Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Magdala Vue générale
ca. 1920
Africa; Ethiopia; Ethiopia, -- Āmara region, -- Mek'dela
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: "Magdala. / Generalansicht. / Vue Générale. / Medjdel." Translated caption reads: "Mek'dela; General view." Pinted text on verso reads: "Edit. de l'imprimerie de St-Lazare, Diré-Daoua, par Djibouti (Afrique-Orientale).".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 18: Ethiopia (ET)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1920
- Recorded places
- Africa; Ethiopia; Ethiopia, -- Āmara region, -- Mek'dela
- Recorded subjects
- Cultural landscapes
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., col., 9 x 14 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA ET 2011-014-0133
Collection: African Postcard Collection