Algeria ALGERIE - Baba Salem
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA AE-04-05
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- Collection Idéale P.S.
- Place
- Africa
- Algeria
- Occupation
- Artists
- Creator
- Collection Idéale P.S.
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 2: Algeria (AE)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm)
- Date
- ca. 1908
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AE 1995-0004-05
- Type
- Archival materials
- Postcards
- 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
- Picture postcard printed by Collection Idéale P.S.
- Translated caption on recto reads: "42. ALGERIA - Baba Salem''. Old man wearing a burnous weaving a wicker-basket.
- Manuscript on verso reads: "Chère Cousine Octavie- Ne sachant pas que vous aviez changé d'adresse, je vous avez envoyé une carte à l'occasion du 1er janvier. Cette carte nous fut retournée et je regrette beaucoup, malgré que ce ne soit pas de ma faute de venir un peu tard,vous offrir ainsi qu'à toute votre famille nos voeux les plus sincères d'une bonne et heureuse année et une parfaite santé, accompagnés de nos meilleures baisers. Recevez Chère Cousine les plus gros baisers de vôtre petite cousine. Anna Bernady. 8-1-08. Adresse: Mme Octavie Bernady Veuve Paour - Rue Alfred Silhôl - N0 9 à Besseges- Gard." Translated manuscript reads: [Dear cousin Octavia - I didn't know that you moved, and for the new year I sent you a postcard. This postcard was sent back to us and I am really sorry, even if I am not responsible, to present you and your family, a little bit late, our most sincere and best wishes and also a great health accompanied with our best kisses. Dear Cousin receive the biggest smacks from your little cousin Anna Bernady. Address: Ms. Octavia Bernardy- Widow Paour- Street Alfred Silhôl - Number 9 - Besseges- Gard].
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087321-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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