St-Louis (Sénégal) La Poste

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: "109. St-Louis (Sénégal). La Poste. P. Tacher, phot, St-Louis." Translated postcard caption reads, "109. St-Louis (Senegal). - Post Office." Additional handwritten text on verso reads, "27 Juin 1909. Ma chere mimi, Je n'ai pas trop le temps de t'ecrire aujourd'hui, mais comme il y a un courrier qui part le 29, je ne veux pas le laisser partir sans lui confier un petit baiser pour ma fifille aimee et pour ma petite femme cherie. Je vous embrasse toutes deux de tout mon coeur. Marius. A quand la photographie de Jeannette mais surtout qu'elle ne fasse pas la moue; cette petite polissonne. As-tu recu les 70fr. que j'avais mis dans sa lettre?." Translated handwritten text on verso reads, "June 27, 1909. Dear Mimi, I don't really have time to write today but the carrier leaves on the 29th and he will not leave without taking with him kisses for my loved daughter and cherished wife. I send you kisses from the bottom of my heart. Marius. Can you think about sending a picture of Jeannette but please ask her not to make faces. Have you found the 70 francs I put in her letter?.".

Collection

African Postcard Collection

Archival grouping

African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)

Catalog date

[19--]

Recorded places

Africa; Senegal

Recorded subjects

Mod. architecture/cityscape -- Photographs

Format and extent

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

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