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Ida Vera Simonton postcards

 Collection
Identifier: 2194

Scope and Contents

This consists of three picture postcards, dated 1906 to 1907, from Ida Vera Simonton to George Seibel of The Gazette-Times of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In one postcard, Simonton writes of a "voyage with a cannibal crew." The postcards, each with a brief personal message, depict a street scene in Dakar, Senegal; a hunting party in the Congo; and a village in French Congo.

Dates

  • Created: 1906-1907
  • Other: Date acquired: 07/05/1973

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright to these papers has not been assigned to the Amistad Research Center. It is the responsibility of an author to secure permission for publication from the holder of the copyright to any material contained in this collection.

Extent

3.00 items

Language of Materials

English

Source of Acquisition

E. M. Weintraub

Method of Acquisition

Gift

Separated Materials

An etching "Along the Ohio River" accompanied these postcards, and has since been added to the Amistad Research Center's fine art collection.

Title
Ida Vera Simonton postcards
Author
Andrew Salinas
Date
08/21/2013
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
eng

Repository Details

Part of the Amistad Research Center Repository

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