Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Dahomey Sortie d'une messe de mariage à Porto-Novo
[ca. 1900]
Africa; Benin
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 image of a bride and groom in European wedding costume with other men and women in formal European clothing on the steps of a building. Printed text on recto reads: "Dahomey; Sortie d'une messe de mariage à Porto-Novo." Additional printed text on recto reads: "Colonies Françaises." Publisher's logo on recto. Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Ce cote exclusivement reserve a l'adresse.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1900]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Benin
- Recorded subjects
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa; Weddings -- Africa
- 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 DM 1985-144036
Collection: African Postcard Collection