Congo Français Morceaux d'elephant
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA CF-13-01
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Brazzaville)
- Topic
- Hunting
- Provenance
- JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 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 CF 1985-140798
- 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
- Pieces of an elephant, French Congo, now the Republic of the Congo; photographer unknown, ca. 1910; publisher unknown. Original caption reads, "Congo Francais. Morceaux d'elephant."
- This picture was taken by Auguste Béchaud ca. 1909-1910 nearby Bangui in the Oubangui River, as recorded by the Museum of Quai Branly in Paris. [Provided by Juan Fandos-Ruis and Didier Carité] [Sources: Bradshaw, Richard and Juan Fandos-Rius, "Béchaud, Augustee (1874-1912)" in Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic, 111. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, New Editions 2016. Carité, Didier, Auguste Béchaud, photographe-soldat en Afrique centrale 1909-1912, 2009.]
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087846-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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