Object Details
Creator
Gautron (Dakar, Senegal)
Collection Citation
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Postcard image of two women carrying infants in woven back-carriers and another person in the background. Printed text on recto reads: "267 Afrique Occidentale -Femmes Bobo." Translated caption reads: [West Africa, Bobo Women]. Additional printed text on recto reads: "Collection Gautron, Dakar."
Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Correspondance; Adresse." Manuscript message and address on verso. Partial postmark on verso. Logo on verso: trefoil cross bearing the letters "F.A.C."
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Local Numbers
EEPA UV-20-11
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Place
Africa
Burkina Faso
Topic
Portrait photography -- Africa
Women
Creator
Gautron (Dakar, Senegal)
Culture
Bobo (African people)
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African Postcard Collection / Series 5: Burkina Faso (UV)
Extent
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
Condition
Residual postage stamp adhesive on verso.
Date
[ca. 1920]
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA UV 1985-146011
Type
Archival materials
Postcards
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-1536871081657-1536871087483-4