Algeria ALGER - Notre Dame d'Afrique
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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087329-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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