Dancing
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA MG-44-05
- Creator
- Société Lumiére
- Place
- Africa
- Madagascar
- Topic
- Recreation
- Men
- Women
- Dance
- Dogs
- Creator
- Société Lumiére
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- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 26: Madagascar (MG)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (photograph., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
- Date
- ca. 1908
- Container
- Volume 2 MG
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 2012-001-2108
- 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
- Original caption reads, "Recreation." Postmarked and stamped on recto, "Tananarive, Madagascar, 16 June 1908," and "La Reunion Marseille, 18 June 1908."
- Printed text on verso reads: "Société Lumiére. - Lyon."
- Original hand-written address on verso, "Madame Lina Manin, Manufact Tabacs Lyon France."
- Original hand-written text on recto, "You must be upset. What a silence, as heavy as that of the desert. Maybe it is rather the oppressive heat of summer which weighs on your hand. This picture is a photo taken during a country fair. I am dancing with a fat lady, my dog Tom at the forefront..."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088205-5
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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