Dakar Le Gouvernement Général
Object Details
- General
- Image indexed by negative number.
- Local Note
- Additional handwritten number on verso reads, "1985-147028."
- Place
- Africa
- Senegal
- Topic
- Mod. architecture/cityscape -- Photographs
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (col., 9 x 14 cm.)
- Date
- [19--]
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SG-07-31
- Type
- Archival materials
- 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
- Postcards
- Scope and Contents
- Text on front reads: "Dakar - Le Gouvernement Général. Collection A. Chaussende, Dakar."
- Translated postcard caption reads, "Dakar - Central Government."
- Additional handwritten text on verso reads, "ont l'air de bien se montrer. Gare bientot aux Anglais! Le 'Wadai' était a coté de nous a Bathurst. Il va a Las Palmas. Il correspond actuellement avec un autre boche qui s'appelle le 'Vugath' de la meme compagnie mais allant en sens inverse. Malgré cela le commerce des M.P. marche bien car nous avons débarqué a Bathurst dans la matinée pres de 300 tonnes de ciment de Marseille et 100 tonnes de champagne! Il ne nous reste plus que quelques marchandises pour Kaslacker I.... Puis nous commencerons le chargement. Je vous embrasse ainsi que papa. Marcel."
- Translated handwritten text on verso reads, "Watch out for the British! The 'Wadai' which was next to us at Bathurst, is on his way to Las Palmas. The 'Vugath', from the same company, instead goes the opposite way. Business is good. we unloaded 300t. of concrete from Marseille as well as 100t. of Champagne! We still have some marchandise for Karsacker I.... There we will start to reload the ship. Best wishes to dad as well. Marcel."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871088394-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0