Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Tamatave En Piroque sur l'Ivoloina
ca. 1908
Africa; Madagascar
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.
Original caption reads, "Tamatave - In a Canoe on the Ivolonia." Postmarked and stamped on recto, "Tananarive, Madagascar, 16 May 1908." Original hand-written address on verso, "Mr Jules Jollivet, Ecole Normale d'Institute à Vannes, Morbision France." Original hand-written text on recto, "Tananarive 21 May 1908. Good day.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 26: Madagascar (MG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1908
- Recorded places
- Africa; Madagascar
- Recorded subjects
- Transportation -- Africa; Rivers; Men; Canoes
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MG 2012-001-2171
Collection: African Postcard Collection