Black villagers collect wood for steamboats, Belgian Congo
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: EEPA CG-26-03
label: General
content: Title source: Postcard caption.
label: General
content: Citation source: Archives staff.
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Congo (Democratic Republic)
topic: label: Topic
content: Agriculture
label: Topic
content: Transportation
label: Topic
content: Steamboats
label: Topic
content: Boats and boating
setName: label: See more items in
content: African Postcard Collection
label: See more items in
content: African Postcard Collection / Series 11: Congo Belge (CG)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Postcard (collotype., b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: ca. 1919
container: label: Container
content: Volume 4 CG
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA CG 2011-001-1145
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Picture postcards
processinfo: label: Revision Statement
content: Revision date: 2023 April 21. 

The title of this record was edited as part of ongoing revision of racist, outdated, and/or harmful descriptive language in cataloging. Previous versions of this catalog record may be available. 

This catalog record contains original descriptive language for materials that may contain racist, outdated, and/or harmful language.  The use of this description is not an endorsement of the language it contains. Original descriptive language has been retained to promote searchability and discoverability of the collections.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Picture postcards
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Printed caption on recto reads: "32. Congo Belge; Noirs réunissant du bois pour le chauffage des vapeurs. / Belgisch Congo; Negers die brandhout inzamelen voor de stoombooten." Translated postcard caption reads: "32. Belgian Congo. Blacks collecting wood for steamboats."
label: Scope and Contents
content: Manuscript date and address on verso, date reads: "le 31 Mai 1919." Postmarks on verso. Printed postage stamp on verso.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Items EEPA CG-26-03, EEPA CG-26-04 and EEPA CG-35-59 are duplicate postcards.