Original caption reads, "Tananarive - A Hova Wedding in 'philanzane'."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Edition de la Maison P. Ghigiasso, librairie, ameublement, - Tamatave."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MG-23-18
Local Note:
temp 155
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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: "Une noce du high-life. Mission du Benin." Translated caption reads: [A High-Life Wedding. Benin Mission.] Additional printed text on recto reads: "M.A." Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Correspondance; Adresse." Publisher's logo on verso.
Items EEPA DM-23-01 and EEPA DM-23-02 bear slightly altered versions of the same recto image.
Local Numbers:
EEPA DM-23-01
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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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.
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Dahomey Sortie d'une messe de mariage à Porto-Novo
Extent:
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Benin
Date:
[ca. 1900]
Scope and Contents:
Postcard image of a bride and groom in European wedding costume with other men and women in formal European clothing on the steps of a building. Printed text on recto reads: "Dahomey; Sortie d'une messe de mariage à Porto-Novo." Additional printed text on recto reads: "Colonies Françaises." Publisher's logo on recto.
Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Ce cote exclusivement reserve a l'adresse."
Local Numbers:
EEPA DM-23-03
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
Collection Restrictions:
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Printed caption on recto reads: "Djibouti. - Scène d'un mariage Somalis (Entrée solennelle de la fiançée dans la demeure de son mari)."
Translated caption reads: "Djibouti. - Scene of a Somali wedding (formal entrance of the bride into the home of her husband)."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "K. Arabiantz, éditeur à Djibouti. - Reproduction réservée." Publisher's logo on recto: "Impr. Réunies de Nancy."
Postmarked postage stamp on recto.
Local Numbers:
EEPA FT-23-01
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase
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Printed caption on recto reads: "Djibouti. - Scène d'un mariage Somalis (Transport de la Dot)."
Translated caption reads: "Djibouti. - Scene of a Somali wedding (Transport of the Dowry)."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "K. Arabiantz, éditeur. - Reproduction réservée." Publisher's logo on recto: "Impr. Réunies de Nancy."
Local Numbers:
EEPA FT-23-02
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase
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Printed caption on recto reads: "Tahtiravan des noces en Egypte."
Translated caption reads: "Wedding [caravan] in Egypt."
Local Numbers:
EEPA UA-23-02
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
Bryna Freyer Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Av., S.W., Washington, DC 20560; FY 1995 EEPA 1995-001
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Printed caption on recto reads: "Fantaisie d'un mariage."
Translated caption reads: "Arrayed for a marriage."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Lichtenstern & Harari, Commissions-Agents, Cairo."
Local Numbers:
EEPA UA-23-04
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
Howard Woody; purchase; FY 1995; EEPA 1995-013
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Printed caption on recto reads: "No. 90 - Egypte - Timbaliers sur Chameau pour procession de mariage."
Translated caption reads: "No. 90 - Egypt - Drummers on camels for wedding procession."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "H. K. droit réservé."
Postmarked postage stamps on recto; manuscript address and postmark on verso.
Local Numbers:
EEPA UA-23-01
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Printed caption on recto reads: "Chameaux de mariage arabe."
Translated caption reads: "Camels used in an Arab wedding."
Manuscript message on recto; address and postmarks on verso.
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Agents: Fix & David, Cairo - Port-Said."
Local Numbers:
EEPA UA-23-03
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Printed caption on recto reads: "Fantaisia d'un mariage."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Made for Arougheti Bros Suez."
Items EEPA UA-23-05 and EEPA UA-23-06 are duplicate postcards.
Local Numbers:
EEPA UA-23-05
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
I.U.: Indiana University collection; Donation.
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Printed caption on recto reads: "Fantaisia d'un mariage."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Made for Arougheti Bros Suez."
Manuscript message on recto; address and postmarks on verso.
Items EEPA UA-23-05 and EEPA UA-23-06 are duplicate postcards.
Local Numbers:
EEPA UA-23-06
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
I.U.: Indiana University collection; Donation.
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Collection Citation:
Barbara Blackmun Collection, EEPA 2016-012, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Collection Citation:
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Collection Citation:
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Collection Citation:
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Collection Citation:
Barbara Blackmun Collection, EEPA 2016-012, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
