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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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  • Tunisia (TI)

  • Portrait of a Man

  • Zanzibar Arabic Song & Dance

  • Before and behind

  • Le Pont Faidherbe à St-Louis

  • Afrique Orientale Jeunes Bergers Massai

  • Lagos International Trade Fair, 1962 Awka carver

  • Local Orchestra

  • Africa Oriental Portuguêsa (P.E.A.) Inhambane, Comissariádo de Policia

  • South African Museum Cape Town

  • Portrait Photography

  • S. H. College

  • Deutsch-Ost-Africa Suahelifrauen beim Frisieren

  • Gibraltar Rock from the Bay

  • Devil's Peak and Table Mountain Cape Town

  • West Africa, Senegal Dakar, Dagorne Street, The Market

  • Zanzibar Native Canoes

  • Jeunes filles Mandibu

  • Jeunes filles Mayumbe

  • Street scene Bida

  • Zanzibar The State Barge

  • British East Africa Fetching Water

  • Dakar Elections in Senegal

  • Sénégal - DAKAR Le Camp de Tirailleurs

  • Native maidens

  • Afrique Occidentale Franc̥̦̜̜aise, Sénégal Marchande de sable noir

  • Dorfszene bei Kano Nord-Nigeria

  • Senegal, Rufisque Bastille Day, Jug Game

  • Equatorial Guinea (EG)

  • A gay newly wedded Zulu girl

  • Group of Laborers in Dakar (Senegal)

  • Rickshas and pullers Durban

  • Senegal, Dakar The Infantry Camp

  • Ricksha boys

  • Church Square Petoria

  • Fernando Póo Grupo de bubis en traje de gala

  • Portrait Photography

  • Lourenço Marques (P.E.A.) Repartições dos Caminhos de Ferro; The Railway Offices-Building

  • Zanzibar Main Road

  • Early breakfast

  • Lastourville (Haut-Ogooné) Salon de Coiffure Adouma

  • The party

  • 55. - Femmes du Haut-Oubanghi

  • The deceiving wretch

  • Acropolis Ruins Great Zimbabwe

  • Afrique Occidentale Intérieur de Village

  • St-Louis (Sénégal) Place St-Germain

  • Johannes The snake king - Port Elizabeth

  • N'Doro (Haut-Ogooué) Chakés

  • A mining compound Native Pianos

  • Dahomey Femmes indigènes

  • Africa Oriental Portuguêsa Botões de Rosa-Chá...Preto

  • Congo Belge - Villes Stanleyville - Maison de commerce à la rive

  • Africa Oriental Portuguêsa Raparigas Muchop's

  • Zimbabwe (RH)

  • Hausa village

  • Gouvernement de l'Afrique Occidentale Une femme foulah

  • Cote d'Ivoire Boundiali; Danseuse Sénoufo

  • Three arms in front & one behind

  • Zambia (ZA)

  • Umkomaas river Natal

  • Congo Français Femmes fiotes de Loango

  • Congo Belge - Flore Bananiers

  • S. A. Mountain scenery Hex river, Cape

  • Cote d'Ivoire 5346. Danseuse Malinké

  • Colonies Francaises - Côte d'Ivoire 8. Bénié, Chef de Béttié

  • Malinke woman, Mali

  • Zulu Boys at Midday Meal

  • African Girl

  • Zanzibar Husking of Coconuts

  • Dakar View of the Harbor, "The Burdigala"

  • Two Sura Girls & Baby Bauchi Plateau

  • Gibraltar (GI)

  • Dakar Noirs plongeant pour attraper des sous

  • Amanzimtoti hotel Natal south coast (17 miles from Durban). On the river

  • Congo Français Congo Français et Dépendances - Une pirogue Banziri - Haut Oubanghi

  • The Rock from the Linea Bull Ring, Gibraltar

  • Sénégal - DAKAR Camp de Tirailleurs

  • Sénégal - Rufisque Femmes de Rufisque

  • Equateur. Ceinture appelée Libogi, portée par les femmes Bambole, se complète d'une boule en raphia compacte

  • South Africa Members of the Ndebele

  • Zanzibar Native diving boy

  • Gibraltar The Harbour; Main Street; Rock from Airfield; Entrance to Town

  • Troops from Senegal during world War I

  • Mombasa Kavirando

  • Afrique Occidentale Française, Zinder Le Sultan et sa suite

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

  • Co-operative hand loom weaver at Iseyin, Western Nigeria

  • Ndsimus (Sud-Kamerun)

  • Portrait Photography

  • Ogooué Une Pirogue au départ

  • 18. Boma Tatouages du Mayumbe

  • A group of girls (All sisters)

  • Non-Africa

  • Entrance to the castle Cape Town

  • Mighty Lake Kariba

  • Camps bay and apostle C.P

  • Plateau du Djado Monts Orida

  • Lourenço Marques Correio

  • Zulu maiden

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