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21. Congo Belge Kabinda: Corps de garde et la prison
ca. 1919
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Kasaï-Oriental Province -- Kabinda
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: "21. Congo Belge / Belgisch Congo; Kabinda: Corps de garde et la prison. / De wacht en degebangenls." Translated postcard caption reads: "21. Belgian Congo; Kabinda. The police and the prison." Manuscript date and address on verso, date reads: "le 24-5-19." Postmarks on verso, postage stamp printed on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1919
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Kasaï-Oriental Province -- Kabinda
- Recorded subjects
- Cityscape photography
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG-28-50
Collection: African Postcard Collection