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African Postcard Collection

National Museum of African Art

Object Details

Collector
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
Place
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Côte d'Ivoire
Mozambique
Morocco
Mali
Namibia
Rwanda
Niger
Nigeria
Somalia
South Africa
Sierra Leone
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Zimbabwe
Zambia
Uganda
Senegal
Kenya
Liberia
Ghana
Guinea
Mauritania
Madagascar
Malawi
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Gabon
Egypt
Eritrea
Africa
Provenance
NMAfA: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, 950 Independence Ave. S.W. 20560-0708;, Transfer;, 1985-ongoing;, 1985-0014
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African Postcard Collection
Summary
This collection includes postcards from 45 African countries. Subjects include agriculture; animals; artists; body arts; cityscapes; cultural landscapes; dance; education; expeditions; flora; industry; leaders; marketplaces; medicine; military; missionaries; music; portraits; recreation; rites and ceremonies; and transportation, among many other topics.
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
Extent
61 Volumes
Date
1898-[ongoing]
Archival Repository
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Identifier
EEPA.1985-014
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Volumes
Postcards
Citation
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Arrangement note
Arranged by country and topic
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
Restrictions
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1536871081657-1536871087273-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7db935b22-d87f-4afd-95bb-b2f1180fcf9d

In the Collection

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  • Masques Africains African Masks, Bamiléké

  • Afrique Occidentale Dahomey. - Deux Elégants

  • Types Sousous de Conakry Guinée Française

  • Congo Français Grand pirogue sur la Sangha

  • Watsa Instruments pour la danse

  • Dogon frau in Banani, Mali Dogon woman in Banani, Mali

  • Port Said Entrée du Canal

  • Ashantee Village The Natives Playing Games

  • Post Office Aden

  • Le marché indigène à Madimba

  • Groupe d'indigènes Guinée Française

  • Asmara Tribunale Copto

  • Beira Banco de Beira

  • Libia Massaie dell'oasi di Taourga

  • No. 6. Tireur à l'arc

  • Murphy Street Upper Town, Axim, Gold Coast Colony

  • Married woman of the Rendille tribe

  • S. M. Melelick Imperatore d'Abissinia

  • Young Girl at Sanbate Market Ethiopia

  • Street scene

  • 16. A. E. F. Récolte du caoutchouc - F. N

  • Bissau Vapores atracados à ponte caes

  • Tanger L'Arabe à la couleuvre

  • Kangu; Kongo (Mayombe) Le tatouage des femmes

  • 2. Congo Français Brazzaville: Élèves tailleurs à la Mission

  • 25. Bangui Ménage Banda

  • No. 6 - Lobito Residencia do medico

  • Colonia Eritrea (Africa Italiana) Buluk-Basu Decorato

  • Mombasa Native Woman Grinding Maize

  • Famiglia araba Bengasina

  • Congo Boys Bangala

  • Congo No. 4. Crocodil tuée

  • Congo Belge Messager et sa femme

  • Casengo Viaduct No. 4. - Valle do Zondo

  • Colonia Eritrea Il clero abissino attende l'arrivo del Govenatore

  • Ashanti Royal Carried

  • Brazzavile Le service municipal de la voirie

  • Coiffure Mangbétu Congo-Belge

  • Buffle noir commun de la région de Faradje

  • Congo Facteur des Postes

  • Hungueria Falls

  • Mombasa, B. E. A. A Baobab Tree

  • Madagascar Tombeaux dans le Sud (Mahafaly)

  • Rock Formations on Caimbango Mountain

  • Lobito Pôrto - Cais Acostável

  • 2. Dahomey Une leçon de catéchisme à Zagnanado

  • Egyptian types and scenes Native woman

  • Congo Chanoinesses - Missionnaires de Saint-Augustin

  • Nairobi The Ngong Hills

  • East African Types West Suk

  • Maroc La danse

  • Praia Do Chongoene

  • Africa Orientale Piccoli fabbricanti di stuoie

  • Morocco Scenes et Types - MAROC- Brodeurs sur or

  • 82. Congo Brazzavile: Arrivée d'une Caravane de porteurs d'ivoire

  • Missions d'Afrique Les petits jardiniers

  • Pelo Carnival Cabinda

  • Campana del Rif. 1921 Monte Arruit. Cadávres de españoles encontrados en el interior de la posicion

  • Piccoli Cunama attorno ai P.P. Missionari

  • Cairo Vendors of Sugar Cane

  • Cote D'Ivoire 1. Aboisso: Visite du Médecin

  • Lobito Avenida da República

  • Algeria Touareg

  • 63. Katanga Les canons

  • Groupe de chefs Bakongo

  • 2356 - Congo Belge Scéne de vie pastorale

  • 8 - Abomey Poterie

  • Sciage des bois à Orno (Cote d'Ivoire)

  • Marrakech Place Djemâa-el-Fna

  • Kindu Ménage heureux

  • Bamenda, provincial capital North-West Province, Rep. of Cameroon

  • General view of Kumasi

  • 36. Congo Belge Stanley-Falls. Romée: La ferme

  • Congo Français No. 29. Ouvriers des plantations

  • 34. Congo Français Le pousse-pousse épiscopal

  • Lourenço Marques Ponte Caes Gorjão; Gorjão Wharf

  • Un aratro fra i Mensa e fra i Bogos

  • Atlas Marocain Ouarzazat

  • Quelimane Rampa d'Alfandega

  • Vendeur d'eau

  • Cape Coast Goldcoast W. C. Africa

  • Republique du Mali; Tombouctou La Mosquée de Djingareiber

  • No. 2. Chasse

  • 52. Congo Belge Katanga: Zèbre

  • Stanleyville La garde

  • Djibouti Type de Jeune Fille Somalis

  • Poilão Sagrado Poilão; arbre sacre

  • 29. A.O.F.; Cote d'Ivoire Homme Guerret

  • Village dans la région montagneuse du Mayumbe

  • Angola Garden

  • Djibouti Femme indigène

  • Guinée Portugaise Village mandingue

  • Morocco CASABLANCA - Vue générale

  • 61. Djibouti La Belle "Khadidja."

  • Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo Débarquement de passagers à Grand-Bassam

  • Homoine Vista da Missão

  • 39. Congo Brazzavile: Bateau naviguant sur le Congo

  • Kouilou Achat du caoutchouc, qui fera les pneus

  • A Christian Headman Campo River, Kamerun, West Africa

  • 48. Congo Belge Matadi: Rue principale

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