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Assembly of Ashanti Chiefs

African Art Museum

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

Object Details

Creator

Methodist Book Depot Ltd. (Ghana)

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: "Assembly of Ashanti Chiefs."
Item number on recto: "N⁰89."
Printed text on verso reads: "'Let us all strive without failling in faith or in duty.' - The Prime Minister."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Copyright of Methodist Book Depots, Cape Coast, Gold Coast; This is a real photograph; Printed in Great Britain."
Stamp box reads: "1d. Stamp if with only sender's name and address and 5 words conventional greeting; G."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref4583

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo77ef142dc-02e6-43db-919b-84b41346c41b

Local Numbers

EEPA GH-15-07

General

Title source: Postcard caption.

Place

Ghana

Topic

Leaders
Cultural landscapes
Ashanti (Kingdom)

Creator

Methodist Book Depot Ltd. (Ghana)

Culture

Ashanti (African people)

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 20: Ghana (GH)

Extent

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

Date

[ca. 1920]

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA GH 1997-024-0004

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.

Genre/Form

Picture postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref4583
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo77ef142dc-02e6-43db-919b-84b41346c41b
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871088039-2

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