Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
4. Stanleyville La Cathédrale
ca. 1930
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Orientale Province -- Kisangani -- (Stanleyville)
Source catalog description
This description refers to material held by Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art. Visual details below describe the original material.
Printed caption on recto reads: "4. Stanleyville - La Cathédrale / Stanleystad - De Kathedraal." Translated postcard caption reads: "4. Stanleyville. The Cathedral." Manuscript message and address on veros, message reads: "Un affectueux souvenir et nos meilleurs baisers à notre cher petit ... . Businga, 10/3/30." Translated message reads: "Our affectionate memory and our best kisses to our dear little .... Businga, 3/10/1930." Postmarked postage stamp on verso. Additional postage stamp printed on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1930
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Orientale Province -- Kisangani -- (Stanleyville)
- Recorded subjects
- Missions
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1430
Collection: African Postcard Collection