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Sénégal et Soudan Chasse à l'hippopotame dans le Sahel
[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: "Colonies Franc̜aises. Sénégal et Soudan. Chasse à l'hippopotame dans le Sahel." Translated postcard caption reads, "French Colonies. Senegal and French Sudan. Hippopotamus hunt in Sahel region." Additional handwritten text on front reads, "Nous allons probablement aller monter colone dans ce pays d'ici un mois ou deux." Translated handwritten text on front reads, "We probably will settle in this country for a month or two.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 38: Senegal (SG)
- Catalog date
- [19--]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Senegal
- Recorded subjects
- Hunting; Animals -- Africa
- 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.1985-014, Item EEPA SG-35-07
Collection: African Postcard Collection