African Postcard Collection
name: label: Collector
content: National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
place: label: Place
content: Algeria
label: Place
content: Angola
label: Place
content: Benin
label: Place
content: Burkina Faso
label: Place
content: Burundi
label: Place
content: Cameroon
label: Place
content: Cape Verde
label: Place
content: Central African Republic
label: Place
content: Chad
label: Place
content: Congo (Democratic Republic)
label: Place
content: Côte d'Ivoire
label: Place
content: Mozambique
label: Place
content: Morocco
label: Place
content: Mali
label: Place
content: Namibia
label: Place
content: Rwanda
label: Place
content: Niger
label: Place
content: Nigeria
label: Place
content: Somalia
label: Place
content: South Africa
label: Place
content: Sierra Leone
label: Place
content: Sudan
label: Place
content: Tanzania
label: Place
content: Togo
label: Place
content: Tunisia
label: Place
content: Zimbabwe
label: Place
content: Zambia
label: Place
content: Uganda
label: Place
content: Senegal
label: Place
content: Kenya
label: Place
content: Liberia
label: Place
content: Ghana
label: Place
content: Guinea
label: Place
content: Mauritania
label: Place
content: Madagascar
label: Place
content: Malawi
label: Place
content: Djibouti
label: Place
content: Ethiopia
label: Place
content: Gabon
label: Place
content: Egypt
label: Place
content: Eritrea
label: Place
content: Africa
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: NMAfA: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, 950 Independence Ave. S.W. 20560-0708;, Transfer;, 1985-ongoing;, 1985-0014
setName: label: See more items in
content: African Postcard Collection
abstract: label: Summary
content: 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.
accruals: label: Accruals
content: Further accruals are expected.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 61 Volumes
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1898-[ongoing]
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1985-014
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Volumes
label: Type
content: Postcards
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Arranged by country and topic
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards