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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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  • Jeune fille Haoussa

  • The beach, Durban

  • Nelson Mandela at age 19 in Umtata, Transkei 'I will return' - 8 postcards of Nelson Mandela

  • Femme de la Koumi, tenue de parade

  • Hospital Johannesburg

  • Europa Points, Gibraltar, Straits and African Continent

  • Senegalese Military Camp Artistic Study

  • Young Zulus

  • Zanzibar Native Street

  • Lessouto Maletsibisa, femme du chef lorothodi

  • SAINT-LOUIS (Sénégal) Avenue de Guet-N'Dar

  • Bulawayo Rhodes Grave and Shangani Memorial

  • Zanzibar Coffee Seller

  • Africa in Pictures Dakar, The Maginot Building

  • St. Louis, Senegal Bastille Day Races (The Fourteenth of July)

  • A Zulu

  • Africa Zimbabwe

  • Panorama view of Tete (Zambezia)

  • SENEGAL - RUFISQUE La Gare

  • Les Femmes a Plateaux. La Joie au Village

  • Défilé des chasseurs

  • Sénégal - DAKAR Intérieur, cour européenne

  • Sénégal - DAKAR Village indigène disparu

  • Uganda Kamuli Native Band

  • Boys College Pietermaritzburg

  • Dakar (Sénégal) Un Coin du Marché

  • Adoration

  • Zanzibar Natives stalking Cloves by the palm of their hands

  • Durban ricksha boy

  • Congo Belge - Produits Kambove (Cuivre)

  • Senegal Mission Missionary Brother Squaring Timbers For The Construction Of A Mission

  • SENEGAL - SAINT-LOUIS Départ d'un train

  • Sénégal Tisserand indigène

  • In the Lupata Zambezi

  • Gibraltar Rock from the North

  • Dakar Noirs plongeant pour attraper des sous

  • The Sickly Anti-Bird Ghost Shaking because of Cold Nigeria

  • Marine parade Durban

  • Dakar La Grande Poste

  • Tipi di Donne Eritrea

  • Tanzania

  • Tanzania

  • River mouth at low tide Isipingo beach - Natal

  • Adderly Street from S. Cape Town

  • Gibraltar General Eliott's Monument

  • Portrait Photography - Zulu

  • SAINT-LOUIS (Sénégal) Groupe Ouolof

  • Market in Djenne, Mali

  • The University Pietermaritzburg

  • Republic of Senegal Goree Island

  • Darling st. Cape Town

  • Piscina Hotel Polana Lourenço Marques

  • British Consulate Lourenço Marques

  • Ghanian Girls

  • Gibraltar The Rock from the Bay

  • Gabon, Cap-Lopez Le 14 Juillet à Pointe-Noire

  • Scaring birds from rice

  • Africa Orientale Tipi bilene

  • Congo Belge - Civilisation (Missions, Justice, Police, Armée) Mission Baudouinville

  • Missions des P. P. du Saint Esprit Porteuse de Vin de Palme

  • Rear view of unidentified woman with scarification

  • The Garnd Hotel Petoria C. Fincke. Manager

  • Observatorio Campos Herinques Observatory Campos Herinques

  • Uganda An open-air service

  • Nelson Mandela with Oliver Tambo (ANC President) in Addis Ababa, 1962 'I will return' - 8 postcards of Nelson Mandela

  • Zanzibar Ancienne photo d'Esclaves délivrés

  • Natives building hut

  • Starting young

  • Woman

  • Zululand Zulu warriors

  • Dakar Le T. S. F

  • 242. Etat Ind. du Congo Femmes pêcheuses Mongelima

  • Congo No. 18. Femmes au village

  • Jeune Fille Muhutu de l'Urundi =Muhutusche Jongedochter Uit Urundi

  • Congo Belge - Produits Likasi-Panda (cuivre)

  • Dakar Une Famille

  • Congo Belge - Ethnographie Pygmées

  • Basutos after a successful hunt

  • Sénégal - DAKAR Assainissement de Dakar, Déménagement d'une case

  • Lourenço Marques (P.E.A.) Palácio Maçónico; The Masonic Hall

  • Enyong Creek, Itu, E. Nigeria

  • Nos Sénégalais à Ber-Rechid

  • Gibraltar Rosia Bay

  • Sénégal - DAKAR La Rade

  • The Amphitheatre, Union Buildings Pretoria

  • Prince Archibong II

  • Indigènes de l'Ouganda

  • Provincia de Moçambique

  • Colonie du Niger Famille peule se livrant à des travaux de vannerie

  • Western entrance to Temple Great Zimbabwe

  • Cape town and table mountain from table bay

  • Standard bank Adderly Street, Cape Town

  • Gibraltar The Market

  • The Indaba (Chiefs council)

  • Haut-Ogooué Attendant la Pirogue

  • DAKAR Mère et Fils indigènes

  • Congo Français Belle-mère Boubou

  • Sénégal - Rufisque 14 Juillet - Jeu des Cruches

  • At the Zoo Johannesburg

  • Masai women

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