Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Nairobi Norfolk Hotel, 1928
c. 1980
Africa; Kenya; Kenya, -- Nairobi, -- Norfolk Hotel
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 recto reads: "Norfolk Hotel; Nairobi; 1928." Postcard is a later reproduction of an original photograph taken in 1928. Additional text on verso reads: "Printed by Printing Systems Limited Nairobi.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 23: Kenya (KE)
- Catalog date
- c. 1980
- Recorded places
- Africa; Kenya; Kenya, -- Nairobi, -- Norfolk Hotel
- Recorded subjects
- Cityscape photography; Mod. architecture/cityscape -- Photographs; Architecture -- Africa; Cultural landscapes
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (halftone., 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 KE 1995-027-007
Collection: African Postcard Collection