<I>306 - MARTINIQUE - Yon ti ma coumè zébage</I>
National Museum of African American History and Culture

<I>306 - MARTINIQUE - Yon ti ma coumè zébage</I>

Armand Benoit-Jeannette · 1920-1940

silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper, with ink on paper
National Museum of African American History and Culture
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of African American History and Culture

The colonial postcard, popular in the first two decades of the 20th century, came to represent both the technological triumphs of western photography – in printing and mass production – and the political triumphs of European conquest and expansion. These postcards also promoted tourism to the French Caribbean, painting the region as a safe, favorable, and exotic travel destination.

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