Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Freetown. View of the Barracks
[ca. 1920]
Africa; Sierra Leone
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.
Orginal caption reads, "Freetown. View of the Barracks." Accompanying handwritten text on recto reads, "Benin. 10/2/[19]06. I hope you are all well. I am glad today I am very well. I find the place very nice indeed. Will write soon and let you know my news. Yours. Julian A.".
- Collection
- West Africa Postcard Album
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1920]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Sierra Leone
- Cataloged creator or photographer
- Lisk-Carew Brothers (Freetown, Sierra Leone)
- Recorded subjects
- Mod. architecture/cityscape -- Photographs; Colonial administrators; Transportation
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (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.1992-004, Item EEPA 1992-004-104
Collection: West Africa Postcard Album