The Local Industry, Mahogany Logs for Shipment Axim, Gold Coast Colony

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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

View of floating logs and a town on the distant shore.

Printed caption on recto reads: "The Local Industry, Mahogany Logs for Shipment, Axim, Gold Coast Colony." Stamp box reads: "Printed in Germany." Item number on verso: "210669."

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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo73a539a56-842e-459f-8455-836addc449ec

Local Numbers

EEPA GH-35-02

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Numbering Peculiarities Note

Verso labelled with former accession number format: A1993-19-20. Additional accession number on verso: EEPA 1985-140339.

Place

Africa

Ghana

Ghana, -- Western Region, -- Axim

Topic

Industry

Provenance

Mrs. Jo Bernick donation; FY 1993 EEPA 1993-019

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African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 20: Ghana (GH)

Extent

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

Date

[ca. 1910]

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA GH 1993-019-0020

Type

Archival materials

Postcards

Picture postcards

Collection Rights

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