Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Rufisque Gambetta Street, Bastille Day
[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 image of a street decorated for a holiday, with French flags and other decorations. People are visible along the street, and trolley tracks are visible on the street and at the intersection. Text on front reads: "27. Rufisque.- Rue Gambetta. 14-Juillet." On front, right, reads: "L. Robert Edit. - Rufisque." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Tous les pays etrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance; au recto (se renseigner a la poste); Correspondance; Adresse du Destinataire.".
- 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., 8.7 x 14 cm.)
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Catalog reference: sova.eepa.1985-014_ref688
Collection: African Postcard Collection