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Catalog Data

Photographer:
Johnston, W.S.  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (halftone., col., 14 x 9 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Culture:
Fanti (African people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Ghana
Date:
[ca. 1907]
Scope and Contents:
Postcard image of a Fanti woman carrying a child on her back. Postmarked 14 June 1907 and postmarked arrived Bruselles 30 June 1907.
Printed caption on recto reads: "Fantee Woman." Additional printed text on recto reads: "Photo W. S. Johnston."
Local Numbers:
EEPA GH-20-01
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:
Portrait photography -- Africa  Search this
Women -- Africa  Search this
Children -- Africa  Search this
Costume -- Africa  Search this
Genre/Form:
Picture 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 GH 1985-140301
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 20: Ghana (GH)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75851309f-4ead-4f56-b490-8359ee9986a0
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref4550