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Extent:
1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Congo (Brazzaville)
Date:
[ca. 1905]
Scope and Contents:
Translated caption reads ''French Congo. The banks of the Niari at Loudina''. General overview of the river with oxes in the foreground. Postmarked stamp recto. Verso addressed to ''Mr. P. Le Quement. Ouhamé-Nana. Fort-Sibut. 0.C.T'' Congo Franc̥ais. Photograph by J. Audema. Ouhamé-Nana was a French concessionary company operating in Kémo province, where Fort-Sibut, a town in Kémo province in the Ubangi-Shari colony, was located. Oubangui-Chari-Tchad (Ubangi-Shari-Chad) [O.C.T.] was a large colony in French Equatorial Africa. Mr. P. Le Quement was a concessionary company agent working for the Ouhamé-Nana first in Batangafo, then in Fort-Sibut [1912-1914].
Local Numbers:
Audema 0043
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase
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:
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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 1985-140006
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF) / Audema
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo76315fc03-3ce5-4544-af76-f3d180fbcfc0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref840