Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
King of Porto-Novo Dahomey
[ca. 1908]
Africa
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.
Photographed by Edmond Fortier and published by Collection générale Fortier, Dakar. Original caption reads, "Afrique Occidentale - Dahomey - Porto-Novo - Adjiki, Roi de Porto-Novo à l'Hôtel du Gouvernement." Translated original caption reads, "Western Coast of Africa - Dahomey - Porto-Novo - Adjiki, King of Porto-Novo at the Government's Hall.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 49: Fortier postcard collection
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1908]
- Recorded places
- Africa
- Recorded subjects
- Leaders
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (col., 9 x 14 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA F3042
Collection: African Postcard Collection