Object Details
Creator
Raphael Tuck & Sons
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: "Morocco; The Sok Gate, Mogador."
Printed caption on verso reads: "The Sok Gate, Mogador. The Sôk or Market Gate in Mogador is the entry to a busy and narrow thoroughfare, full of typical figures of Moorish buyers and sellers. Mogador itself is a clean but not very interesting town, with a population largely Jewish. It does an important trade in ostrich feathers, gums, gold, and wax."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "'Wide-Wide-World' Morocco. Series II. / Raphael Tuck& Sons 'OILETTE' [Regd] Postcard No. 7428. / Art publishers to Their Majesties The King and Queen. Printed in England." Publisher's logo on verso and recto. Artist's signature on recto: "L. M. Song."
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Local Numbers
EEPA MR-16-23
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
See Also
Morocco, Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz Region, Essaouira (Mogador) (31.512501, -9.770005)
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Place
Africa
Morocco
Morocco, -- Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz Region, -- Essaouira (Mogador)
Topic
Marketplaces
Street scenes
Provenance
I.U.: Indiana University collection; Donation.
Creator
Raphael Tuck & Sons
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 30: Morocco (MR)
Extent
1 Postcard (halftone., col., 9 x 14 cm.)
Date
circa 1910
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MR 2012-001-0557
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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