Printed text on recto reads: "Congo. / No. 25. Vierge à vendre."
Translated postcard caption reads: "Congo. No. 25. Virgin for sale."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Photographie R. Visser, Déposé."
Items EEPA CG-20-38 and EEPA CF-20-39 are duplicate postcards excepting slight caption variation.
Manuscript message on recto, address on verso. Postmarked postage stamp on verso.
Robert Visser photograph reproduced on postcard is part of series of images carved into an ivory tusk which is now part of the National Museum of African Art (2007-1-2).
Local Numbers:
EEPA CF-20-38
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
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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.
