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Creator:
C.M.S. Bookshop, Lagos  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (photograph., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Nigeria
Date:
[ca. 1920]
Scope and Contents:
Printed caption on recto reads: "Bida Brass Worker."
Printed text on verso reads: "Copyright: The C.M.S. (Nigeria) Bookshops.; This is a Real Photograph." Stamp box reads: "Printed in Gt. Britain." Item number on recto: "A.10."
Local Numbers:
EEPA NR-04-23
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
Simon Ottenberg; Donation; FY 1996; EEPA 1996-002.
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:
Artists -- Africa  Search this
Metal-work  Search this
Brasswork  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 NR 1996-002-0037
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 34: Nigeria (NR)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo758754c58-99c6-488d-a7a6-759578cb993c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref6908