Creator:

Photo-Chante (Addis Ababa)  Search this

Extent:

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

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Ethiopia

Date:

circa 1930

Scope and Contents:

Manuscript caption on recto reads: "Farmyard scene, Ethiopia."

Typed caption on verso reads: "Farmyard scene. It is a case of 'let the women do the work' - I am thinking of 'settling down' here."

Additional printed text on verso reads: "Photo-Chante; Addis-Abeba / Satrox."

Local Numbers:

EEPA ET-12-02

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

Provenance:

Bryna Freyer Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Av., S.W., Washington, DC 20560; donation; FY 2005; EEPA 2005-013

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:

Households  Search this

Domestic scenes  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 ET 2005-013-0016

See more items in:

African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 18: Ethiopia (ET)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7c0682637-6c44-4121-a64d-998dfe616eb7

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref4167