Vues de Porto Novo Dahomey
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: EEPA DM-07-05
label: General
content: Title source: Postcard caption.
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Benin
topic: label: Topic
content: Cultural landscapes
label: Topic
content: Marketplaces
setName: label: See more items in
content: African Postcard Collection
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content: African Postcard Collection / Series 4: Benin (Dahomey) (DM)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1901]
container: label: Container
content: Volume 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA DM 1985-144054
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Picture postcards
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Picture postcards
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Recto bears two small images. The one to the left is of a village. The one on the right is of a marketplace. Printed text on recto reads: "Vues de Porto Novo (Dahomey)." Handwritten text on recto, date reads: "24 août 1901."
label: Scope and Contents
content: Printed text on verso reads: "Carte Postale; Ce côte est exclusivement réservé à l'adresse." Address, postage stamp and two postmarks on verso. Manuscript on verso provides a translation of recto message.