Creator:

J. B.  Search this

Extent:

1 Postcard (collotype., col., 9 x 14 cm.)

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Ethiopia

Ethiopia, -- Ādīs Ābeba region, -- Ādīs Ābeba (Addis Ababa)

Date:

ca. 1916

Scope and Contents:

Printed caption on recto reads: "Addis-Abeba. Domestiques de Chefs indigènes."

Translated caption reads: "Addis Ababa. Servants of the indigenous Chief."

Additional printed text on recto reads: "J. B. Djibouti."

Manuscript message and address on verso; postmark on verso.

Local Numbers:

EEPA ET-12-04

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

Provenance:

Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000207633; 20100729 EEPA 2010-025.

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

Portrait photography -- 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 ET 2010-025-0094

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/xo7d0c12ff0-c8ae-4832-9f0e-33329f7d8919

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref4221