Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
18 Congo Belge. Baie de Mobimbi Cratère immergé dans le lac Kivu
ca. 1910
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Sud-Kivu Province -- Lake Kivu
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.
Translated postcard caption reads, "18 Belgian Congo. Bay of Mobimbi. Submerged crater in lake Kivu." Printed text on recto reads: "18 Congo Belge / Baie de Mobimbi. Cratère immergé dans le lac Kivu / Belgisch Congo / Baai van Mobimbi. Krater in het meer Kivu." Postage stamp printed on verso. Manscript message and address on verso, date reads: "17-5-19." Postmarks on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1910
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Sud-Kivu Province -- Lake Kivu
- Recorded subjects
- Landscape -- Photographs
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-0830
Collection: African Postcard Collection