Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Colonies Françaises - Dahomey Village lacustre d'Avantsouri
[ca. 1910]
Africa; Benin
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 buildings on stilts over water, a few people are visible. Printed text on recto reads: "Colonies Françaises - Dahomey - Village lacustre d'Avantsouri." Translated caption reads: [French Colonies - Dahomey - Lakeside Village of Avantsouri]. Remnant of a partially removed layer of paper bearing manuscript on verso. Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Tous les pays etrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto. (Se renseigner a la Poste); Correspondance; Adresse.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1910]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Benin
- Recorded subjects
- Fishing; Vernacular architecture -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 1985-144046
Collection: African Postcard Collection