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Title
Picture postcard collection
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Repository
Archival history
The Altonaer Museum, founded in 1863, is one of the largest regional museums in Germany and deals with the history of art and culture in northern Germany. It presents the cultural and historical development of the Elbe region around Altona, Schleswig Holstein and the coastal areas of the North Sea and Baltic Sea. The permanent collection shows the most important regional exhibits from the fields of painting and graphics, handicrafts, cultural history, fishing and shipping.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Picture postcard collection with about 300-400 picture postcards to the German colonies Deutsch-Ostafrika, Deutsch-Südwestafrika, Kamerun, Togo, Deutsch-Neuguinea, Samoa and Kiautschou. Collector's picture albums.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Altona Museum
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Language of material
- German
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
deutsch
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
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Alternative identifier(s)
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Place access points
- German colonial empire » Kiautschou Bay concession
- German colonial empire » Samoa
- German colonial empire » German New Guinea
- German colonial empire » Deutsch-Westafrika » Togoland
- German colonial empire » Deutsch-Westafrika » Kamerun
- German colonial empire » German South-West Africa
- Africa » übriges Afrika » Ostafrika
- German colonial empire » German East Africa
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Description identifier
DE-MUS-058811_Institution