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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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  • Hair Plating Sierra Leone

  • Typical South AFrican rickshaw boys

  • Fetishes

  • 5. Elisabethville Baigneurs dans la Lubumbashi

  • Residence of H.B.M. Consul-General Lourenço Marques

  • Lagos City old and new

  • Lagos, Africa

  • Field Hospital

  • Republic of Senegal, Saint Louis Dugout Canoe Going Down The Senegal River

  • The Scout

  • Enjoying their meal

  • 35. Congo Belge Femmes Magala

  • Congo Belge - Voies de Communications Chemin de Fer du Mayumbe

  • Mostaganem Entrée du Jardin Public

  • Native medicine man

  • Congo Français Pont de lianes sur le Haut Como

  • Tanga Hospital

  • Saint-Louis (Sénégal) Coin de Marché

  • Bloemhof, Pont on the Vaal RIver Looking West

  • Tanga Neues Bezirksamt

  • Huila Girl

  • South Africa Zulu warrior Natives - Murchison range Zulu warrior

  • Un groupe de jeunes filles de Lula

  • Missions du Sud-Afrique Série III - L'Évêque au jour de la visite d'une mission. Basutoland

  • British East Africa "Keep Smiling."

  • Zanzibar Arab Ladies

  • East Africa Karamojo drawing water

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

  • Congo Belge - Ethnographie Chef de l'Urundi

  • Africa Oriental Portuguêsa (P.E.A.) Porto da Beira; The Beira Port

  • Zanzibar

  • Gibraltar The Military Hospital

  • Jeune Fille Haoussa

  • Dakar Le Gouvernement Général

  • Gibraltar Land Port and North Front

  • Groote Schuur Rondebosch

  • Ethiopian people

  • Bamako Place de l'Ecole

  • Sénégal - DAKAR L'Abattage des Boeufs

  • Nigeria groundnut pyramids, Kano

  • Ricksha boys Durban

  • Congo Indigénes Batékés

  • Nigeria preparing food

  • Zanzibar Natives bringing Fruits to Market

  • Gibraltar Casemates Barracks

  • DAKAR Jeune Sénégalaise

  • Outer Doorway Acropolis Ruins, Great Zimbabwe

  • Fountain, Burgers park Pretoria

  • DAKAR Femme Saracolé

  • Congo Belge - Villes Matadi - Vue du port en aval

  • 27. Costume de femme Banda (vu de devant)

  • Gabon Le 14 Juillet à Pointe-Noire

  • Village de Tiédem, Dakar, Sénégal

  • A Ponto sobre o Rio Pungwe, visto do rio The Bridge on the River Pungwe, seen from the river

  • Starting young

  • Tanzania

  • Loango Le coup de la rasoir, la veille du mariage

  • Travelling in Africa

  • Zanzibar Husking of Coconuts

  • South African Museum, Cape town Life-casts of natives. Bushwomen of the Auen tribe, making ostrich eggshell beads. Border of Kalahari, South West Africa

  • Colonies Francaises - Côte d'Ivoire A travers Bondoukou. - Le Marché

  • M'Kamba woman

  • African Portrait Limbe, Malawi

  • Traditional Dancers Zimbabwe

  • Gabon Pahouin de l'Intérieur

  • 9. Elisabethville Cordiers indigénes à l'exposition agricole de 1923

  • Libreville Femmes dansant le Djembé

  • Afrique Occidentale (Sénégal) Dakar, le feu dans le village

  • Zanzibar Two ivory tusks

  • Picaninnies at dinner

  • Young Woman

  • Dakar, Senegal Colonial Hospital Entrance

  • Basuto girls

  • Souvenir de Dakar (Sénégal) Etudiants Sénégalais

  • Nigerian Art, Ibo Masquerades Nortern Ibo, age set dance

  • Sénégalaise revenant de la rivière

  • Government avenue Cape Town

  • Africa Orientale Birginia eritrea col tradizionale vestito di pelle

  • Street scene in Djeńne: Mali

  • Chinde Estudio

  • Zimbabwe

  • The Captain Angus Buchanan Sahara Expedition Cones of salt obtained from the great salt mines in the oasis of Bilma

  • Teteleku ka Nobanda, Zulu Chief of the Mpumuza

  • Gibraltar Rosia Bay

  • Village Leader

  • Strand sreet Cape Town

  • A Section Leader, Senegal Railway to Niger

  • Moçambique Carro boer, junto a Macequece

  • Lourenço Marques (P.E.A.) Dóca de abrigo para pequenas embrações; The Dock for sailing boats

  • Second cutting, chapmans peak road C. P

  • Congo Belge - Flore Jardin planté de palmiers

  • Object

  • Sénégal - Soudan Indigènes recrépissant la Mosquée

  • Native

  • A glimpse of the Union Buildings Pretoria

  • Afrique Occidentale (Sénégal) Dakar, Mariage d'indigènes

  • Côte Occidentale d'Afrique Chasseurs au repos

  • The Tivoli theater of varieties Cape Town

  • Gibraltar Alameda Grand Parade

  • Congo Français Femmes "Sanghos."

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