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17. Congo Belge La rive du Congo en face de Ponthierville
ca. 1919
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Orientale Province -- Ubundu -- (Ponthierville)
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.
Translated postcard caption reads, "Belgian Congo. The bank of the Congo River facing Ponthierville." Printed postage stamp on verso. Manuscript message and address on verso. Postmark on verso. Items EEPA CG-07-46 and CG-07-45 bear duplicate recto images.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
- Catalog date
- ca. 1919
- Recorded places
- Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Orientale Province -- Ubundu -- (Ponthierville)
- Recorded subjects
- Cultural landscapes
- 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 2011-001-0704
Collection: African Postcard Collection