Extent:

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Place:

Africa

Benin

Date:

[ca. 1910]

Scope and Contents:

Postcard image of a groom in a top hat and tuxedo, hand-in-hand with bride who is wearing a long white dress and veil. Behind them are several people, most of them dressed in formal European attire. Printed text on recto reads: "Dahomey - Ouidah, Une mariage." Translated caption reads: [Dahomey Ouidah, A Wedding].

Printed text on verso includes publishers logo: "Collection ["FS" or "SF"]." and series number: "6256."

Items EEPA DM-23-01 and EEPA DM-23-02 bear slightly altered versions of the same recto image.

Local Numbers:

EEPA DM-23-02

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

Provenance:

JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.

Collection Restrictions:

Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  Search this

Weddings -- Africa  Search this

Genre/Form:

Postcards

Collection Citation:

African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 1985-144035

See more items in:

African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7d4ac3a17-a407-4be9-a153-67ea0b23799c

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref3910