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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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  • Village native quarters

  • Native musicians De Beers' compound, Kimberley

  • Brass smith Bida, Northern Nigeria

  • Togo (TG)

  • Cyanide reduction plant Robinson deep mine, Johannesburg

  • Senegal Filanzana Group

  • Dakar's Night

  • Guinée Française; Conakry Un élégante de Conakry

  • Eritrea Regazze cunama

  • Port-Gentil (Gabon) Dans les Palétuviers

  • Gibraltar Europa Pass

  • A group of girls Zulu chief's daughters

  • Cote d'Ivoire 7536 - La Vie au Village

  • Five Cowrie Creek, Lagos

  • Muizenberg near Cape Town

  • DAKAR Femme Lébou

  • Zulu maidens

  • Sénégalais (Etude Artistique) Campement

  • Zululand

  • Lourenço Marques (P.E.A.) Liceu 5 de Outubro - The "5 do Outubro" Lyceum

  • Marsa Susa Giovane Sudanese

  • Basuto children

  • Women and girls of Kota Kota (Nyasaland Diocese)

  • Tipo di Donna Eritrea

  • African portrait Matsieng, Lesotho

  • Congo Belge - Faune Antilopes

  • L'Afrique Noire Jeunes filles de Boffa

  • Missions d'Afrique Type indigene remarquable par la frisure des cheveux et les ornements de verroterie

  • A native canoe on the Zimbezi River above the Victoria Falls

  • Africa Oriental Portuguêsa Raparigas Muchop's

  • Passage de l'Oued Neffifigh

  • Dakar Roume Avenue

  • Young Muhutu Woman from Burundi

  • Nandi Beauty

  • A charming Zulu maiden grave

  • S.A. Native series Grinding snuff

  • In Zululand children take a back seat

  • Cape Town and Devil's Peak

  • Zulu sisters

  • Provincia de Moçambique

  • River Gambia - Kunt-ur Loading of a steamer on the river Gambia

  • French West Africa, Senegal Goree Island

  • Carlton Hotel Johannesburg

  • Dye pits Zaria

  • Sénégal - Dakar Eglise de Dakar

  • group of Zulu men in bush

  • Moçambique Paços do Concelho; Municipality Building

  • Angolan Woman

  • Young Zulu falppers

  • Nigeria The Oba of Benin

  • Gibraltar Rock from N.W

  • Zanzibar Omani Arabs

  • Gibraltar H. M. Dry Docks N 1-2 and 3

  • Uganda

  • Dahomey A.O.F. French West Africa 4. - Femme et Jeune Fille Baribas

  • Un Chef de Section, Chemin de fer du Sénégal au Niger

  • Uganda (UG)

  • The toilers Who will help us? South african women toilers

  • Un beau exemplaire de femme

  • Typical ricksha boys

  • Sénégal et Haut-Sénégal Cases Indigènes

  • Type of Zulu beauty

  • Africa Oriental Portuguêsa Mulhéres Maçondes (Niassa)

  • Preparation of Cassava

  • Native woman smoking

  • Usine élévatoire de Khor (Sénégal) bassins de décantation pour l'alimentation en eau de la ville de St-Louis

  • Roman Catholic Church Johannesburg

  • A marimba

  • Portrait of woman, Angola

  • Hoeing Northern Provinces

  • A happy mother

  • Simons Town The Naval Station of the S. A. Squardron

  • Young Woman

  • Congo Français No. 17. Naine et femme de Loango

  • Table mountain, devil's peak and lion's head Cape Town

  • Republic du Niger... Enfants fabricant des jouets en terre-glaise

  • Zulu Intombi South Africa

  • A young Zulu girl

  • Pont Faidherbe sur le Sénégal

  • Samba (N'gounié) Caravane libre Ashangos à la S. H. O

  • Johannesburg from Doornfontein

  • Joubert-Park Johannesburg

  • Zanzibar A Coffee Seller

  • Tanzania

  • S. A. Mountain scenery Waterval Boven with view of Onder. Transvaal

  • Chishawasha Zimbabwe

  • A tea party

  • Senegal, St. Louis Departure Of The River-Courier

  • West Africa (Senegal), Dakar Embarking of the Troops to Morocco

  • Tanzania

  • A Zulu warrior

  • Congo Belge - Ethnographie Potiers

  • Passage of the Oued Neffifigh

  • Beira Ponte sobre o Rio; Bridge on the river

  • The Captain Angus Buchanan Sahara Expedition A Tuareg girl of Aïr

  • Niger

  • Dakar Rue des Essards

  • The Nyassa Industrial Mission

  • Lion's head, sea point, from the sea

  • At the well

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