Cameroon / Little girl from Foumban - Helena."

Manuscript message and address on verso, date reads: "21 Sept 1924."

Photograph possibly taken by Anna Rein-Wuhrmann.

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e3d6853a-0248-4b0f-962e-e0e434c9846d

Local Numbers

EEPA CM-20-05

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Place

Africa

Cameroon

Cameroon -- West -- Noun -- Foumban

Topic

Portrait photography -- Africa

Hairstyles -- Africa

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 7: Cameroon (CM)

Extent

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

Date

ca. 1924

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CM 2011-001-0373

Type

Archival materials

Postcards

Picture postcards

Collection Rights

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Genre/Form

Picture postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

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