Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Congo Français Femme Boubou, en grande tenue
[ca. 1913]
Africa; Congo (Brazzaville)
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: "Congo Français. Femme Boubou, en grande tenue." Translated caption reads: "French Congo. "Boubou" woman, in full regalia." Postmarked: "Leopoldville, 28 September 1908;" and "Bruxelles Arrivee, 25 October 1908." Manuscript note on recto, postmarked postage stamp and address on verso. Recto image on item EEPA CF-20-03 is a cropped and edited version of the recto image on item EEPA CF-20-10.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 12: Congo Français (CF)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1913]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Brazzaville)
- Recorded subjects
- Portrait photography; Body arts; Costume; Hairstyles -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 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 CF 1985-140670
Collection: African Postcard Collection