8. Congo Belge. Stanleyville Sabeti chef des Arabisés

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.

Translated postcard caption reads, "8. Belgian Congo. Stanleyville. Sabeti chief of the Arabized." Additional printed text on verso reads: "Phototypie modern Bruxelles 2e Dist. - Reproduction interdite. Manuscript message and address on verso, message reads: "Je t'enverrai par prochain courrier quelques photos que j'ai prises à Tenerife et Lisbonne, elles sont relativement bien, suivant que j'ai pu voir, mais je n'ai pas encore imprimé." Translated message reads, "I shall send you by the next mail a few photos which I took in Tenerife and Lisbon. They are fairly good as far as I could see, but I have not yet printed." Postmarked postage stamp on verso.

Collection

African Postcard Collection

Archival grouping

African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)

Catalog date

ca. 1917

Recorded places

Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Orientale Province -- Kisangani -- (Stanleyville)

Recorded subjects

Leaders

Format and extent

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

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