Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Le Maroc Pittoresque Mechra-Ben-Abbou: Le Pont sur l'Oum-Er-Rbia pris de la rive Chaouïa
[ca. 1912]
Africa; Morocco; Morocco, -- Chaouia-Ouardigha Region, -- Mechra Benabbou
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: "Le Maroc Pittoresque - Mechra-Ben-Abbou. - Le Pont sur l'Oum-Er-Rbia pris de la rive Chaouïa." Translated caption reads: "Picturesque Morocco - Mechra Benabbou. - The Bridge on the Oum-Er-Rbia taken from the Chaouïa shore." Manuscript message and address on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 30: Morocco (MR)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1912]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Morocco; Morocco, -- Chaouia-Ouardigha Region, -- Mechra Benabbou
- Recorded subjects
- Transportation -- Africa; Bridges; 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 reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA MR 2013-001-0505
Collection: African Postcard Collection