A Section Leader, Senegal Railway to Niger
Object Details
- General
- Image indexed by negative number.
- Place
- Africa
- Senegal
- Topic
- Transportation
- Provenance
- JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
- See more items in
- 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 1985-147110
- Type
- Archival materials
- Postcards
- Collection Citation
- African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- 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
- Scope and Contents
- Postcard image of a European man sitting on a railway hand-cart with African men working to move the cart. Text on front reads: "Un chef de Section, Chemin de fer du Senegal au Niger." On front: "Serie N.1 - Robert Schleber, Kayes." Stamp and postmark on front. Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; La Correspondance au recto n'est pas acceptee par tous les pays etrangers. (Se renseigner a la Poste.); Correspondance; Adresse." Handwritten message and address on verso. Two postmarks on verso.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088388-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0