Archive record · Historical photographs & visual records
Dahomey Ouidah, Une mariage
[ca. 1910]
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 a groom in a top hat and tuxedo, hand-in-hand with bride who is wearing a long white dress and veil. Behind them are several people, most of them dressed in formal European attire. Printed text on recto reads: "Dahomey - Ouidah, Une mariage." Translated caption reads: [Dahomey Ouidah, A Wedding]. Printed text on verso includes publishers logo: "Collection ["FS" or "SF"]." and series number: "6256." Items EEPA DM-23-01 and EEPA DM-23-02 bear slightly altered versions of the same recto image.
- Collection
- African Postcard Collection
- Archival grouping
- African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
- Catalog date
- [ca. 1910]
- Recorded places
- Africa; Benin
- Recorded subjects
- Rites and ceremonies -- Africa; Weddings -- Africa
- 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 DM 1985-144035
Collection: African Postcard Collection