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Catalog Data

Creator:
Rousselet, Jules, photographer  Search this
Extent:
1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
Container:
Volume 1
Culture:
Sakalava (Malagasy people)  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Postcards
Picture postcards
Place:
Africa
Madagascar
Date:
ca. 1903
Scope and Contents:
Original caption reads, "382. - Madagascar - Mponjaka Sakalave." Postmarked and stamped on recto, "Tulear, Madagascar, 23 July 1903."
Additional printed text on recto reads: "C. A. Jules Rousselet Photographe. Majunga. Madagascar."
Original hand-written address on verso, "Monsieur Toulon, officier d'administration en retraite P1 Place de St. Michel, Marseille."
Original hand-written text on recto, "The card and austere face of this native king will give you some idea of our stake of mind - there is no longer laughtor around here and health too seems to leave me . I may be obliged to send my fame by back before long. Codially yours."
Local Numbers:
EEPA MG-15-03
Local Note:
temp 21
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:
Leaders  Search this
Portrait photography -- Africa  Search this
Men  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 MG 1985-149007
See more items in:
African Postcard Collection
African Postcard Collection / Series 26: Madagascar (MG)
Archival Repository:
Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7abdac265-f6d5-4558-8ac4-6af6295c11f8
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-eepa-1985-014-ref5519