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Senegal, Dakar Infantry Camp

[ca. 1919]

Africa; Senegal

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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 uniformed soldiers standing in front of many huts. Text on front reads: "42.- Senegal.- DAKAR.-Camp de Tiralleurs." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; La Correspondance au recto n'est pas acceptee par tous les Pays Etrangers.(Se renseigner a la Poste.); Correspondance; Adresse." Handwritten and dated message and address on verso.

Collection
African Postcard Collection
Archival grouping
African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)
Catalog date
[ca. 1919]
Recorded places
Africa; Senegal
Format and extent
1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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This is a catalog record for historical archival material, not a biography. Catalog wording reflects the source record. Metadata reuse does not grant permission to reproduce restricted photographs or documents.

Sources & collection details

Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art — original record ↗

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20

Catalog reference: sova.eepa.1985-014_ref656

Collection: African Postcard Collection

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