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Dakar The Modern City Has Kept Its Old Markets
[19--]
Africa; Senegal
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 with three images. The central image is an urban street with skycrapers, vendors, and the "Chambre de Commerce" building. Another image has an ornate building, traffic, and a marketplace. The third image shows a marketplace and an ornate building. Text on front reads: "DAKAR." Text on verso reads: "La cite moderne a garde ses marches anciens.; The modern city has kept its old markets.; «Collectionnez les Cartes Postales»" On verso:"Photo: Wakhatilene.".
- 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., 10.5 x 15 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 SG-07-63
Collection: African Postcard Collection