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Creator:
Compagnie Alsacienne des arts Photomécaniques  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (photograph., b&w, 9 x 14 cm)
Container:
Volume 1
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Algeria
Date:
[ca. 1905]
Scope and Contents:
Picture postcard printed by Compagnie Alsacienne des arts Photomécaniques, Collection Idéale PS Alger; series 62.
Printed text on recto reads: "ALGER - La Médersa, Ecole Supérieure Arabe." Translated caption reads: "ALGIERS - The Médersa, Superior School of Arabic''. Postmarked stamp on recto, postmark not readable. People walking on the pavements of the street, school in the background.
Manusript on verso reads: ''4/11/31. R.C.C.P.21321.'' Addressed to: ''M. Gabriça- Abrantès- Portugal."
Additional printed text on verso reads: "Collection Idéale P.S. Alger." Publisher's logo: "C.A.P." on recto.
Local Numbers:
EEPA AE-06-11
General:
Title source: Postcard caption.
Provenance:
IU: Iowa University; Iowa City, Iowa; Donation; 1995.
Collection Restrictions:
Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.
Collection Rights:
Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.
Topic:
Cityscape photography  Search this
Genre/Form:
Postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA AE 1995-0006-11
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 2: Algeria (AE)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7be9d7927-32d5-46c6-bf5e-6e0558b92c83
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref1060