Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Kayes, Upper Senegal The Building of Engineering Officers
[ca. 1902]
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 large building. Text on front reads: "Kayes (Haut-Senegal).- Batiments des Officiers du Genie." On front: "Edit. Ch., Vinche, Verviers." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; (Cote exclusivement reserve a l'adresse)." Handwritten address on verso. Stamp and two postmarks on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1902]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Senegal
- Recorded subjects
- Cultural landscapes
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 8.8 x 13.8 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: sova.eepa.1985-014_ref691
Collection: African Postcard Collection
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