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Algeria Fillettes arabes

National Museum of African Art

Object Details

Local Numbers
EEPA AE-20-63
General
Title source: Postcard caption.
Creator
Lehnert & Landrock
Place
Africa
Algeria
Topic
Portraits
Provenance
IU: Iowa University; Iowa City, Iowa; Donation; 1995.
Creator
Lehnert & Landrock
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African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 2: Algeria (AE)
Extent
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Date
[ca. 1915]
Container
Volume 1
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AE 1995-0020-63
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 Lehnert & Landrock; series 240.
Printed text on recto reads: "240 - Fillettes arabes." Translated caption reads: [Arab little girls.] Girls with long cloths wrapped around their waists. One holding a jar in her right hand, necklaces around their necks and large hooped earings.
Manuscript on recto reads: "SAÏDA.28.6.15 - Edmond[?]."
Printed text on verso reads: "Lehnert et Landrock, Phot."
Postmark on verso reads: "1830 / 28 -6 / 15 / ORAN"
Manuscript on verso reads: "Merci pour ta belle carte que j'ai reçu aujourd'hui, et... si j'avais le droit de choisir c'est l'anglaise ou Casque d'Or que je choisirais. Sûrement tu as dů recevoir des nouvelles depuis. Je crois que c'est plutôt toi que ne te décides pas souvent car moi je te réponds jour pour jour. tout à toi. Edmond / Troupes de l'Afrique du Nord." Translated verso reads: [Thank you for your beautiful postcard which I received today, and... if I could choose it will be either the English woman or ''Golden Helmet''. Naturally you should have received some news since. I think it must be you who doesn't decide often to write because for me I am responding day by day. All for you. Edmond. / North Africa troops.] Addressed to: "Madame [script not legible] 47 rue Condorcet - Paris IX - France."
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087356-3
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo779b19054-5ba8-4869-a04b-47f8671ba05d

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