Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Porto Novo (Dahomey) S.M. le roi Tofa avec ses Ministres
[ca. 1903]
Africa; Benin; Benin -- Oueme -- Porto-Novo
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 king Tofa surrounded by several men. Text on front reads: "Porto Novo (Dahomey); S.M. le roi Tofa avec ses Ministres." Translated caption reads: [His Majesty the king Tofa with his ministers]. Manuscript on recto, date reads: "17/8/03." Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Ce cote est exclusivement reserve a l'adresse." Manuscript on verso. Postage stamp and postmarks on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1903]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Benin; Benin -- Oueme -- Porto-Novo
- Recorded subjects
- Leaders; Portraits -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 1985-144016
Collection: African Postcard Collection