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Tamatave - Marchands Hova et Betsimisaraka

African Art Museum

Tamatave - Marchands Hova et Betsimisaraka
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Object Details

Creator

Bachel, E. (Tamatave)

Collection Citation

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Original caption reads, "Tamatave - Hova Merchants and Betsimisaraka."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "["Bachel" ?], éditeur à Tamatave."
Original hand-written address on verso, "Mademoiselle Denise Tamots. Rue du Minage la Rochelle."
Original hand-written text on recto, "10-12-13. Petiteamie. I believe our ideas are the same and nothing with change mine. Nobody knows that I am writing to you and I believe that nobody will know it. Receive from the bottom of my heart, my most tender aunties, who often also think of you. Always, Paul."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref5696

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75a7747a8-17e3-46d5-b9e3-736821acf41f

Local Numbers

EEPA MG-16-08

Local Note

temp 174

See Also

Madagascar, Toamasina province, Toamasina, (Tamatave) (-18.16667, 49.38333)
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Place

Africa
Madagascar
Madagascar, -- Toamasina province, -- Toamasina -- (Tamatave)

Topic

Marketplaces
Merchants
Costume -- Africa
Men

Creator

Bachel, E. (Tamatave)

Culture

Merina (Malagasy people)
Betsimisaraka (Malagasy people)

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 26: Madagascar (MG)

Extent

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

Date

ca. 1913

Container

Volume 1

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 2012-001-0395

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_ref5696
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75a7747a8-17e3-46d5-b9e3-736821acf41f
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871088177-3

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