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
Restrictions:
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Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Genre/Form:
Postcards
Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
93 Prints (visual works) (black & white, 8 x 10 in. or smaller)
75 Slides (photographs) (color)
Container:
Volume 1
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Negatives (photographic)
Prints (visual works)
Slides (photographs)
Black-and-white photographs
Color slides
Black-and-white negatives
Place:
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Africa
Date:
1980
Summary:
Photographs by Wyatt MacGaffey, a prominent anthropologist with a lifelong scholarly interest in the Congo, taken during a survey on Belgian colonial architecture for a research project in Kisangani (formerly Stanleyville) in 1980. His images of the often dilapidated buildings range from colonial mansions to views of African housing. Other photographs show small private homes and businesses as well as a mosque under construction by the Saudis and several churches. There are also many street scenes, images of the university and the Congo River. A series of five slides shows popular paintings (such as La Colonie Belge).
The value of his images is enhanced by his notes, which record subjects and locations.
Arrangement note:
color slides organized in one volume
Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Accompanying text reads, " Paluku Kisangani, a musician."
General:
Title source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Note source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Collection Restrictions:
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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.
Accompanying text reads, " Paluku Kisangani, a musician."
General:
Title source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Note source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Accompanying text reads, " Center of town, Place des Martyrs; Hôtel de ville on the left, Post Office to the right."
General:
Title source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Note source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
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.
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.
Accompanying text reads, " Old colonial, n'. 15, on Ave. Tshatshi, from the SE."
General:
Title source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Note source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Accompanying text reads, " Hardware store in the market."
General:
Title source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Note source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Collection Restrictions:
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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.
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.
Accompanying text reads, " Hotel de ville from the South."
General:
Title source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Note source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Accompanying text reads, " Bureau du Parquet, Tribunal de Premier Instance."
General:
Title source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Note source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Collection Restrictions:
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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.
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
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Accompanying text reads, " The University: office of CRIDE (research institute)."
General:
Title source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Note source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Accompanying text reads, " View of les blocs universitaires, faculty housing, late 60's; from le quartier des musiciens."
General:
Title source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Note source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Collection Restrictions:
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Accompanying text reads, " University buildings from the days of l'Université Libre, intended as the library, 1973, never completed."
General:
Title source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Note source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Accompanying text reads, " Les blocs universitaires, faculty housing. These buildings were occupied as rebel HQ. A mound outside is said to hide a large number of dead bodies."
General:
Title source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Note source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
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.
Accompanying text reads, " Views from les blocs universitaires to the SE and S."
General:
Title source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Note source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
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.
Accompanying text reads, " Views from les blocs universitaires to the SE and S."
General:
Title source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Note source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
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.
Accompanying text reads, " Immeuble Interfina, Immoquateur, Boulevard Mobutu, from the balcony of the post office. Houses Belgian consulate and a "supermarket". Owner Lengema, one of the old colonial élite. One of the high-rises (along with Zaire Palace Hotel) built after world war II."
General:
Title source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Note source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
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.
Accompanying text reads, " Views of the market "27 Octobre"."
General:
Title source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
Note source: Mr. Wyatt MacGaffey.
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.
