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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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  • Umlaas river Natal

  • The beach, camps bay, looking at lion's head

  • Afrique Orientale Indigènes Kavirondo

  • Bamako La Vallée du Niger

  • Congo Français Femme Boubou, en grande tenue

  • British East Africa A Kisii Native

  • The beach, kalk bay

  • Dakar Place of Protest

  • Nigeria carved Yoruba gates from Oyo

  • DAKAR Vue de la Rade - "Le Burdigala"

  • Gibraltar South Barracks

  • Nelson Mandela 'I will return' - 8 postcards of Nelson Mandela

  • Congo Belge - Civilisation (Hygiène et Instruction) Hopital pour Blancs

  • Sénégal Le Lancement du Saint-Joseph, vue prise à l'opposé

  • Boer Women Memorial Bloemfontein

  • Beach and Pavilion Muizenberg

  • Zanzibar Natives Pumping Water

  • Young Woman

  • Children

  • Village

  • Gibraltar Buena Vista from the South

  • A Zulu mother and daughter

  • Coiffure for grand occasion

  • Dakar Aerial View of Dakar

  • General

  • Portrait Photography

  • No 254. Alur Djuganda (Ituri) Ituri

  • Devil's peak, from Mowbray

  • Daressalam Native woman

  • A Happy Couple

  • N'Kogo (Haute-Ogooué) Plantation de Cacao; Le Séchoir

  • Dock Road Cape Town

  • Saint Louis, Senegal Faidherbe Square

  • Portrait of two women

  • Lourenço Marques Praça Vasco da Gama

  • Basuto student

  • Mombasa Lady

  • A.O.I., Dire Daua Macinazione di dura

  • Smiling Woman

  • Congo Belge - Aspect Du Pays Rivière Kasai

  • Colonies Françaises, Côte d'Ivoire Traitants Indigènes

  • Lourenço Marques (P.E.A.) Consulado Inglês; The British Consul's Residence

  • Faidherbe Bridge Across The Senegal River

  • Congo Belge - Flore Cafétiers

  • Headdress of ricksha boy

  • Two Men

  • Le Congo d'aujourd'hui Femme Mangbetue

  • Town Hall Durban

  • DAKAR Famille Catholique

  • Rufisque

  • Sénégal Femmes Cérères

  • Congo Français Jeune femme de Loango

  • Femmes de pêcheurs portant le Poisson au Marché

  • Elephants

  • British East Africa A Native Bride

  • Boarding A Ship

  • A bend on the Kloof road

  • West Africa (Senegal), Dakar Fire in the Village

  • Femme Sénégalaise

  • Old native woman grinding maize

  • Works of Art

  • Missions des Pères du St-Esprit; Congo Français Intérieur de l'Église de Mayumba

  • Dakar Notable

  • Angola Tipos Indigenas

  • South Africa Bantumaiden in a banana plantation

  • Sénégal - DAKAR Groupe d'Enfants Ouoloffs

  • Congella Durban

  • The Tunnel Waterval-Boven, Eastern Transvaal

  • Dakar, Senegal Departure Of A Train

  • South African Museum, Cape town Life-casts of natives. A Cape bushwoman

  • Tatouage de la femme Bokala

  • Chevron pattern temple Great Zimbabwe

  • Tsi Mindele, Petit voleur de poule

  • Main Street, Port Elizabeth with Mayor's garden in foreground

  • St-Louis (Sénégal) Femmes Ouolofs, pilant du couscous

  • South Africa At the funeral of murdered activist, Victoria Mxenge - August 1985

  • Dr. the Hon. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Premier of Eastern Nigeria

  • Views of Ghana Trading Beads in Koforidua Market

  • Gibraltar Buena Vista Barracks

  • Grinding Maize Transkei, South Africa

  • Gabon Portrait du Roi Denis

  • Zanzibar Native Village

  • Polana Hotel Lourenço Marques

  • Senegalese in Ber-Rechid

  • Souvenir of lives that remind Lagos past

  • The arrow face route Table mountain, Cape Town

  • Dakar Chef de Village

  • Gabon Ancienne école de Libreville

  • Deutsch-OstAfrica Tanga

  • Dar-es-Salaam, Deutsch-Ost-Africa Gouverneurs - Villa. Seeseite

  • Zanzibar H. H. The Sultan K. C. M. G

  • Congo Belge - Flore Coton

  • Gibraltar Casemates Gates and Market

  • Congo Belge - Voies de Communications Trimoteurs de la "Sabena," au champ d'aviation de Léopoldville

  • Samba (N'gounié) Factorerie S. H. O

  • Aerial view of Durban Beach front Luguitsig van Durbanse strandgebied

  • Tripolitania Donna di Ghadames

  • Stanleyville Garage S.C.E. Barman "La Lowa."

  • 107. Tchad Femmes à Plateaux

  • Congo Belge - Villes Léopoldville vu par avion

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