53 Congo Belge Eléphant
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA CG 2011-001-0801
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Citation source: Archives staff.
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Topic
- Hunting
- 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. 1913
- Container
- Volume 2 CG
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG-13-05
- 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, "Belgian Congo. Elephant."
- Printed text on recto reads: "53 Congo Belge - Belgisch Congo / Eléphant. - Olifant." Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: "Europe pour savoir de quoi il s'agit. J'espère fermement fiche le camp en Bolivie! Enfin nous verrons." Translated message reads, "Europe to know what is all about, I resolutely wish decamp to Bolivia! Well we will see." Postmark on verso, postage stamp printed on verso, postmark date reads: "15 NOVE 1913".
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087625-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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