Moored Steamship Peace Upoto=Steamer Peace a Upoto
Object Details
- Place
- Africa
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Topic
- Transportation
- Missionaries
- Provenance
- JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
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- African Postcard Collection
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
- Date
- [19--]
- Archival Repository
- Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
- Identifier
- EEPA.1985-014, Item Neis 14.25
- 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
- Moored Steamship Peace at the landing point of Upoto, Belguim Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), 250 miles upriver from Stanleyville; published by Nels, Brussels, Belguim, ca. 1920; photographer unknown. The Peace was co-owned by the Reverand W. Holman Bentley and Mr. George Grenfeld, both of the Baptist Missionary Society (BMS). Original caption reads, "Souvenir du Congo: Steamer Peace a Upoto," and original credit reads, "Ed Neis, Bruxelles. Serie 14 No 25."
- Collection Restrictions
- Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087319-2
- Metadata Usage
- CC0