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Creator:
Singer Manufacturing Company  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (halftone., col., 9 x 14 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Nigeria
Nigeria -- Lagos -- Lagos
Date:
[ca. 1915]
Scope and Contents:
Printed caption on recto reads: "Lagos, Africa."
Printed text on verso reads: "Singer No. 66-1; On Drawing Room Cabinet No. 31.; Your choice of the following on this Cabinet: Singer No. 66-1, Oscillating Hook; Singer No. 15-30, Oscillating Shuttle; Ninger No. 115-1, Rotary Hook; Singer No. 127-3, Vibrating Shuttle; Ad No 1652."
Local Numbers:
EEPA NR-04-20
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
Bryna Freyer Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, 950 Independence Av., S.W., Washington, DC 20560; donation; 2007/04/24 EEPA 2007-007
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
Sewing  Search this
Textile crafts  Search this
Sewing machines  Search this
Cultural landscapes  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 2007-007-0014
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/xo73b3f5b66-10ae-45e0-ac3f-b47d6554ceb0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref6932