African Postcard Collection
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.
- Record ID
- ebl-1536871081657-1536871087273-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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