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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; Baoulé

  • Les Rapides de la M'poso, près de Matadi

  • Danseuses arabes

  • Congo Belge Soldats Maniéma

  • Men in uniform

  • Port Said Native coffee house

  • Haute-Volta Greneir à Labien, près de Koudougou

  • Angola Costumes de Benguella

  • Boutique de Gargoulettes

  • 13. La Mission Fourneau (Congo Français)

  • Indigène Turumbu ( Stanley-Falls )

  • Indigénes Batékés Souvenir du Congo

  • Congo Zeepfabricatie

  • Sekondi Gold Coast

  • Island near Monrovia, Liberia

  • 37. Congo Belge Types Bangala

  • Praia da Polana; Polana Beach Lorenço Marques

  • Afique Equatoriale Mangu: Ecole, "La Sainte Famille" Tous nos remerciements

  • Moçambique Estrada da Contra-Costa

  • Porto Amboim Armazem de 95 m. 1925

  • Massangano Igreja de N.a Sr.a da Victória (Sec. XVII)

  • Beni Amer boy of northwestern Ethiopia

  • Benguela Angola

  • Bon caractère, jamais mourir

  • Port-Said The Port

  • Fez Sidi-Harazem (la source)

  • Angola Uma ponte sôbre o rio Cuando

  • Africa Oriental Portuguêsa Vila de João Belo, Vista parcial

  • Young girl at the spring Debre Zeit

  • Um casal de serviçaes "Moçambiques"

  • Colonies Africaines Cour Royal Indigène

  • Mavouadi Des Saras malfaiteurs en pénitence

  • Casablanca (Maroc) L'Hôtel "Excelsior."

  • Bissau Ponte Caes e desembarque de Lanchas

  • Gold Coast Cocoa Buying Station

  • Gondar Atse Fasile Castle

  • 21. Lenghi Le poste principal

  • Dirré-Daoua Le Dedjazmatch Taffari Makonnen se rendant à Gotha

  • View from Lamu Museum

  • Au Congo Moyens de locomotion

  • Loanda Cidade Alta: Egreja da Misericordia

  • Djibouti Jeune Fille Somalis

  • 111. Congo Belge M. Franck, Ministre des colonies en route à travers la forêt tropicale (Uele)

  • Palácio e Jardim do Governador Lobito

  • Elisabethville Hôtel de Bruxelles, Mme V. Fransos

  • Guinée Française Poste de Timbo

  • Masques Africains Masque et costume Bamiléké

  • Sekondi Beating Foo-Foo

  • Musicien Marocain Tanger

  • Morocco FEZ - La porte de Bou-Jeloud

  • Quelques femmes de Kassai et Bangalla

  • Young boy drawing in the sand

  • Les bon amis

  • Sénégal et Soudan Marché de Bamako

  • Matadi Bureaux et habitations de la Cie du Chemin de fer

  • Suez View of the Port

  • British East Africa A Kisii Native

  • Tanger Le Consulat d'Angelterre

  • Young woman seated

  • Angola Architectural model: Stadium

  • The fortune teller

  • 14. Bondjos anthropophages

  • Congo No. 23. La rive de la rivière Luèmmé

  • Morocco MARRAKECH - Contre-jour dans les souks

  • A Dance

  • Coiffure avec perles, des Banzyris

  • Seascape featuring waterfront property

  • Sur le Sénégal Le Rocher de Solou aprés l'échouement du vapeur Sénégambie

  • Travel Over A River

  • Croquemitaine s'amuse le 14 Juilliet à Loango

  • Guinée Française; Village Foula Construction des cases

  • Morocco MAROC- Graveurs sur cuivre

  • Sur le Pont d'Avignon, en forêt vierge

  • Le Caire Rue Arabe

  • Axum Piaza della Chiesa

  • Cidade de Luanda

  • Accra, Gold Coast, W. A. Basel Mission Church

  • Republique de Cote D'Ivoire Abidjan: Vue générale

  • Republique de Cote D'Ivoire Chef coutumier paré attributs en or

  • A rest by the way

  • Caminho de Ferro de Loanda a Ambaca Valle do Zondo, Viaducto 5⁰

  • Congo Le Steamer Heron au pier de l'Etat à Boma

  • African warrior

  • Tanger Mosquée du Marshan

  • N.⁰ 8 - Huila - Sá da Bandeira Colégio P. Frassinetti

  • Conakry (Guinée Française) Femme Kissienne

  • Unidentified elderly woman with scarification

  • A. O. I., Etiopia Donna Scioana; come in Abissinia le donne trasportano i figli

  • Bandakani Jeunes filles de la région en grande toilette

  • A. O. I., Etiopia Abitanti del Lago Tana; Giovane Uoitò

  • Palm Avenue Beira

  • Missions des Pères du St-Esprit Femmes indigènes reconstruisant leur case

  • Les Miliciens de Loango dans la cour de leur caserne

  • Local Restaurant

  • Kongo dia Kati Mfumu Ndwalu Buaka

  • Group of Boys

  • 88. Congo Belge Baudouinville: Indigènes apportant des vivres à la mission

  • Vista de Bolama Guiné Portugueza

  • 8. Congo Belge Rassemblement de travailleurs à Irebu

  • Djibouti 12. Carnaval á Djibouti

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