General view of Kumasi
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA GH-06-02
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- Methodist Book Depot Ltd. (Ghana)
- See Also
- Ghana, Ashanti Region, Kumasi (6.693617, -1.621792)
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- Place
- Ghana
- Ghana, -- Ashanti Region, -- Kumasi
- Topic
- Cityscape photography
- Architecture -- Africa
- Cultural landscapes
- Provenance
- Simon Ottenberg; Donation; FY 2009 EEPA 2009-004
- Creator
- Methodist Book Depot Ltd. (Ghana)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 20: Ghana (GH)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (photograph., monochrome, 9 x 14 cm.)
- Date
- [ca. 1920]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA GH 2009-004-0056
- 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 recto reads: "General View of Kumasi."
- Item number on recto: "N⁰ 30."
- Printed text on verso reads: "Copyright of Methodist Book Depots, Cape Coase, Gold Coast; This is a real photograph; Printed in Great Britain."
- Stamp box reads: "E."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088041-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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