Algeria ALGER - La Médersa, Ecole Supérieure Arabe
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA AE-06-11
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- Compagnie Alsacienne des arts Photomécaniques
- Place
- Africa
- Algeria
- Topic
- Cityscape photography
- Provenance
- IU: Iowa University; Iowa City, Iowa; Donation; 1995.
- Creator
- Compagnie Alsacienne des arts Photomécaniques
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 2: Algeria (AE)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (photograph., b&w, 9 x 14 cm)
- Date
- [ca. 1905]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AE 1995-0006-11
- 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 Compagnie Alsacienne des arts Photomécaniques, Collection Idéale PS Alger; series 62.
- Printed text on recto reads: "ALGER - La Médersa, Ecole Supérieure Arabe." Translated caption reads: "ALGIERS - The Médersa, Superior School of Arabic''. Postmarked stamp on recto, postmark not readable. People walking on the pavements of the street, school in the background.
- Manusript on verso reads: ''4/11/31. R.C.C.P.21321.'' Addressed to: ''M. Gabriça- Abrantès- Portugal."
- Additional printed text on verso reads: "Collection Idéale P.S. Alger." Publisher's logo: "C.A.P." on recto.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087323-3
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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