Algeria ALGÉRIE - Femme Arabe du Sud
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA AE-20-43
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- Collection Idéale P.S.
- Place
- Africa
- Algeria
- Topic
- Portraits
- Provenance
- IU: Iowa University; Iowa City, Iowa; Donation; 1995.
- 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. 1912]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AE 1995-0020-43
- 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.; series 405.
- Printed text on recto reads: "405. ALGÉRIE - Femme Arabe du Sud." Translated caption reads: [ALGERIA - Arab woman from the South.] Profile of a woman wearing a headband and veil on her head. Large hooped earings.
- Additional printed text on recto reads: "Collection Idéale P.S."
- Manuscript on verso reads: "Oran. 25.2.12- Chère Madame - Que devenez-vous ? Il y a longtemps que je n'ai eu de vos nouvelles, si vous avez un moment écrivez-moi ? Avez-vous reçu vos cadeaux ? Vous n'en avez jamais parlé ? Nous avons un temps splendide pas d'hiver du tout ! Je pense que vous êtes en bonne santé tous - Bons baisers à tous. A vous ttoutes mes amitiés. Alcida." Translated verso reads: [Oran. 02/25/12- Dear Madam - How are you doing ? It has been a long time since I received news from you, if you have a moment please write me ? Did you receive your presents ? You never mentioned them ? We have a splendid weather and no winter at all ! I hope all of you are in a good health. Smacks to everybody. Sincerely yours - Alcida.]
- Condition note: Pencil marks, red ink marks and fingerprint on recto.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087353-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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