Une famille des environs de N'gali ( Bangalas)
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA CG-07-27
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Citation source: Archives staff.
- Creator
- De Valkeneer, Dr.
- See Also
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bandundu Province, Ngali (-2.448862, 19.333363)
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- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Bandundu Province -- Ngali
- Topic
- Cultural landscapes
- Households -- Africa
- Creator
- De Valkeneer, Dr.
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
- Date
- ca. 1914
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0687
- 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
- Translated postcard caption reads, "A family in the neighborhood of N'gali." Additional printed text on recto reads: "Reproduction interdite / Cl. Dr De Valkeneer."
- Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: "Ma chère Maman, Ton complet n'est pas encore arrivé,fais une réclamation chez Van Geud. Elvyre croit, d'après mes explications, qu'elle a vu l'aspirateur chez L... Je vais y aller et me le faire montrer. Pas d'autres nouvelles, je vous embrasse tous trois. Paulette." Translated mesage reads, "My dear mother, your suit has not arrived yet, make a complaint to Van Geud. Elvyre believes, based on my explanations, that she has seen the vaccuum cleaner at L... No other news, I kiss all three of you. Paulette." Postmarks on verso, date reads: "...1914."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087606-3
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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