Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
26. Congo Belge Boma: Parc du Gouverneur Général
ca. 1919
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Bas-Congo Province -- Boma
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: "26. Congo Belge / Belgisch Congo; Boma; Parc du Gouverneur Général. / Park van den Algemeenen Gouverneur." Translated postcard caption reads: "26. Belgian Congo; Boma: Park of the Governor General." Manuscript date and address on verso, date reads: "le 24-5-19." Postmarks on verso, postage stamp printed on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1919
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Bas-Congo Province -- Boma
- 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 2011-001-1202
Collection: African Postcard Collection