Congo Français Une famille Catholique Mpongwée
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA GO-20-06
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Creator
- Holy Ghost Fathers
- Place
- Africa
- Gabon
- Topic
- Portrait photography -- Africa
- Costume -- Africa
- Provenance
- JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase
- Creator
- Holy Ghost Fathers
- Culture
- Mpongwe (African people)
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 19: Gabon (GO)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
- Date
- [ca. 1910]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA GO 2012-001-1188
- 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: "Congo Français - Une famille Catholique Mpongwée."
- Translated caption reads: "French Congo - A Catholic Mpongwe family."
- Printed text on verso reads: "Missions des Pères du St-Esprit; La Congrégation du St-Esprit vouée au Salut de la race noire évangélise le tiers de l'Afrique, les Antilles et une grande partie de l'Amérique. Elle se consacre aux races et œuvres les plus abandonnées."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088029-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0