Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Souvenir du Dupleix Le Théâtre Cotonou, Dahomey
[ca. 1908]
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 three European men standing in front of a stage. Printed text on recto reads: "Souvenir du / Dupleix / Le Théâtre / Cotonou / Dahomey." Translated caption reads: [Souvenir From The Dupleix Theater, Cotonou, Dahomey]. Manuscript on recto. Printed text on verso reads: "CartePostale; (Ce cote est exclusivement reserve a l'adresse)." Address on verso. Three postmarks on verso, date reads: "17 Juin 08.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1908]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Benin
- Recorded subjects
- Recreation
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 1985-144088
Collection: African Postcard Collection