Creator:

Frank Ltd. (Mombasa)  Search this

Extent:

1 Postcard (photograph., b&w, 15 x 10 cm.)

Container:

Volume 1

Culture:

Turkana (African people)  Search this

Type:

Archival materials

Postcards

Postcards

Picture postcards

Place:

Africa

Kenya

Date:

circa 1950

Scope and Contents:

Printed caption on recto reads: "A Turkana Tribesman."

Printed text on verso reads: "Edition East Africa n. 303; Copyright by: D. Frank, Frank Studio, Mombasa; A Real Photograph."

Local Numbers:

EEPA KE-20-145

General:

Title source: Postcard caption.

Provenance:

Alvin Pettit Productions (Kevin Jackson), 34 Astor Place, Jersey City, NJ 07304-2943; Purchase: PO-570-0000264303; 2012/09/18 EEPA 2013-001

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

Costume -- Africa  Search this

Hairstyles -- 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 KE 2013-001-0278

See more items in:

African Postcard Collection

African Postcard Collection / Series 23: Kenya (KE)

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7522273ec-acd0-4987-be1c-f440172e6550

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref5412