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32. Congo Belge Noirs réunissant du bois pour le chauffage des vapeurs
ca. 1910
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic)
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: "32. Congo Belge; Noirs réunissant du bois pour le chauffage des vapeurs. / Belgisch Congo; Negers die brandhout inzamelen voor de stoombooten." Translated postcard caption reads: "32. Belgian Congo. Blacks collecting wood for steamboats." Printed postage stamp on verso. Items EEPA CG-26-03, EEPA CG-26-04 and EEPA CG-35-59 are duplicate postcards.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1910
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Recorded subjects
- Industry
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., col., 9 x 14 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 1993-019-0073
Collection: African Postcard Collection