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Extent:
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 8.5 x 14 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Liberia
Liberia, -- Montserrado County, -- Providence Island
Date:
circa 1912
Scope and Contents:
Printed caption on recto reads: "Island near Monrovia, Liberia."
Manuscript on recto.
Item number on verso reads: "11 29856."
Postmark, manuscript message and address on verso.
Local Numbers:
EEPA LB-07-02
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
Bryna Freyer Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Av., S.W., Washington, DC 20560; donation; 2006/07/24 EEPA 2006-009
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:
Cultural landscapes  Search this
Vernacular architecture -- 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 LB 2006-009-0012
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 24: Liberia (LB)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo74f7dba4e-a824-4650-bc3e-ab45ed6673c9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref5442