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Algeria ALGER - Notre Dame d'Afrique

National Museum of African Art

Object Details

Local Numbers
EEPA AE-06-32
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Creator
Combier Imprimeur Mâcon
Place
Africa
Algeria
Topic
Cityscape photography
Provenance
IU: Iowa University; Iowa City, Iowa; Donation; 1995.
Creator
Combier Imprimeur Mâcon
See more items in
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 2: Algeria (AE)
Extent
1 Postcard (collotype., col., 9 x 14 cm)
Date
[ca. 1939]
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AE 1995-0006-32
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 Combier Imprimeur Mâcon.
Printed text on verso reads: "ALGER - Notre Dame d'Afrique." Translated caption reads: "ALGIERS - Our Lady of Africa''. Additional printed text on recto reads: "Combier Imp. Macon." View of fields and in the background church on top of a hill. Postmarked stamps on verso not readable.
Manuscript on verso reads: "9/8/39. Chère Madame - Nous voici à Alger qui a dépassé notre attente - Une situation exceptionnelle, une grande ville moderne avec des quartiers d'une couleur locale insurpassable ! Avec cela une température délicieuse, sans chaleur excessive - Nous avons fait jusqu'ici un excellent voyage et je souhaite que votre cure de repos s'annonce tout aussi bien. Mes meilleures souvenirs a Mme et M. ? et un bon baiser pour vous chère Madame. [Signature non lisible]." Address: "Mme Casimir Cormak- non lisible - Sintra- Portugal." Translated verso reads: [9/8/39. Dear Madam - Here we are now in Algiers which surprises us in a great way - An exceptional location, a large modern city with typical quarters of an unsurpassable color ! And last but not least a delicious temperature without excessive heat - We had an excellent journey and I hope that your treatment will be as great as this. My best regards to Mrs. and Mr. (not readable)- smacks to you dear Madam- Signature not readable. Addressed to Mrs. Casimir Cormak- not readable- Sintra- Portugal.]
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087329-2
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo72555e650-4b50-4efc-b6e7-199b623269bc

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