75. Congo Belge Elisabethville: Observatoire
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA CG-28-46
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Citation source: Archives staff.
- See Also
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haut-Katanga Province, Lubumbashi, (Elisabethville) (-11.660979, 27.486420)
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- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Haut-Katanga Province -- Lubumbashi -- (Elisabethville)
- Topic
- Cityscape photography
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
- Date
- ca. 1922
- Container
- Volume 4 CG
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1216
- 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
- Printed caption on recto reads: "75. Congo Belge / Belgisch Congo; Elisabethville; Observatoire. / Observatorium." Translated postcard caption reads: "75. Belgian Congo; Elisabethville; Observatory."
- Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: "Ma petite Marcelle, Maman n'a pas le temps d'écrire cette semaine. Elle écrira une longue lettre par le prochain courrier. Mille baisers de Papa." Translated message reads: "My little Marcelle, Mama does not have the time to write this week. She will write a long letter by the next mail. A thousand kisses from Papa. 28/4/22." Postmark on verso, postage stamp printed on verso.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087694-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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