Picture postcard of Demba et Dupont [blank]

Item Information

Title:
Picture postcard of Demba et Dupont [blank]
Description:
A postcard of the "Demba et Dupont" monument erected in honor of the creators of French West Africa and the glory of the black army in World War I, and commemorating the life of colonial administrator Louis Faidherbe. The statue was later relocated outside the train station of Dakar, Senegal and embellished with further plaques in memory of other administrators.
Date:
1923
Format:
Prints
Photographs
Manuscripts
Genre:
Picture postcards
Carbon prints
Postcards
Location:
Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries
Box 165 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
W. E. B. Du Bois Papers
Series:
Series 1B. Crisis Correspondence
Subjects:
Faidherbe, Louis Léon César--1818-1889--Monuments
World War, 1914-1918--African Americans--History
African American soldiers--Monuments
Extent:
2 p.
Link to Item:
http://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b165-i400
Terms of Use:
All rights for this document are held by the David Graham Du Bois Trust. Requests to publish, redistribute, or replicate this material should be addressed to Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries.
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Place of origin:
France
Language:
French
Identifier:
mums312-b165-i400