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Afrique Occidentale Dahomey. - Deux Elégants
[ca. 1912]
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 two men standing next to each other, one holding an umbrella and the other holding a cane. Printed text on recto reads: "Afrique Occidentale. - Dahomey. - Deux Elégants / Westafrica. - Dahome. - Zwei Modeherren." Translated caption reads: [Western Africa. - Dahomey. - Two Gentlemen]. Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Correspodance; Adresse." Postage stamp and two postmarks on verso.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1912]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Benin
- Recorded subjects
- Portrait photography -- Africa
- Format and extent
- 1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 9 cm. collotype.)
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Sources & collection details
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Catalog reference: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 1985-144001
Collection: African Postcard Collection