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2. Congo Belge. Katanga Elisabethville: La pose du rail
ca. 1910
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Katanga Province -- Lubumbashi -- (Elisabethville)
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 text on recto reads: "2. Congo Belge - Belgisch Congo / Katanga; Elisabethville / La pose du rail. / Het plaatsen der spoorstaven." Translated caption reads: "2. Belgian Congo. Katanga; Elisabethville: The laying of the track." Postage stamp printed on verso. Items EEPA CG-47-08, EEPA CG-47-09 and EEPA CG-47-10 are duplicate postcards.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1910
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Katanga Province -- Lubumbashi -- (Elisabethville)
- Recorded subjects
- Transportation; Railroads
- 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 CG 1993-019-0069
Collection: African Postcard Collection