Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Intérieur d'une Factorerie Zagnanavo, Dahomey
[ca. 1907]
Africa; Benin
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.
Postcard image of men standing near a shed and a building. Large barrels and implements are visible. Printed text on recto reads: "Intérieur d'une Factorerie / Zagnanavo / Dahomey." Translated caption reads: [Interior of a Factory / Zagnanavo / Dahome]. Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; (Ce côté est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse)." Partial postmark on recto, postmark on verso, date reads: "14 Juin 07." Manuscript address on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1907]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Benin
- Recorded subjects
- Industry
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 1985-144067
Collection: African Postcard Collection