Intérieur du Cercle "La Dahoméenne" de Porto-Novo
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA DM-30-01
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Place
- Africa
- Benin
- Topic
- Cultural landscapes
- Recreation
- 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 (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
- Date
- [ca. 1904]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 1985-144070
- 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
- Postcard image of the inside of a bar. Three men are seated at a table while two men in the background play pool, two waiters stand in the back. Printed text on recto reads: "Intérieur du Cercle 'La Dahoméenne' de Porto-Novo." Translated caption reads: [Inner Circle "The Dahomeian" of Porto-Novo.] Manuscript on recto, date reads: "12-10-04."
- Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Ce côte est exclusivement reserve a l'adresse." Manuscript address on verso. Postmarks on verso.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087474-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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