Postcard entitled "Guadeloupe - Indiens Malabars en pangol"

Date:

1905

Description:

Black and white postcard depicting five men and boys of South Asian descent dressed for the festival of Pongal. One man is pictured carrying a drum. The card is addressed to a recipient in Mamers, France and while the postmark is illegible, the stamp used was in circulation between 1905 and 1922

Language:

French

Subject:

East Indians--Caribbean Area; East Indians--Guadeloupe; Harvest festivals.; Pongal

Form/Genre:

Postcards

Geographic Subject:

Guadeloupe

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Notes:

See full finding aid at: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/pacscl/UPENN_RBML_PrintColl40

Physical Location:

Print Coll. 40, Box 1, folder 16

Collection:

Postcards relating to Indo-Caribbeans