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Dakar The Wire-less Station

[19--]

Africa; Senegal

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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 and a transmitter tower beside one of the buildings. Uniformed men are visible in the lower right. Text on front reads: DAKAR - La T.S.F." (= wire-less station) On front: "Collection A. Chaussende, Dakar." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Correspondance; Adresse." Handwritten message on verso.

Collection
African Postcard Collection
Archival grouping
African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)
Catalog date
[19--]
Recorded places
Africa; Senegal
Recorded subjects
Cultural landscapes
Format and extent
1 Postcard (col., 9 x 14 cm.)
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This is a catalog record for historical archival material, not a biography. Catalog wording reflects the source record. Metadata reuse does not grant permission to reproduce restricted photographs or documents.

Sources & collection details

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: sova.eepa.1985-014_ref668

Collection: African Postcard Collection

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