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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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  • Tamatave En Pousse; Pousse

  • Tamatave Capture d'un Requin

  • Algeria Femme des Ouled-Naïls

  • Madagascar Famille Tsihanaka

  • Algeria Une Ouled Naïl

  • Congo Français Congo Français - Guerriers du Haut-Oubanghi

  • Sakafo - Le Repas sur Pherbe

  • Rasoa, William Ellis's landlady, with weavers, Madagascar, c. 1864

  • Algeria ALGER - Fontaine dans la Casbah

  • Nossi-Bé (Madagascar) Types Hovas en grande tenue

  • Diégo-Suarez - Cascade au Anbahivahibé

  • Congo Français Congo Français et Dépendances - Le papayer mâle

  • Fortier postcard collection

  • Tatouage d'un Beau Gars du Tchad

  • Benin (Dahomey) (DM)

  • Algeria FORT-NATIONAL - Salem, le Bijoutier Kabyle

  • Congo Français Congo Français - Une Factorie à Loango

  • Algeria ALGERIE - Mauresques voilées, tenue de ville

  • Funérailles du Général Gallieni (1er Juin 1916) A L'Esplanade des Invalides

  • The Secretary of the Colonies Dahomey

  • Tamatave Square de Beckmann

  • Algeria LES GRANDS CHEFS ARABES - Si M'Hammed ben Bouaziz ben Gana Bach-Agha des Zibans

  • Madagascar Chemin de Fer; Région de Sabotsy

  • Madagascar - Tombeau Betsimisaraka

  • Congo Français Congo Français et Dépendances- Femme Banziri - Région de la Kotto - Haut-Oubangui

  • Madagascar - Débarcadère du village de Fandrarazana

  • Algeria ALGER - Vue prise du Môle

  • Madagascar - Tananarive Le "Tranovola" ou Palais d'Argent, Ancienne Résidence des Reines - Les Tombeaux

  • Algeria La Rade d'Alger

  • Diégo-Suarez L'Embarquement des Boeufs

  • Diégo-Suarez Visite des colis à l'arrivée du courrier

  • Portrait of a woman

  • Diégo-Suarez Camp d'Ambre; Arrivée de la Voiture Postale

  • Congo Français Congo Français et Dépendances- Une vue à Bangui - Oubangui

  • Diégo-Suarez Angle des Rues Colbert et Flacourt

  • Algeria Bédouine

  • Fianarantsoa Léproserie Catholique

  • Madagascar Concours Agricole à Fianarantsoa

  • Fianarantsoa Famille Malgache

  • Madagascar Fianarantsoa; Les Ecuries de la Residence

  • Madagascar - Une élegante de Fianarantsoa

  • Madagascar - Fianarantsoa - Lutte Indigène

  • Playing Warri

  • Huambo Nova Lisboa, Angola

  • Vendedor de agua

  • Les Elèves de l'Ecole de Libenge

  • Missions de Scheut: Léopoldville-Est, Kinshasa Ecole professionnelle. Section mécanique

  • Dahomey Une maman et sa fille à Ouidah

  • Kayes (Soudan) Femmes Maures

  • Haute-Volta En pays Lobi, Gaoua

  • Matadi Panorama de la ville

  • Unidentified building

  • To the camp

  • East African Types Kavirondo Witch Doctor

  • Natitingou Type de Somba

  • Congo-Belge N. 62. Habitation du commissaire de district à Stanleyville

  • Colonies Francaises - Côte d'Ivoire 30. Les Miliciens du Poste de Bondoukou

  • Lourenço Marques Mulher do interior

  • Group Portrait

  • Shopping Center Kumasi

  • Haute-Volta Prés de Fada N'Gourma, Lantaogo

  • Porto Amboim Vista da estação do Caminho do ferro e armazens. 1925

  • Buéa, Cameroun Cueillette du Café

  • Alexandria Res-el-Tin Palace

  • Bissáu Etablissements Ch. Peyrissac & Ca

  • 53. Congo Français Mission Catholique de Brazzaville: Le port de la mission

  • S. Pedro

  • Elisabethville La Cathédrale

  • Travessa da Fonte Lorenço Marques

  • Passagem de um automovel de linha por uma trincheira perto do kilometro 56

  • Marg near Cairo

  • Aden Camp town

  • Scènes et Types type de Marocain

  • Ménilek II Roi des Rois d'Abysinie

  • République de Côte d'Ivoire 59 - Case fétiche du village Senoufo de Niofoin

  • Missions des Pères Blancs Afrique Equatoriale: Un Roi Nègre avec insignes

  • Sphynx and Pyramids

  • Asmara Piazza Roma

  • Madagascar Sa Grandeur Monsigneur de Saune part en tournée apostolique

  • 8. Congo Belge Rassemblement de travailleurs à Irebu

  • Tombouctou

  • Tripoli Una Giovane Negra

  • Missionary Training College Cabinda

  • Christiansborg; Gold Coast, W. A. Lagoon with Castle

  • Souvenir of Beira

  • Congo Belge Coiffures Congolaises

  • 20. Kakamucka Plantation de Café (Congo Français)

  • Enseigne de Cote d'Ivoire

  • Ouidah (Dahomey) Le Temple du Serpent

  • Congo Belge. Basoko Fabrication des paniers servant au transport du caoutchouc

  • Congo Belge, Province Orientale Femmes à plateaux

  • Cape Coast Goldcoast W. C. Africa

  • Afrique Occidentale, Conakry La Compagnie Française de l'Afrique occidentale et la petite Jetée

  • Alcázar Puestos de carne en el Zoko - en el centro la vigilancia Española

  • St. George's Coptic Cathedral

  • Africa Oriental Portuguêsa Guerreiros de 1895

  • Peulhs Guinée Française

  • Port-Said Entrée du Canal et Quai

  • Eritrea Portatrici di fieno

  • Egyptian types and scenes Soudanese woman

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Algeria FORT-NATIONAL - Salem, le Bijoutier Kabyle
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