Africa Guardsmen of the tribes relax while entertainment is presented, the guns are just for show, no hostility is expected
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA GH-23-06
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- Grogan Photo Company (Danville, Ill.)
- Place
- Ghana
- Topic
- Portrait photography -- Africa
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa
- Recreation -- Africa
- Costume -- Africa
- Provenance
- Bryna Freyer Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Av., S.W., Washington, DC 20560; donation; 2007/04/24 EEPA 2007-007
- Creator
- Grogan Photo Company (Danville, Ill.)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 20: Ghana (GH)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (photograph., b&w, 8.8 x 13.7 cm.)
- Date
- [ca. 1950]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA GH 2007-007-0012
- 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 caption on verso reads: "Africa - Guardsmen of the tribes relax while entertainment is presented, the guns are just for show, no hostility is expected."
- Additional printed text on verso reads: "This is a Genuine Photograph; PostCard Grogan Photo Company; Danville, Ill."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088040-4
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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