75. Congo Belge Elisabethville: Observatoire

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: "75. Congo Belge / Belgisch Congo; Elisabethville; Observatoire. / Observatorium." Translated postcard caption reads: "75. Belgian Congo; Elisabethville; Observatory." Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: "Ma petite Marcelle, Maman n'a pas le temps d'écrire cette semaine. Elle écrira une longue lettre par le prochain courrier. Mille baisers de Papa." Translated message reads: "My little Marcelle, Mama does not have the time to write this week. She will write a long letter by the next mail. A thousand kisses from Papa. 28/4/22." Postmark on verso, postage stamp printed on verso.

Collection

African Postcard Collection

Archival grouping

African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)

Catalog date

ca. 1922

Recorded places

Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Haut-Katanga Province -- Lubumbashi -- (Elisabethville)

Recorded subjects

Cityscape photography

Format and extent

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)

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