3. Boma Fort déclassé de Shinkakasa. Fossé de contrescarpe

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: "3. Boma - Fort déclassé de Shinkakasa. Fossé de contrescarpe." Translated postcard caption reads: "3. Boma - Decommissioned Fort Shinkakasa. Counterscarp divide." Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: " Meilleurs souvenrs de Boma, et bonne pensée de nous deux. Lorsque vous irez chez père et mère, Maurice vous donnera deux photos pour vous et pour envoyé à Marguerite. Bonnes Amitiés." Translated message reads: "Best remembrances from Boma, and affectionate thoughts from both of us. When you go to visit Father and Mother, Maurice will give you two photos for you and to send to Marguerite. Yours." Printed text on verso reads: "Édition F. D. W." Postmarked postage stamps on verso.

Collection

African Postcard Collection

Archival grouping

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

Catalog date

ca. 1910

Recorded places

Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Bas-Congo Province -- Fort de Shinkakasa

Recorded subjects

Cityscape photography

Format and extent

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

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