Creator:

Photographie Saharienne (Biskra)  Search this

Extent:

1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)

Container:

Volume 1

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Place:

Africa

Algeria

Date:

[ca. 1903]

Scope and Contents:

Printed text on recto reads: "Biskra - Nègres en fêtes." Translated caption reads: [Biskra - Negro people celebrating.] Group of people playing drums in the street.

Additional printed text on recto reads: "Maure, phot., Biskra. 55."

Manuscript on recto reads: "15 mai 1903- Dupré de Courtray."

Stamp and postmark on verso, postmark reads: "LEUZE 21 MAI 6-7 3." Addressed to: "Mademoiselle Louise Peltier - Leuze - Par Tournai - Belgique - Europe via Marseille."

Local Numbers:

EEPA AE-23-03

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

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:

Rites and ceremonies -- Africa  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 1995-0023-03

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/xo7c75e9405-e439-4a05-b7f1-c449e96e61f5

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref1215