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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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  • Three Zulu women South Africa

  • Zanzibar The Clove picking art

  • Uganda Namirembe Market

  • Woman

  • Woman Expressing Milk

  • Zanzibar Natives pounding Rice

  • A Zulu couple

  • Zulu women hairdressing

  • Niger Boucheries indigènes

  • Zanzibar Native Dug out

  • Bas-Congo Veuve chrétienne soignant 2 orphelins

  • Zanzibar

  • Congo Belge - Faune Poissons

  • Bamako La Grand Mosquée

  • Congo Belge - Types d'indigènes Bayaka La tribu des Bayaka est établie le long du Kwango, à la frontière de l'Angola

  • The Beach Muizenberg

  • Transport de sel sur le Sénégal

  • Buildings

  • Women pounding grain, Timbuktu, Mali

  • Durban rickshaw boy

  • Pictures of Senegal Dakar, The Presidential Palace

  • African housewife at home

  • Zulu Yeomanry

  • Ricksha boys

  • Tanzania

  • Royal Dancer of the Kingdom of Burundi

  • Kano indigo dyeing

  • Afrique Occidentale (Sénégal) DAKAR. Une bonne nourrice

  • A Zulu boy

  • Missions d'Afrique - Soeurs Blanches du Cardinal Lavigerie Ouroundi - Types barundi

  • Uganda Bukedi Beauties

  • Congo Français La mort du chef Sangho: En exposition dans une chaise pliante

  • Senegal, Dakar Church in Dakar

  • Young Woman

  • Le tisserand

  • Jllovo river Natal

  • Women Returning From the Fields

  • Zanzibar The Donkey Cart

  • Mursi showing warthog teeth Omo Valley, Ethiopia

  • Africa

  • Chinde Meza farta

  • Zimbabwe Village Head with two of his wives, Zimbabwe

  • Cote D'Ivoire 4. Parure de femme Bobo

  • Senegal, Dakar The Port And The Docks

  • Colonia Eritrea Zad -Amba - Un'abitazione troglodita di quei Frati

  • La Guerre Européenne 1914 The black troops

  • Mombasa, B. E. Africa Native Women

  • Senegal A Promenade in Senegal

  • Zanzibar Clove Pickers

  • Congo Français Une famille Catholique Mpongwée

  • Where the late Hon. C. J. Rhodes is buried

  • Dakar Southern View, Government-House

  • A Day Nursery In Africa

  • A. O. I., Eritrea Tipo di donna Belina

  • Congo Français Une calebasse à Loango

  • Africa Oriental Portuguêsa A Velha "Artifa" do Chinde

  • Guinée Femme et Enfant Bassari

  • Bloemhof, Prince Street Looking West

  • Conakry, Guinée Française Monument Ballay. Socle, vue de face

  • Senegalese Infantry Ambulances

  • Côte d'Ivoire Fête des Morts

  • Children's bathing pool Camps bay, C. P

  • Tanzania

  • Natal Zulu headman

  • Masai Soldiers

  • Simons Town

  • Senegal The Launching of the "Saint Joseph", View Taken From Opposite Direction

  • Mangbetu women

  • Republic of Senegal Goree Island

  • Banana Plantation in Senegal

  • St-Louis (Sénégal) Jeune Diguène (Femme) pilant du Couscous

  • Junction of bree & waterkant streets Cape Town

  • Congo Belge - Villes Banque du Congo Belge

  • Mayumbe Jeune femme

  • Dakar Essards Street

  • Main walk, Zoo Pretoria

  • Matabele chief

  • Afrique Occidentale Femme Saracolet

  • Bird's eye view of Durban bathing enclosure

  • Congo Belge - Ethnographie Travailleurs indigènes au repos

  • Ricksha boys

  • Union Buildings Pretoria

  • Musicians

  • Angolan Woman

  • West Nile, Uganda Mahdi Woman

  • Sénégal et Soudan Lessive au bord du Sénégal

  • Afrique Occidentale (Sénégal) DAKAR. A la Fête de la Tabaski

  • Congo Belge - Produits Aviculture

  • A typical Zulu woman

  • Barundi Peoples in Kanyinia, Urundi, Belgian Congo

  • Rock paintings Zimbabwe

  • Cattle coming out from City Gate, Kano

  • Government Avenue Cape Town

  • Afrique Occidentale (Sénégal) Un beau Séko

  • At Khotso (peace) house Johannesburg - May Day 1985

  • Ruanda the Bold Native

  • Indigo dye pits at Kano

  • Gibraltar The King's Chapel

  • Africa Oriental Portuguêsa Donzéla Macúa

  • DAKAR Nouveaux circonsis

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