Africa Postcard Albums
place: label: Place
content: Africa
label: Place
content: Ethiopia
label: Place
content: Ghana
label: Place
content: Eritrea
topic: label: Topic
content: Coptic Church
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 272 Postcards (2 volumes, black and white, 9 x 14 cm.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa early 20th century
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Donated by Roy Sieber, 1995.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1995-010
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Postcards
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Original order of albums maintained.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Postcards
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection is comprised of two photographic albums containing 272 black and white postcards that depict scenes in Ghana, Eritrea, and Ethiopia.  Many of the images depict Hausa people, town scenes, including churches, schools, and courts. Specific locations include Elmina Castle, Asmara, Cape Coast, Accra, Kumasi, Abaadsi Castle, Christiansborg Castle, and Takoradi.