Raymond Corbey collection of African postcards
name: label: Collector
content: Corbey, Raymond, 1954-
place: label: Place
content: Senegal
label: Place
content: Benin
label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Congo (Democratic Republic)
abstract: label: Summary
content: Postcards collected by Dr. Raymond Corbey whose published works discuss most of the postcards in this collection. One part of the collection consists of postcards which Corbey acquired. The second part of the collection was compiled by a French colonial, known only as "Nic." 

Dr. Corbey organized the postcards according to theme and publisher. Themes include Northern Africa World Fairs and Religious Societies. Publishers include J. Geiser (Algiers), Lehnert and Landrock (Tunis), Gautron (Dakar), Fortier (Dakar), and Nels and Ernest Thill (Brussels). 

Among the more prominent postcard images is one of a minkisi by R. Visser (ca. 1890), depictions of installations and fairs at Tervuren (1900) colon sculptures in Savalou (Benin), circa 1920, an early depiction of a "Ricksha" boy, a Luba mask dancer, and a village chief in Dahomey.
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: Dr. Raymond Corbey, a philosopher at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands, who has written several essays and a book on postcards.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 255 Postcards ((silver gelatin prints), black & white , 9 x 14 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: between 1900-1930
container: label: Container
content: Volume 1
label: Container
content: Volume 2
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Purchased, 2002.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.2002-006
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Picture postcards
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Postcards organized in two volumes.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Picture postcards