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Sénégal - DAKAR Blanchisseuses Sénégalaises
[19--]
Africa; Senegal
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.
Text on front reads: "71. Sénégal - DAKAR. - Blanchisseuses Sénégalaises. Collection Galamet, Dakar." Translated postcard caption reads, "71. Senegal - DAKAR. - Senegalese laundresses." Additional handwritten text on verso reads, "Dakar. Tu me gardera ses cartes postales, bons baisers a toute deux, Francois." Translated handwritten text on verso reads, "Dakar. You will keep these postcards for me, warm kisses to both of you, Francois.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)
- Catalog date
- [19--]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Senegal
- Recorded subjects
- Domestic scenes
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
Smithsonian Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art — original record ↗
Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-20
Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA SG-12-05
Collection: African Postcard Collection
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