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Souvenir du Congo Belge. Soldats et infirmier à Boma
ca. 1910
Africa; Congo (Democratic Republic); Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Bas-Congo Province -- Boma
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: "Souvenir du Congo Belge. / Soldats et infirmier à Boma." Translated postcard caption reads: "Souvenir of the Belgian Congo. Soldiers and nurse at Boma." Additional printed text reads: "Ed. Nels, 35 rue de Vienne, Bruxelles. Serie 14 No. 2.".
- 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 -- Boma
- Recorded subjects
- Military -- Africa; Costume
- 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 2011-001-1372
Collection: African Postcard Collection