Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Moored Steamship Peace Upoto=Steamer Peace a Upoto
[19--]
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic)
Source catalog description
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Moored Steamship Peace at the landing point of Upoto, Belguim Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), 250 miles upriver from Stanleyville; published by Nels, Brussels, Belguim, ca. 1920; photographer unknown. The Peace was co-owned by the Reverand W. Holman Bentley and Mr. George Grenfeld, both of the Baptist Missionary Society (BMS). Original caption reads, "Souvenir du Congo: Steamer Peace a Upoto," and original credit reads, "Ed Neis, Bruxelles. Serie 14 No 25.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- [19--]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Recorded subjects
- Transportation; Missionaries
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item Neis 14.25
Collection: African Postcard Collection