Africa in Pictures, Dakar Star Place and Its Avenues
Extent:
1 Postcard (col., 14 x 9 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Senegal
Date:
[19--]
Scope and Contents:
Postcard image of an urban landscape with a circle and streets originating from it. Text on verso reads: "2345 - L'AFRIQUE EN COULEURS - Dakar; La Place de l'Etoile et ses Avenues." Handwritten note on verso. Partial postmarks on verso.
General:
Image indexed by negative number.
Provenance:
I.U.: Indiana University collection; Donation.
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Postcard image of a wide street, with buildings on both sides and crowds of people along it. Text on front reads: "102.- St-LOUIS (Senegal).- L'Avenue Dodds." Stamp and postmark on front. Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; La Correspondance au recto n'est pas acceptee par tous les pays etrangers. (Se renseigner a la Poste.); Correspondance; Adresse." Handwritten address on verso.
General:
Image indexed by negative number.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
Collection Restrictions:
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Genre/Form:
Postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
St. Louis, Senegal Officers Circle, Rognat Barracks (North)
Extent:
1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 13.7 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Senegal
Date:
[ca. 1908]
Scope and Contents:
Postcard image of uniformed Europeans sitting on a bench with two African men. Other uniformed men are visible in the background building. Text on front reads: "154.- St-LOUIS (Senegal).; Le Cercle des Officiers. Caserne Rognat (nord).; P. Tacher, phot, St-Louis." Stamp and postmark on front. Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; La Correspondance aurecto n'est pas acceptee par tous les pays etrangers. (Se renseigner a la Poste.); Correspondance; Adresse." Handwritten address on verso.
General:
Image indexed by negative number.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
Collection Restrictions:
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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.
Genre/Form:
Postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Senegal KHOR Pump-Works With Water Treatment Tanks For the City of St. Louis
Extent:
1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Senegal
Date:
[ca. 1908.]
Scope and Contents:
Postcard image of a water treatment plant. Text on front reads: "121 - Usine elevatoire de KHOR (Senegal) avec bassins de decantation pour l'alimentation en eau de la ville de St-Louis." On front: "P.Tacher, phot. St-Louis." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; La Correspondance au recto n'est pas acceptee par tous les pays etrangers. (Serenseigner a la Poste.); Correspondance; Adresse." Handwritten, dated message and address on verso. Postmark on verso.
General:
Image indexed by negative number.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
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St. Louis, Senegal St. Germain Place, The Monument Raised To The Memory Of The 1878 Yellow Fever Victims
Extent:
1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Senegal
Date:
[19--.]
Scope and Contents:
Postcard image of a monument with two uniformed men visible in the foreground. Text on front reads: "161.- St-LOUIS (Senegal).- Place St-Germain; Monument eleve a la memoire des victimes de la fievre jaune en 1878." On front: "P.Tacher, phot. St-Louis." Stamp and postmark on front. Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; La Correspondance au recto n'est pas acceptee par tous les pays etrangers. (Se renseigner a la Poste.); Correspondance; Adresse." Handwritten address on verso.
General:
Image indexed by negative number.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
Collection Restrictions:
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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.
Genre/Form:
Postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Postcard image of a building with a horse-drawn coach and several people in front. Text on front reads: "109 - SAINT-LOUIS (Senegal) - La Poste." On front: "P.Tacher, phot. St-Louis." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Tous les pays etrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto (se renseigner a la poste); Correspondance; Adresse." Handwritten, dated message on verso.
General:
Image indexed by negative number.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
Collection Restrictions:
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Postcard image of a scene with people aboard a sailing canoe and coastal buildings in the background. Signature on front reads: "Maurice Ascani." Text on verso reads: "11 - Republique du Senegal; SAINT-LOUIS; Pirogue descendant le fleuve Senegal."On verso: "photo Maurice ASCANI."
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Postcard image of a street decorated for a holiday, with French flags and other decorations. People are visible along the street, and trolley tracks are visible on the street and at the intersection. Text on front reads: "27. Rufisque.- Rue Gambetta. 14-Juillet." On front, right, reads: "L. Robert Edit. - Rufisque." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Tous les pays etrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance; au recto (se renseigner a la poste); Correspondance; Adresse du Destinataire."
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
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Postcard image of European and African men and women in the foreground and a church steeple rising above palm trees in the background. Text on front reads: "19. Rufisque.- Sortie de l'Eglise." On front: "Robert, edit, a Rufisque." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Tous les pays etrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance; au recto (se renseigner a la poste); Correspondance; Adresse du Destinataire."
General:
Image indexed by negative number.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
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Collection Rights:
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Genre/Form:
Postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Postcard image of a building with trees in the foreground. Text on front reads: Kayes (Haut-Senegal).- Palais de la Delegation." On front: "Edit. Ch. Vinche, Verviers." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; (Cote exclusivement reserve a l'adresse)." Stamp and two postmarks on verso.
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Genre/Form:
Postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Kayes, Upper Senegal The Building of Engineering Officers
Extent:
1 Postcard (b&w, 8.8 x 13.8 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Senegal
Date:
[ca. 1902]
Scope and Contents:
Postcard image of a large building. Text on front reads: "Kayes (Haut-Senegal).- Batiments des Officiers du Genie." On front: "Edit. Ch., Vinche, Verviers." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; (Cote exclusivement reserve a l'adresse)." Handwritten address on verso. Stamp and two postmarks on verso.
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Postcard image of a bridge; people are visible on it. Text on front reads: "Pont Faidherbe sur le Senegal." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Ce cote est exclusivement reserve a l'adresse."
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Genre/Form:
Postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Postcard image of a white building with a man walking by. Text on front reads: "Habitation Europeenne au Senegal." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Ce cote est exclusivement reserve a l'adresse."
General:
Image indexed by negative number.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
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Postcard image of African men and women leaving a building. Text on front reads: "8. Casamance-Zighinchor; Sortie de la Messe." Signature on front. On front: "Cliche C.F.A.O." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Correspondance; Tous les pays etrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto (se renseigner a la poste); Adresse." Handwritten address on verso. Stamp and postmark on verso.
General:
Image indexed by negative number.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
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Genre/Form:
Postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Senegal Mission Missionary Brother Squaring Timbers For The Construction Of A Mission
Extent:
1 Postcard (b&w, 14 x 9 cm.)
Type:
Archival materials
Postcards
Place:
Africa
Senegal
Date:
[19--]
Scope and Contents:
Postcard image of a European man holding an adze, and he is squaring a log. Text on front reads: "Mission du Senegal (Congr. du St-Esprit); Frere missionnaire equarrissonnant des arbres pour la construction d'une Mission." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Correspondance; Adresse."
General:
Image indexed by negative number.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
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Genre/Form:
Postcards
Collection Citation:
African Postcard collection, EEPA 1985-014, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Postcard image of men jumping from canoes into the water. Text on front reads: "103. DAKAR - Noirs plongeant pour attraper des sous." (Black people diving for coins.) Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Ce cote est exclusivement reserve a l'adresse."
General:
Image indexed by negative number.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
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Postcard image of people and horse-drawn wagons on the docks, and boats and ships in the harbor.Text on front reads: "139. DAKAR - Le Port de Commerce." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Ce cote est exclusivement reserve a l'adresse."
General:
Image indexed by negative number.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
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Postcard image of a building. Text on front reads: "193 Afrique Occidentale (Senegal) - DAKAR - La Gare." On front, bottom left reads: "Collection Gantron." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Correspondance; Adresse." Handwritten, dated message and address on verso.
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Postcard image of people boarding a train. Text on front reads: "5. SENEGAL - DAKAR - Depart d'un train." Signature on front. On front: "Cliche C.F.A.O." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Correspondance; Tous les pays etrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto (se renseigner a la poste); Adresse." Handwritten address on verso. Stamp and postmark on verso.
General:
Image indexed by negative number.
Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
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Postcard image of a harbor with boats. People are aboard a boat in the foreground. Text on front reads: "Senegal - DAKAR - La Rade." On front: "Collecion Nouvelle. Mme Bonchut, editeur." Text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Tous les pays etrangers n'acceptent pas la correspondance au recto (Se renseigner a la Poste); Correspondance; Adresse."
General:
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Provenance:
JCB: Jean Charles Blanc; Paris, France; Purchase; 1992.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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