Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
The Secretary of the Colonies Dahomey
[ca. 1908]
Africa
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.
Photographed by Edmond Fortier and published by Collection générale Fortier, Dakar. Original caption reads, "Voyage du Ministre des Colonies a ̀la Cot̂e d'Afrique - Dahomey - Cotonou - Visite de la Ville." Translated original caption reads, "The Secretary of the Colonies' journey to the Western African Coast - Dahomey - Cotonou - Visiting the city.".
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 49: Fortier postcard collection
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1908]
- Recorded places
- Africa
- Recorded subjects
- Leaders
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA F2616
Collection: African Postcard Collection