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26. Matadi Aspect du port à l'arrivée d'un vapeur
ca. 1919
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Bas-Congo Province -- Matadi
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 caption on recto reads: "26. Matadi; Aspect du port à l'arrivée d'un vapeur." Translated postcard caption reads: "26. Matadi. View of the port on the arrival of a steamer." Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: "Matadi, Belgian Congo. Oct. 20, 1919. Howdy, this looks like some port, but it is just like all the rest of them. It is really the best one we have stayed at since Dakar." Postcard likely part of series created by "J. I. P.," corner which could have borne the photographer/publisher's mark is missing.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1919
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Bas-Congo Province -- Matadi
- Recorded subjects
- Transportation
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype, b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1993-019-0011
Collection: African Postcard Collection