Creator:

Geiser, Jean  Search this

Extent:

1 Postcard (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 Collection PHOT.

Printed text on recto reads: "Biskra - Ancien fort au vieux Biskra." Translated caption reads: [Biskra- Old Fort inside the old Biskra.] Group of men wearing burnous passing by with camels carrying goods. In the middleground the fort, in the background, palm trees inside the oasis.

Additional printed text on recto reads: "38 / J. Geiser, Alger."

Local Numbers:

EEPA AE-24-02

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:

Transportation -- Africa  Search this

Animals -- Africa  Search this

Mammals  Search this

Domestic animals  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 1995-0024-02

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/xo740e440c6-ebb4-497f-8987-a56bb5ca5298

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref1221