Algeria ORAN - Vue générale prise de Santa-Cruz
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA AE-06-49
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- Lévy Fils et Cie.
- Place
- Africa
- Algeria
- Topic
- Cityscape photography
- Provenance
- IU: Iowa University; Iowa City, Iowa; Donation; 1995.
- Creator
- Lévy Fils et Cie.
- 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. 1909]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AE 1995-0006-49
- 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 LL; series 27.
- Printed text on recto reads: "27 ORAN. - Vue générale prise de Santa-Cruz. - LL." Translated caption reads: [ORAN - General overview taken from Santa-Cruz.] Illegible postmark on recto. Aerial view of city and waterfront.
- Postmark on verso reads: ''SIDI-BEL-ABBES 09''. Manuscript on verso reads: "Mon cher Monsieur - C'est avec plaisir que j'ai reçu vos deux jolies cartes. Cette fois-ci, vous recevrez ces deux cartes vues du port d'Oran et prochainement, des vues de bâteaux, qui composent la défense mobile de cette ville - Je vous assure que vous trouverez en moi un correspondant sérieux. Ne pourriez-vous pas m'envoyer les vue de la principale rue et place de Lisbonne - Merci d'avance- Dans l'attente, recevez, Monsieur, mes salutations empressées- Si vous voulez échanger cartes coloriées et plusieurs à la fois, faites le moi savoir." Translated verso reads: [Dear Sir - I received with pleasure the two beautiful postcards that you sent. This time, you will receive these two postcards with a view from Oran's harbor and soon postcards with vessels which composed the mobile defense of this city- I can assure you that you will find in me a serious pen-pal - Thanks in advance- Sincerely - If you want to exchange colored postcards and many of them let me know about it.] Addressed to: "Mr. Pedro Loureiro rue des Janedas Verves 88- Lisboa- Portugal."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087334-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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