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Sénégal Un vieux serviteur de la France

African Art Museum

Object Details

Collection Citation

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

Scope and Contents

Text on front reads: "Sénégal. - Un vieux serviteur de la France. Moumar Sall, interprète, mort en 1907 à 92 ans."
Translated postcard caption reads, "Senegal. - Old man at the service of France. Moumar Sall, interpreter, past away in 1907. He was 92 years old."
Additional handwritten text on verso reads, "Bien inquiet et surpris de ne pas avoir de vos nouvelles depuis une infinite de temps! Qu'y a-t-il? Seriez-vous gravement malade? Bien affectueusement a tous."
Translated handwritten text on verso reads, "Quite worried and surprised not to have news from you for an infinity of time. What's wrong? Could you be gravely ill? Very affectionately."
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref7915

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75737061d-9e43-423c-8703-f7264db3e6b2

General

Image indexed by negative number.

Place

Africa
Senegal

Topic

Portraits

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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)

Extent

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

Date

[19--]

Archival Repository

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

Identifier

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SG-20-26

Type

Archival materials
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

Postcards

Collection Restrictions

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
EEPA.1985-014_ref7915
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75737061d-9e43-423c-8703-f7264db3e6b2
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871088408-3

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