Object Details
Collection Citation
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Translated caption reads ''French Congo. The banks of the Niari at Loudina''. General overview of the river with oxes in the foreground. Postmarked stamp recto. Verso addressed to ''Mr. P. Le Quement. Ouhamé-Nana. Fort-Sibut. 0.C.T'' Congo Franc̥ais. Photograph by J. Audema.
Ouhamé-Nana was a French concessionary company operating in Kémo province, where Fort-Sibut, a town in Kémo province in the Ubangi-Shari colony, was located. Oubangui-Chari-Tchad (Ubangi-Shari-Chad) [O.C.T.] was a large colony in French Equatorial Africa. Mr. P. Le Quement was a concessionary company agent working for the Ouhamé-Nana first in Batangafo, then in Fort-Sibut [1912-1914].
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Local Numbers
Audema 0043
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Place
Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)
Topic
Landscapes -- natural
Domestic animals
Provenance
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF) / Audema
Extent
1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Date
[ca. 1905]
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA 1985-140006
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.
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Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087778-5