Creator:

Capuchins  Search this

Extent:

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

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Eritrea

Date:

ca. 1926

Scope and Contents:

Printed caption on recto reads: "Fiero della sua capigliatura."

Additional printed text on recto reads: "Serie IX.a. - Tipi Indigeni."

Printed text on verso reads: "I piccini infedeli salvati dalle barbarie per la squisita vostra carità saranno gli angioletti che attireranno su di voi grazie divine in abbondanza e assicureranno la salvezza dell'anima vostra. Segretariato dell Missioni Cappuccine Lombarde; Milano - Viale Monforte, 2."

Postmarked postage stamp, manuscript message, and address on verso.

Local Numbers:

EEPA EA-20-50

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

Provenance:

Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000264303; 2012/09/18 EEPA 2013-001

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 -- Africa  Search this

Hairstyles -- Africa  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 EA 2013-001-0274

See more items in:

African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 17: Eritrea (EA)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ef0fb43f-922c-400f-b572-ece9ea5d1268

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref4119