Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Mission d'Ouagadougou (Hte-Volta) 18. Campement sur la route des Etapes
[ca. 1910]
Africa; Burkina Faso
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 men seated in front of a structure. Printed text on recto reads: "Mission d'Ouagadougou (Hte-Volta) / 18. Campement sur la route des Etapes." Translated caption reads: [Ouagadougou Mission, (Upper Volta) Encampement on the road to the Depots]. Printed text on verso reads: "Collection de la Mission d'Ouagadougou / Carte Postale.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 5: Burkina Faso (UV)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1910]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Burkina Faso
- Recorded subjects
- Cultural landscapes; Vernacular architecture; Portrait photography -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., monochrome, 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 UV 1985-146028
Collection: African Postcard Collection