Postcards from {Salone}

Unknown photographer but this was published in  Freetown, Sierra Leone, dated: 5-10-1924

Gloucester Street, showing the old post office, from 1900 by Lisk-Carew Brothers

1933 Freetown postcard by Lisk-Carew Brothers

A postcard of Freetown published by Levy Fils et Cie, Paris.

“postcards had played a role in popularizing the venture of European colonial rule and served to reinforcing the stereotype the European had of Africa.”

What a collection! ---”Throughout the period of European colonialism in Africa, #postcards played an important role in popularizing the venture of European colonial rule and in perpetuating long-held stereotypes of the vast African continent” 

I love AIF’s way of showcasing their postcards and preservation practices

Perhaps it’s simply a break from a screen or just another way to mark the passage of time when the world seems to be on an indefinite hold.

#postcardsfromsalone

#postcardsfromsalone

Little East Street 

Soon to be postcard <3

My letter-loving and postcard-making made it into the @guardian (March 23 2021!): “For Najmeh Modarres, 37, letter-writing was an act of memorialisation prompted by an earlier health crisis....” 

Emily Dickenson

an object of hope