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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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  • DAKAR Femmes Toucouleur

  • A native Intombe

  • Zulu girls

  • Congo Belge - Faune Hippopotame

  • Cabaceira Instituto Leão XIII

  • Zulu warriors

  • Belle

  • St-LOUIS (Sénégal) Les membres actifs de la Lyre Municipale de St-Louis

  • The new Town Hall and King's statue Cape Town

  • A fresh breeze

  • Pritchard Street Johannesburg

  • Zanzibar Suaheli girl

  • Republic of Senegal Goree Island, The Beach

  • Congo Belge - Ethnographie Famille indigène du Ruanda

  • Dakar, Senegal The Presidential Palace

  • The umlaas river and island hotel Isipingo beach - Natal

  • British East Africa "Keep Smiling."

  • Commercial Road Pietermaritzburg

  • Typical ricksha boys

  • Idumota Cenotaph Lagos

  • Johannesburg Rissik Street, looking south towards the old Post Office clock

  • Dakar Village Nègre

  • East African Types Wakamba Drummers

  • Leader from Djenne, Mali

  • Africa Oriental Portuguêsa Raparigas de Quelimane

  • Congo Français Congo Français - Congo Français - Confection de plats batékés

  • West street, corner Gardiner street Durban

  • Native Woman Mending a pot

  • Deutsch-Ost-Africa, Ongoni Mann mit Tabaksdose in Ohr

  • Zulu girl S.A

  • Congo Belge - Flore Palmiers

  • Native musicians

  • University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg

  • Bamako Carrefour de l'Ecole

  • 26. Mweka ( Congo Belge ) Jeune fille Bakete

  • 30. Mweka (Congo Belge) Femme et enfant Bakete

  • Africa Orientale Giovane abissina con tatuaggio sul ventre

  • Sea point from west

  • Angola Mulher e homem Mondombes

  • Congo Français Femme fiote à Tuba

  • Zanzibar Shangani lane

  • Man

  • Young Woman

  • DAKAR Vue de la Rade - "Le Burdigala"

  • A pleasant face

  • A native homested

  • Indigenas de Quimpungo

  • Sénégal - Saloum Traitant et ses Femmes

  • Ricksha & puller Durban

  • Types of Zulu girls All tilling is done by the females

  • A fight with assegais

  • Saint Louis, Senegal Coastal Town

  • Nelson Mandela Hon Doctor of Laws, University of Zimbabwe - June 1986

  • City of Cape Town The Heerengracht and Adderly Street by night

  • Market house Durban

  • Zaria

  • People and boats at a shoreline

  • Gibraltar Neutral Ground

  • Kloof road Cape Town

  • After An Original Engraving Published In 1853 In "Esquisses Senegalaises" By David Boilat

  • Cutting up heads of palm fruits

  • DAKAR Type indigène

  • Le Fleuve Sénégal à St-Louis

  • Burg Street Capetown

  • Sénégal et Soudan Femme Bambara

  • Rufisque Military Band

  • A Zulu warrior

  • Famille Mayumba (Congo Français)

  • Senegal spahis passing across a new bridge at Compiegne

  • Moçambique Largo da Alfandega; Custom house square

  • Budrick's art gallery Adderly & church streets, Cape Town

  • General view of Umtali from Melsetter Road

  • Emir and entourage Kano, Northern Nigeria

  • DAKAR Femme Lébou

  • Zanzibar Arab Carved Door

  • Lourenço Marques (P.E.A.) Direcção de Fazendo; The Treasury

  • Femmes d'Afrique

  • Tipo di Donna Eritrea

  • Congo Belge - Aspect Du Pays Rapides

  • The Durban club Natal

  • Church Street, East Pretoria

  • Afrique Occidentale, Sénégal DAKAR, Avenue Gambetta

  • 2280 - L'Afrique en couleurs - Congo Belge Danse de femme Mangbetu

  • Zanzibar Bazaar View

  • Zimbabwe B'tonka village life, Zimbabwe

  • Young Zulus

  • Loanda Playing A Game

  • Congo Belge - Ethnographie Fabrication d'étoffe

  • Congo Belge - Ethnographie Vanniers

  • Saint-Louis, Senegal Local Performance in the Government Square, Dancing Horses To the Sounds of Drums

  • A strapping Zulu girl

  • Portrait Photography - Children

  • 25. Circoncision chez les femmes Mandjia

  • Camps bay and lion's head from victoria road C.P

  • Lourenço Marques Mercado Municipal; Market

  • CASAMANCE - ZIGHINGHOR Sortie de la Messe

  • Miango village

  • Mombasa Kavirando beauty

  • Dakar Place Centrale du Village Nègre

  • Portrait Photography - Children

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