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112. Congo Belge Basoko: La foule attendant l'arrivée du Ministre des Colonies
ca. 1922
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Orientale Province -- Basoko
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 text on recto reads: "112. Congo Belge - Belgisch-Congo / Basoko / La foule attendant l'arrivée du Ministre des Colonies. / De menigte in afwachting der aankomst van den Minister van Koloniën." Translated postcard caption reads, "112. Belgian Congo. Basoko: The crowd waits for the arrival of the Minister of the Colonies." Manuscript date and address on verso, date reads: "26/5/22." Postmark on verso. Postage stamp printed on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1922
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Orientale Province -- Basoko
- Recorded subjects
- Leaders
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1342
Collection: African Postcard Collection