The Secretary of the Colonies Dahomey
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: Fortier 2619
label: General
content: Title source: Translated from postcard caption.
label: General
content: Image indexed by negative number.
place: label: Place
content: Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Leaders
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content: African Postcard Collection
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content: African Postcard Collection / Series 49: Fortier postcard collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Postcard (b&w, 9 x 14 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: [ca. 1908]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1985-014, Item EEPA F2619
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Postcards
label: Type
content: Picture postcards
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Picture postcards
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographed by Edmond Fortier and published by Collection générale Fortier, Dakar.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Original caption reads, "Voyage du Ministre des Colonies à la Côte d'Afrique - Dahomey - Cotonou - Avant le banquet offert par la Chambre de Commerce dans la Salle du Tribunal." Translated original caption reads, "The Secretary of the Colonies' journey to the Western African Coast - Dahomey - Chamber of Commerce's banquet at the Court of Justice's hall."
label: Scope and Contents
content: Original accompanying text on verso reads, "Je crois que maintenant, c'est toi qui est en retard pour ta correspondance avec moi.... Reconnais-tu quelqu'un dans le groupe que représente la carte? J'ai lu avec plaisir tes notes que le courrier m'a portés ce soir avec celles de Jean. Je vous embrasse tous deux bien fort. 24-3-1912." Translated accompanying text on verso reads, " ."