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International Colonial Exposition, Paris 1931 Palace of French West Africa, The Porches for Indigenous Traders
[1931]
Africa; Côte d'Ivoire
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.
Postcard image of the exterior of a building. Text on front, top reads: "Exposition Coloniale Internationale - Paris 1931." Text on front, bottom reads: "61. Palais de l'A.O.F. - Les portiques des commercants indigenes." Additional text on front, lower right reads: "G. Olivier et J.G. Lambert, Archs." Trade-mark on front, lower right: "B" in a triangle. Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 51: Non-Africa / 51.2: World Fairs and Museum Displays
- Catalog date
- [1931]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Côte d'Ivoire
- Recorded subjects
- Vernacular architecture
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 9.5 x 14.5 cm.)
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Catalog reference: sova.eepa.1985-014_ref8657
Collection: African Postcard Collection