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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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  • Roça "Amizade" Residencia do Administrador na Séde 1924

  • Tipi Eritrei

  • Rua da Praia do Bomfim Mossamedes

  • Carrying Corn

  • Marrakech la grand mosquée vue en avion

  • Jardim publico na cidade Alta de Loanda

  • Le Sultan Snoussi

  • 21. Congo Belge Kabinda: Corps de garde et la prison

  • Haute-Volta Lena prés de Bobo-Dioulasso; Au rythme de 'univers

  • 89. Congo Français Mission Catholique de Brazzaville: Départ pour la culture à la Mission de la Sainte-Famille

  • Nairobi Government Road

  • Kamerun - Könige - Masken - Feste

  • Congo Belge I 4. Chef congolais et ses gardes

  • Mombasa Kavirando farmers

  • Bissau Caes do Pigiguiti

  • La Cathédrale de Stanleyville Congo Belge

  • Missions de Scheut Congo. A la source

  • Market Grassfields of the Rep. of Cameroon

  • Trois jeunes gens malades de l'hôpital de St. Trudon

  • Inhambane

  • Painting in Debre Berhan Selassie Church at Gondar

  • Clero copto

  • Mandimba People

  • Les Sœurs Missionnaires du St-Esprit au Cameroun Yaoundé, L'Ecole des Filles

  • Scènes et Types jeune femme Maure

  • 11. La Sanga à Ouesso

  • Madagascar Aloalo

  • Republique de Guinee Artisanat de l'indigo à Labé

  • Princess abysinne

  • Afrique Occidentale Française Fête de la pêche à Kankan; Haute-Guinée

  • Tombouctou Au marché

  • Morocco MARRAKECH - Caravane de Marchands dans la Palmeraie

  • Povoaçao no Districto de Inhambane African Compound

  • 60. Katanga Tatouage de l'oreille

  • Congo Français 42. Environs de Brazzaville. - Rendez-vous de chasse à l'Ile de M'Bamou

  • A Masked Person

  • Afrique Occidentale Dahomey. - Récolte de Maïs

  • Coiffure de Guerre d'un Chef Kavirondo

  • Gardener Angola

  • 5. Congo Belge Katanga: Nègres nivelant une termitière

  • The One O'Clock Gun Lourenço Marques

  • Kilindini Pier & Mtongwe views from Mwakupa, B. E. A

  • Djibbouti Chef Dankali

  • Congo-Belge N. 123. Femmes Warega au marché

  • Congo Belge Femme race Kassai

  • Ilha de Santiago, Cabo Verde Cidade Velha

  • Colonies Françaises; Sénégal-Soudan Femme de Djenné

  • Benguela Angola

  • Main Street Chinde

  • Deutsch-Ost-Africa Massâi

  • Morocco FEZ - Pendules de Bou-Hamara

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

  • Burkina Faso Banfora, province de la Comoé

  • Boys From The Catholic Mission Cabinda

  • Type "n'Gombé " Lopori

  • Haute-Volta Bourzanga

  • 48. Djibouti Femme arabe

  • Congo Belge Habitations sur le Haut Congo

  • A Fetish

  • No 86 - Cercle de Bobo Récolte du vin de palme (bandyi)

  • Mission d'Ouagadougou (Hte-Volta), 75. Un vieillard sur sa chaise longue

  • 38. Boma Colonie scolaire

  • 84. Congo: Brazzaville Les touffes de bambou de la place

  • Porto Amboim Armazem de 95 m. 1925

  • No. 1 - Lobito Direcção do Caminho de Ferro. Escriptorios

  • Egyptian types and scenes Soudanese woman

  • Congo Français Les chutes du Djoué pres Brazzaville

  • Loanda Village

  • Morocco FEZ - Les tombeaux des Sultans Mérinides

  • Morocco FEZ - Intérieur Style Marocain

  • Tam-tam d'amazones. Dahomey

  • Bafatá Caminho da Fonte

  • Femme Mongelema (Province Orientale)

  • Environs de Tanger Cap Spartel; Le Phare

  • Souvenir du Dupleix Le Théâtre Cotonou, Dahomey

  • 16. Congo Français Missionnaire libérant des esclaves amarrés, à Saint-Louis de l'Oubanghi

  • 37. Congo Français Mission Catholique de Brazzaville: Les éleves et les professeurs de la Mission de la Sainte Famille (Haute-Oubanghi)

  • Missions des P. P. du Saint Esprit Autour du Pot-au-feu

  • 47. Congo Français, Brazzaville Les Apprenties lingères chez les Soeurs

  • Lobito Capitania do Porto

  • Karo woman traditionally adorned Omo Valley, Ethiopia

  • East African Types Nandi Warriors

  • Dancing man

  • Jeune Soudanaise

  • Congo Caravane de Caoutchouc

  • Suez Quai de Port-Tewfik

  • Indigènes du Kivu. Région des volcans Mikeno

  • Colonies Francaises - Côte d'Ivoire 25. A travers Bondoukou. - Le Milicien Pierre (Douane de Bondoukou)

  • Le Caire Bazars Arabes

  • Luacho Road of Palm Trees

  • Missions des Pères du St-Esprit Congo Français: Un Missionnaire en tenue de voyage

  • Lourenço Marques Aeroporto

  • Ponte sobre o Rio Carloaongo

  • The high and mighty in gala attire

  • 9. Boma La factorerie française

  • Colonies Françaises, Guinée Passage à gué la Kitim

  • Léopoldville. Danse indigène

  • Kipsigis warriors

  • Fishing in the Volta

  • Lobito

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