16. Dahomey Le Père Ledis
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA DM-39-04
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- Society of African Missions
- Place
- Africa
- Benin
- Topic
- Missionaries
- Portrait photography -- Africa
- Creator
- Society of African Missions
- 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. 1930]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 1985-144079
- 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 a European bearded priest. Around him are African boys, seated. Text on front, bottom reads: "16. Dahomey - Le Père Ledis." Translated caption reads: [Dahomey - Father Ledis]. Additional printed text on recto reads: "Missions Africaines, 150, cours Gambetta, Lyon." Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale / Phototypie Mce Lescuyer, 16, r. des Remparts-d'Ainay, Lyon."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087475-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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