25. Trois bons amis Kisantu

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: "25. Trois bons amis - Kisantu - Drie goede vrienden." Translated caption reads: "25. Three good friends. Kisantu." Manuscript address and message on verso, message reads: "Cher Poussy, je te remercie pour ta dernière carte lettre, elle m'a faite beaucoup de plaisir. J'ai eu samedi la visite d'Anne-Marie et de Stan, c'était une vraie surprise car on ne m'avait pas prévenu. Anne est à Westende chez les Moons puis elle vient ici pour quelques jours puis elle va chez tante Xavier(?), tu comprends que je suis contente. Tante viendra aussi bientôt me voir car elle m'a écrit pour savoir que j'avais pour le salon. Pour le moment mon oncle Fernand est chez elle. Aurevoir je n'ai pas le temps de t'écrire davantage. Mille baisers." Translated message reads, " Dear Poussy, I thank you for your last card which pleased me a lot. I have had the visit Saturday of Anne-Marie and Stan. It was a big surprise as I had not been told. Anne is in Westende at the Moons then she comes here for a few days, then she goes to Aunt Xavier(?). You understand how happy I am. Auntie will also come to see me soon because she wrote to me to find out what I had for the living room. For the time my uncle Ferdinand is staying with her. Bye, I do not have the time to write at great length. A thousand kisses." Postmarked postage stamps on verso, date reads: "8 VII 1913." Printed text on verso reads: "Mission du Kwango. Kwango - Missie.".

Collection

African Postcard Collection

Archival grouping

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

Catalog date

ca. 1913

Recorded places

Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Bas-Congo Province -- Kisantu

Recorded subjects

Portrait photography; Children

Format and extent

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

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