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Congo Franc̥ais Les bords du Niari à Loudina

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Congo Franc̥ais Les bords du Niari à Loudina
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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].
sova.eepa.1985-014_ref840

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo76315fc03-3ce5-4544-af76-f3d180fbcfc0

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.
EEPA.1985-014_ref840
Large EAD
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo76315fc03-3ce5-4544-af76-f3d180fbcfc0
EEPA.1985-014
EEPA

Record ID

ebl-1536871081657-1536871087778-5

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