Creator:

Photo-Home (Leopoldville)  Search this

Extent:

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

Container:

Volume 3 CG

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Kasaï-Occidental Province -- Mweka

Date:

ca. 1950

Scope and Contents:

Printed verso caption reads: "Mweka (Congo Belge) / Enfant Bakete." Translated postcard caption reads, "Mweka (Belgian Congo) / Bakete child."

Additional printed text on verso reads: "31 / Copyright / Photo-Home / Léopoldville / Fabrication Suisse / 57."

Recto image on item EEPA CG-20-145 is a cropped version of the recto image on item EEPA CG-20-53.

Local Numbers:

EEPA CG-20-145

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

Citation source: Archives staff.

Provenance:

Bryna Freyer Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Av., S.W., Washington, DC 20560; donation; 2007/10/26 EEPA 2008-001

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:

Portrait photography  Search this

Children  Search this

Genre/Form:

Picture 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 CG 2008-001-0004

See more items in:

African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo775198731-cd3e-45cc-a877-8de95bd784ea

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref2485