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Sénégal

National Museum of African Art

Object Details

General
Image indexed by negative number.
Place
Africa
Senegal
Topic
Portraits
Women
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-20-18
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: "Sénégal."
Translated postcard caption reads, "Senegal."
Additional handwritten text on verso reads, "Dakar 29 Novembre 1914. Que dis-tu ma chère Emilie de l'élément féminin de Dakar? La prochaine fois, je t'enverrai leurs époux. Tu verras qu'en beauté ils ne le cèdent en rien à leurs suaves moitiés!... Nous avons eu hier par une lettre de notre Oncle de bonnes nouvelles de ton cher Pierrot. Nous souhaitons bien vivement qu'il en soit toujours ainsi et recevront toujours de ses nouvelles avec plaisir. Je t'ai écrit du bord ma chère cousine et aussi à notre arrivée ici. As-tu recu? Embrasse bien pour nous toute la famille et garde pour toi nos caresses les plus affectueuses. Ta petite cousine affectionnée. Lucette. Dakar, Sénégal."
Translated handwritten text on verso reads, "Dakar November 29, 1914. What do you think, my dear Emilie, of the feminine element of Dakar? Next time, I'll send you their husbands, you'll see that they don't let their better halves win out in looking fine!... Yesterday we received good news of your dear Pierrot in a letter from our uncle. We strongly wish that he will always be as well and we always receive his news with pleasure. I wrote you on board my dear cousin and also on our arrival here. Did you get them? Give all our love to the whole family and keep for yourself our most affectionate hugs. Your little cousin. Lucette. Dakar, Senegal."
Collection Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871088407-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7b4cd880e-b07d-4b60-b28a-96b6ecc36478

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