KAYES (Soudan) Famille Indigène

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.

Text on front reads: "56. - KAYES (Soudan). - Famille Indigène. Collection Albaret, Kayes." Translated postcard caption reads, "56. - KAYES (Sudan). - Indigenous Family." Additional handwritten text on verso reads, "Tombouctou, ce 28 Janvier 1919. J'aurais voulu t'envoyer une carte représentant des Touareg ou des Songhrai, c'est-à-dire des indigènes de la région de Tombouctou. Mais il n'y en a pas. Cette famille qui ouvre de si grand yeux devant l'appareil est probablement du Haut-Sénégal. Tombouctou est une vraie petite ville, au milieu de dunes de sable ou il n'y a presque pas de végétation. Un canal qui vient d'être achevé, la relie au Niger et j'ai pu y arriver avec ma chaloupe à vapeur "l'Ibis" ou "Gouverneur Clozet". Le vent qui souffle ici, froid en ce moment, vient du Nord... c'est peut-être un peu de vent de France. Je t'embrasse." Translated handwritten text on verso reads, "Tombouctou January 28, 1919. I would have liked to send you a card representing the Touareg or the Songhai, that is to say natives of the region of tombouctou but there weren't any. This family that opens such serious eyes before the camera is probably from Upper Senegal. Tombouctou is a truly small city in the middle of sand dunes where there is almost no vegetation. A canal that was just completed connects it to the Niger and I was able to get there with my steam launch, "the Ibis" or "Governor clozet". The wind that blows here, cold just now comes from the North... maybe it's a little wind from France. Love.".

Collection

African Postcard Collection

Archival grouping

African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)

Catalog date

[19--]

Recorded places

Africa; Senegal

Recorded subjects

Portraits; Clothing and dress -- Africa

Format and extent

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

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