Afrique Occidentale Dahomey. - Deux Elégants
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA DM-20-01
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Place
- Africa
- Benin
- Topic
- Portrait photography -- Africa
- Provenance
- JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 9 cm. collotype.)
- Date
- [ca. 1912]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 1985-144001
- 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.
- Genre/Form
- Picture postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Postcard image of two men standing next to each other, one holding an umbrella and the other holding a cane. Printed text on recto reads: "Afrique Occidentale. - Dahomey. - Deux Elégants / Westafrica. - Dahome. - Zwei Modeherren." Translated caption reads: [Western Africa. - Dahomey. - Two Gentlemen]. Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Correspodance; Adresse." Postage stamp and two postmarks on verso.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087464-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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