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72. Congo Belge Api: Eléphants trainant un chariot
ca. 1915
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Orientale Province -- Api
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: "72. Congo Belge / Belgisch Congo; Api: Eléphants trainant un chariot / Olifanten, een kar voorttrekkend." Translated postcard caption reads: "72. Belgian Congo; Api: Elephants pulling a wagon." Items EEPA CG-26-17, EEPA CG-26-18 and EEPA CG-26-19 are duplicate postcards. Postage stamp printed on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1915
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Orientale Province -- Api
- Recorded subjects
- Agriculture; Transportation; Animals; Elephants
- 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 CG 1993-019-0091
Collection: African Postcard Collection