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30. Congo Belge Shinkakasa: Steamer chargeant des galets
ca. 1910
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Bas-Congo Province -- Fort de Shinkakasa
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.
Printed caption on recto reads: "30. Congo Belge / Belgisch Congo; Shinkakasa: Steamer chargeant des galets. / Stoomboot, keien opladend." Translated postcard caption reads: "30. Belgian Congo; Shinkakasa; Steamer loading pebbles." Postage stamp printed on verso. Items EEPA CG-47-33 and EEPA CG-47-34 are duplicate postcards.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1910
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Bas-Congo Province -- Fort de Shinkakasa
- Recorded subjects
- Transportation; Ships
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., 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 CG 1994-006-0093
Collection: African Postcard Collection