Object Details
Creator
Anderson & Mayer (Proprietors, Mombasa)
Collection Citation
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Text on recto reads: "Lamu Girls. Mombasa, B. E. Africa. 20 Anderson & Mayer, Proprietors, Mombasa."
Additional text on verso reads: "Union postale universelle. Lichtdruck C. Ledermann Jr., Wien I., Fleischmarkt 12."
Manuscript address and postmarked postage stamp on verso.
Items EEPA KE-20-03 and EEPA KE-20-04 are duplicate postcards.
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Local Numbers
EEPA KE-20-03
General
Image indexed by catalogue number and subjects.
See Also
Kenya, Coast province, Mombasa (-4.05466, 39.66359)
Interactive maps
Place
Africa
Kenya
Kenya -- Coast province -- Mombasa
Topic
Portrait photography -- Africa
Women
Hairstyles -- Africa
Costume -- Africa
Provenance
Julian Dunn, Purchase; FY 1993 EEPA 1993-012
Creator
Anderson & Mayer (Proprietors, Mombasa)
Culture
Manyika (African people)
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 23: Kenya (KE)
Extent
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Date
c. 1920
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA KE 1993-012-014
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.
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Record ID
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