African Postcard Collection
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National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
- Dates:
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1898-[ongoing]
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61 Volumes
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1985-014
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection includes postcards from 45 African countries. Subjects include agriculture; animals; artists; body arts; cityscapes; cultural landscapes; dance; education; expeditions; flora; industry; leaders; marketplaces; medicine; military; missionaries; music; portraits; recreation; rites and ceremonies; and transportation, among many other topics.
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Hance, William Adams, 1916-
- Dates:
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1949-1970
- Size:
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2513 slides (photographs) (color , 35mm.)
17 maps
117 postcards
10 items ((guidebooks))
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2008-008
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection, which dates from 1949-1970, contains approximately 2513 color 35mm slides depicting the people, environment and cultures of more than 30 African countries. Images include landscapes, agriculture and marketplace scenes. Countries represented include Algeria, Angola, Benin, Burundi, Rwanda, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Cote d'Ivoire and Zambia. Also included in this collection are 117 postcards from West and Central Africa and approximately 17 maps of and 10 guide books for East and West Africa. A small amount of miscellaneous ephemera rounds out the collection.
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Lee, James
- Dates:
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1963-1970
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323 slides (photographs) (1 volume, color, 35 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1985-006
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by James Lee in Cameroon, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, and Zimbabwe between 1963 and 1970. The images reflect a variety of themes.
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Seligman, Thomas K.
- Dates:
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1970-2004
- Size:
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1742 slides (photographs) (color)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2016-002
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Seligman between 1970 and 2004 primarily of West Africa, including Senegal, Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Dogon, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Swaziland, Kenya, and Morocco. Additionally, there are some images of masquerades in Cote d'Ivoire and Togo, and scenes in Ghana and Great Zimbabwe. Images depict cultural landscapes, masqu...
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Mittlebrook, J.E.
- Dates:
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1898
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50 photographic prints ((1 box), black & white, 13.5 x 20 cm. or smaller)
50 photographic prints (dupe prints (1 v.), black & white, 8 x 10 in.)
50 photographic prints (black & white, 4 x 5 in.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1992-007
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Fifty photographs taken by J.E. Mittlebrook and published by D'Urban and Kimberley in 1898 in an album entitled, South African Souvenir.
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- Creators:
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Elisofon, Eliot
- Dates:
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circa 1935-1978
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14000 negatives (photographic) (b&w, 35mm)
30000 slides (photographs) (color)
80,000 Photographic prints (b&w, 25 x 20 cm. or smaller.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1973-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection is comprised of photographic and manuscript materials, primarily created by Eliot Elisofon to document his travels and work. The images portray many aspects of African life and culture including agriculture, wildlife, archaeology, architecture, art and artisans, children, cityscapes and landscapes, leaders, markets, medicine, recreation, ritual and celebration, and transportation. The manuscript materials include correspondence, essays, clippings, puobligations, notes, research, and itineraries.
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- Dates:
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circa 1631-1973
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78 maps
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1991-001
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
The Historic Maps of Africa collection includes 78 maps and dates from circa 1631 to 1973. Geographic content of individual maps varies from topographical information, boundaries of colonial territories, and ethnic groups, among other topics. While several depict the continent of Africa in its entirety, many focus on specific countries and geographic regions. There are a particularly large number of maps depicting the West African Coast.
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Southcott, W.
- Dates:
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between 1906-1908
- Size:
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1 box (+album)
128 postcards (1 volume, black & white, 9 x 14 cm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1992-004
- Repository:
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Postcards mailed mostly in Lagos between 1906 and 1908 by W. Southcott to Miss Eva Jones, and later, during 1907, to Mrs. W. Southcott (nee Jones) of New Brighton, Cheshire.
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Purcell, Carl M.
- Dates:
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circa 1970
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70 slides (photographs) (color, 35 mm.)
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.1976-002
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
Photographs taken by Carl M. Purcell during his travels through East Africa and West Africa to include Ethiopia, Senegal, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Tanzania, Gabon and Ghana. Images are mostly portraits of individuals, circa 1970.
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- Creators:
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O'Shaughnessy, Kevin J.
- Dates:
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circa 1960-1979
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369 postage stamps
- Collection ID:
- EEPA.2007-005
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Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
This collection contains 369 African postage stamps from the post-independence period (circa 1960s-1970s). The stamps depict African leaders, traditional African art and artists, cultural performances, flora and fauna, and prominent visitors to the continent, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Pope Paul VI. A majority of the stamps come from Ghana, Togo, Nigeria and Cote d'Ivoire. Other countries represented include Gabon, Mali, Cameroon, Tunisia, Zambia, Morocco, Dahomey (now Benin), Libya, Gambia, Somalia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zaire (formerly the Belgian Congo and now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Upper Volta (now Burkina-Faso), Mauritius, South Africa, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Uganda, Egypt, Sudan and the Comoros.