Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Vues de Porto Novo Dahomey
[ca. 1901]
Africa; Benin
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.
Recto bears two small images. The one to the left is of a village. The one on the right is of a marketplace. Printed text on recto reads: "Vues de Porto Novo (Dahomey)." Handwritten text on recto, date reads: "24 août 1901." Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Ce côte est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse." Address, postage stamp and two postmarks on verso. Manuscript on verso provides a translation of recto message.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1901]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Benin
- Recorded subjects
- Cultural landscapes; Marketplaces
- 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 DM 1985-144054
Collection: African Postcard Collection