Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Tripoli Italiana Mercato del Martedi
[ca. 1912]
Africa; Libya; Libya -- Tarabulus -- Tripoli
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: "Tripoli Italiana - Mercato del Martedi." Translated caption reads: "Italian Tripoli - Market on Tuesday." Printed text on verso reads: "22680 Fototipia Alterocca - Terni." Manuscript message, address, and postmarked postage stamp on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 25: Libya (LY)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1912]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Libya; Libya -- Tarabulus -- Tripoli
- Recorded subjects
- Marketplaces; Cultural landscapes; Transportation -- Africa; Horse-drawn vehicles; Carriages and carts
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 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 LY 2013-001-0327
Collection: African Postcard Collection