Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
En voyage dans l'Ouémé
[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 five people in a canoe on a river. Other people and canoes can be seen in the distance. Printed text on recto reads: "En voyage dans l'Ouémé." Translated caption reads: [A Voyage On The Oueme (River)]. Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Ce côté est exclusivement réservé à 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
- Transportation -- Africa; Boats and boating
- 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 1985-144064
Collection: African Postcard Collection