Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Potash Boat on Lake Chad. Africa
ca. 1940
Africa; Chad; Chad -- Lac -- Lake Chad
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, "Potash Boat on Lake Chad. Africa." Printed text on verso reads: "Post Card / British Made.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 10: Chad (CD)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1940
- Recorded places
- Africa; Chad; Chad -- Lac -- Lake Chad
- Recorded subjects
- Transportation -- Africa; Men; Boats
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (photograph., 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 CD 1985-140226
Collection: African Postcard Collection