Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
The European War, 1914 The African Troops Who Destroyed The Prussian Guard
[1914]
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.
Postcard image of African soldiers, decorated with medals, speaking with a European soldier. Text on left margin reads: "48. La Guerre Europeenne 1914 - Les Troupes noires; qui decimerent la Garde Prussienne - The black troops." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Correspondance; Adresse.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)
- Catalog date
- [1914]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Senegal
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Catalog reference: sova.eepa.1985-014_ref652
Collection: African Postcard Collection