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Congo Français Congo Français - Le vapeur ''Bretonnet'', de la Cie des Messageries Fluviales du Congo à Brazzaville
[ca. 1905]
Africa; Congo (Brazzaville)
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.
Translated caption reads: ''French Congo. The steamer ''Bretonnet''', Messageries River Navigation of the Congo company's steamer in Brazzaville''. In the foreground river, in the background steamboat with passengers on board. Upper right recto stamp reads:'' CONGO 05''. Lower left recto reads: [Amitiés. Signature.] Translated lower left recto: ''Friendship. Signature not readable''. Verso reads: [Adresse: M. Klemken a Vesoul - France]. Congo Français. Photograph by J. Audema.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF) / Audema
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1905]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Brazzaville)
- Recorded subjects
- Transportation
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA 1985-140052
Collection: African Postcard Collection