This collection includes postcards from 45 African countries. Subjects include agriculture; animals; artists; body arts; cityscapes; cultural landscapes; dance; education; expeditions; flora; industry; leaders; marketplaces; medicine; military; missionaries; music; portraits; recreation; rites and ceremonies; and transportation, among many other topics.
Arrangement note:
Arranged by country and topic
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Genre/Form:
Postcards
Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Printed text on recto reads: "Tatouage d'un Beau Gars du Tchad."
Translated caption reads: "Tattoos of a handsome fellow from Chad."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Loango, Cliché Marichelle."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-20-05
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Printed text on recto reads: "Les Femmes a Plateaux / Un beau Plateau."
Translated caption reads: "[Lip] Plated Women / A beautiful [lip] plate."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "La Vulgarisation Ethnographique."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-20-06
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Printed text on verso reads: "54 - L'Afrique Noire - Négresse à plateaux."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Editions Hoa-Qui - Paris / Reproduction Interdit / Photo Veritable."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-20-07
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Postmarked and stamped on recto, postmark reads: February 4, 1914. Manuscript message and address on verso. Postmarks on verso.
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-20-12
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Printed text on recto reads: "The 'Negresses a Plateaux' / French Equatorial Africa."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "Photo Touly - Paris."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-20-04
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Printed text on verso reads: "Afrique Equatoriale Français / 18. - Tchad. Types de Femmes."
Translated caption reads: "French Equatorial Africa / 18. - Chad. - Types of Women."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Photographie René Moreau / Edition R. Bègue, 9, Rue Cauchois - Paris."
Manuscript message on verso.
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-20-03
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Printed text on verso reads: "Afrique Equatoriale Français / 34. - Tchad. Bororos en costume de fête."
Translated caption reads: "French Equatorial Africa / 34. - Chad. - Bororos in festive clothing."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Photographie René Moreau / Edition R. Bègue, 9, Rue Cauchois - Paris."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-20-02
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Printed text on verso reads: "Afrique Equatoriale Français / 9. Tchad. - Femme de Goulfä / Région du Lac Tchad."
Translated caption reads: "French Equatorial Africa / 9. - Chad. - Goulfa Woman / Lake Chad region."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Photographie René Moreau / Edition R. Bègue, 9, Rue Cauchois - Paris."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-20-01
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Printed text on verso reads: "206. Tchad (A.E.F.) / Femme Sara à la Corvée d'Eau."
Translated caption reads: "206. Chad [French Equatorial Africa] / Sara Woman Collecting Water."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Photo R. Pauleau - Doula (Cameroun)." Stamp box reads: "Photographie Véritable."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-12-02
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Original caption reads, "Potash Boat on Lake Chad. Africa."
Printed text on verso reads: "Post Card / British Made."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-24-01
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Printed text on recto reads: "1. Une pirogue sur le Logone entre Moundou et Laï."
Translated caption reads: "1. A pirogue on the Logone between Moundou and Lai."
Printed text on verso reads: "Braun & Cie, Imp., Editeurs-Concessionnaires / Paris - France."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Exigez 'Jean Bart' / Cirage Imperméable / Pour le Gros: / Produits d'entretien 'Jean-Bart' / 65, Bd de la République, Roubaix / Cires, Cirages, Encaustiques, Produits pour Métaux." Translation reads: "Demand ' Jean Bart ' / Waterproof Shoe polish / By the Gros: / 'Jean-Bart' cleaning products / 65, Boulevard of the Republic, Roubaix / Wax, Shoe polishes, Furniture polishes, Produced for Metals." Stamp box reads: "Tarif maximum cartes postales."
Braun & Cie, Imp., Editeurs-Concessionnaires / Paris - France
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-24-02
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Printed text on recto reads: "8. Au Logone Dans la Région de Bongor - Deux Coups de Fusil."
Translated caption reads: "8. On the Logone, Bongor Region - two shots were fired."
Printed text on verso reads: "Braun & Cie, Imp., Editeurs-Concessionnaires / Paris - France."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-13-01
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Printed text on recto reads: "32. - Pont de lianes, sur la Mambéré / Con Congo français, de la Sangha au Tchad."
Translated original caption reads, "32. Vine bridge, on the Mbéré. French Congo From Sangha to Tchad."
Manuscript address on verso. Postmarked postage stamp on verso, date reads February 21, 1910.
Printed logo on recto reads: "Maggi." Printed text on verso includes an advertisement for Maggi product, printed to resemble manuscript as though written by postcard sender.
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-24-03
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Printed text on recto reads: "Poste de Léré. / Con Congo français, de la Sangha au Tchad."
Translated original caption reads, "Lere Post. French Congo From Sangha to Tchad."
Manuscript message and address on verso, addressed to "Monsieur Dargent. 171 rue Vm Heugo Schaerleek." Postage stamp removed.
Printed logo on recto reads: "Maggi." Printed text on verso includes an advertisement for Maggi product, printed to resemble manuscript as though written by postcard sender.
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-12-01
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Addritional printed text on recto reads: "Photo Th. Lefebvre." Printed text on verso reads: "'Phototypie l'Abeille' - Paris."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-13-02
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Printed caption on verso reads: "3. A.E.F.[: Afrique Équatoriale Française] - Femme Sara."
Translated caption reads: "3. French Equatorial Africa - Sara woman."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Photo Lefevre; «La Carte Africaine», 228, Bd Raspail, Paris 14e / Fabrique en France - Phot. INF. A.E.F. / Reproduction retouchée interdite." Stamp box reads: "Photographie Véritable." Publisher's logo on recto: "L.C.A."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-20-15
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Printed caption on verso reads: "15. A.E.F.[: Afrique Équatoriale Française] - Femme Sara."
Translated caption reads: "15. French Equatorial Africa - Sara woman."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Photo Robert Carmet; «La Carte Africaine», 228, Bd Raspail, Paris 14e / Fabrique en France - Phot. INF. A.E.F. / Reproduction retouchée interdite." Stamp box reads: "Photographie Véritable." Publisher's logo on recto: " L.C.A."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-20-14
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
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Printed text on verso reads: "124 - Tchad - Danseur Yakoma."
Translated caption reads: "124 - Chad - Yakoma Dancer."
Publisher's logo on recto: "Hoa-Qui."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Libraire «Au Messager» -B.P. 236 - Brazzaville A.E.F. / Reproduction Interdit / Photo Veritable."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-20-13
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
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Printed text on verso reads: "108 - Tchad - Passeur sur le Chari."
Translated caption reads: "108 - Chad - Ferryman on the Chari."
Publisher's logo on recto: "Hoa-Qui."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Libraire «Au Messager» -B.P. 236 - Brazzaville A.E.F. / Reproduction Interdit / Photo Veritable."
Local Numbers:
EEPA CD-24-04
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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