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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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  • September 1st, 1991 Asmara

  • Scenes et Types Fantasia

  • Morocco AU MAROC - Un atelier de tissage

  • Le fumeur "Dolce far-niente."

  • Africa Oriental Portuguêsa Soldados da Guarnicão

  • Harrar Cavalier abyssin

  • Young child

  • Marrakech Dans les jardins de la palmeraie

  • Lourenço Marques, Delgoa Bay Mosque, Lourenço Marques

  • Loanda Cidade Alta: Rua Capelo (a esquerda, o Palacio do Governo Geral - á direita, a Fazenda Publica)

  • Egyptian girl

  • Republique de la Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan: 4283 - Vue aerienne; Au premier plan le Stade

  • 11. La musique de l'école de la Kafubu

  • Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo Matadi

  • East African Types Kikuyu Chief

  • Um cavalheiro papel

  • Sultan leaving palace Tetuan

  • 2. Congo Belge. Katanga Elisabethville: La pose du rail

  • Interior: Lapsley Memorial Chapel

  • Mombasa Old Arab Well

  • 109. Congo Belge M. Franck. Ministre des Colonies, en route

  • Congo Musiciens de Léopoldville

  • Alexandria Mohamed Aly Place

  • Colonia Eritrea

  • Postes et Avant-Postes du Maroc Aménagement du Poste de Tamayoust

  • Lourenço Marques Avenida 5 D'Outubro

  • 40. Bas-Congo Rue principale de Kalamu

  • Ethiopia, Addis Ababa Empress menen Av

  • Traficant Arabe à Stanleyville

  • Guinée Portugaise Couverture d'une case

  • Accra, Gold Coast, W. A. Harbour

  • Burkina Faso Ouagadougou, province du Kadiogo

  • A.O.F.; Guinée Guerzé

  • Mombasa Manhema Dance

  • Congo Belge Banana-Bureau de pilotage

  • Guinée Portugaise Fontaine des environs de Bisssau

  • Société Chasse et Tourisme au Cameroun Rhinocéros Noir

  • Afrique Equatoriale Cameroun, Douala, Marchands Haoussas

  • Maison Sangos à Mindou Plantation de cacao

  • Congo Français No. 14. Indigènes armées

  • 13. Congo Musique de la force armée à Tumba

  • Costumi Tripolitani

  • Le Maroc Pittoresque Mechra-Ben-Abbou: Le Pont sur l'Oum-Er-Rbia pris de la rive Chaouïa

  • 12. Harpe et balafon bayas (Haute-Sanga)

  • Un Baobab à Mombasa

  • Addis Abeba Chiesa San Giorgio

  • Loanda Local Architecture

  • Morocco

  • Portrait of a man wearing a cape

  • L'Appel a la prière

  • Marché indigène

  • Nouvelle-Anvers; La mission Un coin du village chrétien

  • São Vicente Ponte do Desembarque

  • Missions des Scheut Congo. Ronde autour du Chef

  • Mombasa Fetching Water from the Well

  • Moossou (Côte d'Ivoire) En tournée apostolique

  • Guinée Portugaise Construction d'une case indigène

  • Narga Selassie Church on Dek Island in Lake Tana

  • Morocco

  • Ilha de S. Nicolau, Cabo Verde Monte Cintinha

  • Benguella Ponta da Alfandega

  • 35. Boma Avenue Royale; Quartier principal

  • 8914. Republique de la Cote d'Ivoire Masques sénoufo

  • Arab Dhow

  • Cameroun Les monts Kapsiki (Nord-Cameroun)

  • Egyptian types and scenes Drink sellers competition "Who wants a drink?"

  • Ethiopia, Axum The treasures of golden Coptic crosses

  • From cannibalism to civilisation Up to date Congo rulers: Three of the great chiefs of Uele: Avungura, Zolasigaza and Gelima (1913)

  • Beira Beira's church

  • Republique du Mali, Shanga Danseurs Dogons

  • Guinée Française Pita, chute du Kinkon

  • Wa Kikuyu woman

  • Femme Makele (Aruwimi)

  • La musique de la colonie scolaire et les Pères Missionnaires de Boma

  • Le Caire Marchand d'Arghisouss (Coco)

  • E. T. Co.'s Cable Station Lourenço Marques

  • Léopoldville. Danses indigènes

  • Vista de Loanda View of Loanda

  • Femmes tissant le Haïck

  • Famille chrétienne 9 enfants, 2 petits enfants

  • Afrique Occidentale jeune fille Maure

  • Rock-hewn church of Genete Mariam Lalibela, Ethiopia

  • Angola Game

  • Haute-Volta En pays Lobi, Gaoua

  • Giriama Dancers

  • 14. La fanfare Kisantu

  • Group of Fantis

  • Les Chutes du Félou, à 14 kil. de Kayes Ht-Sénégal; Niger

  • Guinée Française Jeunes filles costumees pour l'Excision

  • Republique de Cote D'Ivoire Région de Touba - Fet̂e au village

  • La Mosquée Tanger (Maroc)

  • Éthiopie, Harrar Léproserie; Le pansement des Lépreux

  • 22. Afrique Occidentale (Dahomey) Cotonou, Famille de Dahoméens

  • Mombasa

  • Blanchisseuse à la Côte d'Ivoire

  • Beira Harbour; from distance

  • Ethiopian people

  • Vanika Drinking, Tambo

  • Native woman Cairo

  • Congo No. 63. Caravane d'Jvoire à vendre

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