Boma Travailleurs à la Carrière
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA CG-35-25
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Citation source: Archives staff.
- Creator
- C. Van Cortenbergh Fils (Brussels)
- See Also
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bas-Congo Province, Boma (-5.847936, 13.056049)
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- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Bas-Congo Province -- Boma
- Topic
- Industry
- Creator
- C. Van Cortenbergh Fils (Brussels)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., handcolored, 9 x 14 cm.)
- Date
- ca. 1904
- Container
- Volume 4 CG
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1316
- Type
- Archival materials
- Postcards
- Postcards
- Picture 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.
- Bibliography
- Geary, Christraud, M. "In and Out of Focus: Images from Central Africa, 1885-1960," London: Philip Wilson Publishers, 2002, p. 33.
- Genre/Form
- Picture postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Printed caption on recto reads: "Boma. Travailleurs à la Carrière." Translated postcard caption reads: "Boma. Quarry workers."
- Additional printed text on recto reads: "Edit. C. Van Cortenbergh Fils, Bruxelles."
- Manuscript date and signature on recto, date reads: "24/6/04." Postmarks and manuscript address on verso.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087711-3
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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