Visitez Ganvié Lumière du Benin
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- EEPA DM-19-01 A1992-02-026
- General
- Title source: Postcard caption.
- Numbering Peculiarities Note
- Verso labeled with additional accession number: A1992-02-026
- Photographer
- Hazoume, E.
- Creator
- S.A.P.E.C.
- See Also
- Benin, Atlantique, Ganvié (6.4700, 2.4161)
- Place
- Africa
- Benin
- Benin -- Atlantique -- Ganvié
- Topic
- Transportation
- Cultural landscapes
- Music -- Africa
- Photographer
- Hazoume, E.
- Creator
- S.A.P.E.C.
- See more items in
- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (halftone., col., 10.5 x 15 cm.)
- Date
- [ca. 1980]
- Container
- Volume 1
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 1985-144058
- Type
- Archival materials
- Postcards
- 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
- Postcard image of a large canoe with men and women in it. Other canoes are visible and there is a village in the background. Printed text on verso reads: "Visitez Ganvie / Lumière du Benin." Translated caption reads: [Visit Ganvie / Light of Benin]. Logo: "SAPEC" on recto.
- Additional printed text on verso reads: "Editions S.A.P.E.C. - B.P. 03-2095 - Cotonou © - Reproduction interdit / Carré 383 - Face Eglise St. Michel - Cotonou / Républic Populaire du Benin / Photo: E. Hazoume Collectionnez les Cartes Postales SAPEC. Ref. 8403."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087464-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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