Dahomey Une maman et sa fille à Ouidah
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA DM-20-06
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- Society of African Missions
- See Also
- Benin, Atlantique, Ouidah (6.3667, 2.0833)
- Place
- Africa
- Benin
- Benin -- Atlantique -- Ouidah
- Topic
- Portrait photography -- Africa
- Leaders
- Provenance
- Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000207633; 20100729 EEPA 2010-025.
- 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, 14 x 9 cm.)
- Date
- [ca. 1931]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 2010-025-0005
- 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
- Printed text on recto reads: "Dahomey - Une maman et sa fille à Ouidah."
- Translated postcard caption reads: "Dahomey - A mother and daughter in Ouidah."
- Additional printed text on recto reads: "Missions Africaines, 150, cours Gambetta, Lyon."
- Printed text on verso reads: "Edition des Missions Africaines." Manuscript on verso reads: "106." Manuscript message and address on verso, date reads: "12/1/31." Postmarked postage stamps on verso.
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087478-3
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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