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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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  • Irumu Femme dite à plateau

  • Debarking of 75 in Casablanca

  • Afrique Equatoriale Française 36. Oubangui Chari: Femmes au tam-tam

  • At the Kraal

  • Gibraltar Warships in Harbour

  • Group Portrait

  • Mombasa Kavirando

  • Zanzibar Clove Sorting

  • Cultural Landscapes

  • Rufisque Leaving The Church

  • Johannesburg Fortuneteller. Mine boys playing draught

  • Dakar Bijoutiers Sénégalais

  • Libreville (Gabon) Corps de Ballet pour l'Iwanga

  • South African Museum, Cape town Life-casts of natives. A Kalahari bush girl, dancing, in full costume

  • 10 Cotonou Village de Pêcheurs

  • Zulu Intombis

  • Ricksha boy

  • Salisbury, Rhodesia. Second Steert, Cecil Square and the Pioneer Memorial

  • Typical ricksha boys

  • Parallel Passage Temple Great Zimbabwe

  • Dakar Marabout et ses élèves

  • Hely - Hutchinson Reservoir, table mountain

  • Gibraltar The King's Chapel

  • Fairly in the soup

  • Goree Beach

  • Congo Reception d'un Cargo dans le Mayumbe

  • Welcome Mandela Zimbabwe, March 1990 Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu at Harare Airport

  • Medico Indigena Surgeon

  • Senegal Purchasing and Weighing Grain At A Trading Depot

  • Ivory Coast Attire of a Bobo Woman

  • Congo Belge - Produits Eléphants d'Api

  • Tribes of Kenya Turkana Girls

  • Femme Sénégalaise

  • Sénégal et Soudan Femmes indigènes (Sénégal)

  • Busoga, Uganda Protectorate, A Leopard Trap

  • Table bay Cape Town

  • Zanzibar A Bazaar Scene

  • Gabon Première Communiante (Libreville)

  • Gibraltar The South Barracks

  • High-class hairdress

  • Cape Town Long Street

  • Young Zulus

  • St-Louis (Sénégal) L'Avenue Dodds

  • Saint-Louis (Sénégal) Un brin de causette sur la plage

  • Guinée Française Jeunes filles

  • Congo Belge Types Mayumbe

  • The Peninsula's unique marine drive and twelve apostles Cape Town

  • Pictures of Senegal Goree, View From The Fort

  • Congo Belge - Villes Albertville - Le port

  • Sénégal et Soudan Une femme Maure

  • Congo Français Congo Français - Une Exploitation agricole sur le Léfini

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

  • Nigeria View of Kuti Hall, Ibadan University

  • Typical South Africa Historic Majuba

  • Bloemhof, Prince Street Looking West

  • Ricksha boys S.A

  • Rapariga Zulu que vale 16 cabecas de gado A Zulu girl worth 16 head of cattle

  • Republic du Niger... Jeune fille Targui

  • Banya Bongo (Kivu)

  • Gibraltar The Monument of the Duke of Wellington

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

  • Trek ox-waggon crossing a drift

  • Her country cousins

  • Young Woman

  • A typical ricksha boy

  • Zanzibar Idd Baraza at the Residency

  • Gibraltar Nos. 1 & 2 Docks & Workshops

  • 24. Brazzaville (Congo Français) Types de Sangha, Chef de Village

  • Native musicians De Beers' compound, Kimberley

  • The Hostel Great Zimbabwe Ruins

  • Cape Town Cape Town and table mountain. Houses of parliament. Mail steamer leaving Cape Town docks. Standard bank and Adderly street. Grand parade and City Hall

  • Sénégal - Soudan Le Nabat de Mossi

  • Mission du Sénégal Frère missionnaire équarrissonnant des arbres pour la construction d'une Mission

  • Hausa-Dorf in Niger Hausa Village in Niger

  • Carving gourds Sokoto

  • Pictures of Senegal Aerial View of Dakar, Independence Place and Teranga Hotel

  • Congo Belge - Voies de Communications Chemin de Fer du Congo: La gare de Léopoldville

  • Moçambique Largo da Alfandega; Custom house square

  • Clifton on sea hotel (near Cape Town)

  • Congo Belge - Voies de Communications Route auto dans la Province Orientale

  • Ruanda, Watutsi Child

  • Lourenço Marques Observatorio Astronomico; Observatory

  • Femme du Cayor

  • Zanzibar Fruit Market

  • Cape Town Section 3

  • Sénégal

  • Gibraltar Rock from Rosia Parade

  • Sénégal et Soudan Le Niger a Bamako

  • Musicians and dancers

  • Capetown Legistive council chamber - Parliament House

  • Gibraltar Panorama from the Old mole Head

  • A witch doctor

  • Africa Oriental Portuguêsa Botões de Rosa-Chá...Preto

  • Uma caçada ao eléphante. Une chasse à l'éléphant

  • Zulu girls granding snuff

  • Femmes d'Afrique

  • Tervueren Palais du Musée du Congo

  • A typical Zulu

  • Fernando Póo Familia del rey de Baúlé

  • Senegal, Dakar Interior, European Courtyard

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