Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Congo Belge - Boma. Le marché
ca. 1919
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Bas-Congo Province -- Boma
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: "35. Congo Belge / Belgisch Congo / Boma / Le marché / De markt." Translated postcard caption reads, "Belgian Congo. Boma. The market." Postmarks and printed postage stamp on verso. Manuscript date and address on verso, date reads: "31 mai 1919." Items EEPA CG-16-21, CG-16-22, CG-16-23, CG-16-24, CG-16-25, and CG-16-26 are duplicate postcards.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1919
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Bas-Congo Province -- Boma
- Recorded subjects
- Marketplaces
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 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 CG 2011-001-0925
Collection: African Postcard Collection