Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Emir of Kano
[ca. 1956]
Africa; Nigeria; Nigeria -- Kano -- Kano
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: "Emir of Kano." Manuscript message, address, and postmarked postage stamps on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 34: Nigeria (NR)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1956]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Nigeria; Nigeria -- Kano -- Kano
- Recorded subjects
- Leaders; Costume -- Africa; Portrait photography -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (photograph., 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 NR 2012-001-1680
Collection: African Postcard Collection