Dakar (Sénégal) Un Coin du Marché

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.

Text on front reads: "6. DAKAR (Sénégal) - Un Coin du Marché. V. Roche - Dakar." Translated postcard caption reads, "6. DAKAR (Senegal) - A Section of the Marketplace." Additional handwritten text on verso reads, "Foundiougne: Dimanche 24 Décembre 1922. Ma chère Maman, je vais bien, aujourd'hui repos. Hier soir nous avons été à la chasse et avons tué une bécasse. Je vous embrasse, ainsi que papa, Marcel." Translated handwritten text on verso reads, "Foundiougne: Sunday, December 24, 1922. Dear mom, I am well, today: rest. Last night, we went hunting and killed a woodcock. Warm kisses to you and dad, Marcel.".

Collection

African Postcard Collection

Archival grouping

African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)

Catalog date

[19--]

Recorded places

Africa; Senegal

Recorded subjects

Marketplaces; Mod. architecture/cityscape -- Photographs

Format and extent

1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

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