Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Elisabethville Hôtel de Bruxelles, Mme V. Fransos
ca. 1923
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Haut-Katanga Province -- Lubumbashi -- (Elisabethville)
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: "Elisabethville - Hôtel de Bruxelles, Mme V. Fransos." Translated caption reads: "Elisabethbille - Brussels Hotel, Ms. V. Fransos." Manuscript message and address on verso, date reads: "26/7/23." Postmarked postage stamp on verso. Sign on building pictured in recto image reads: "Hotel de Bruxelles; Fonde en 1911.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1923
- 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, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1208
Collection: African Postcard Collection