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$ 2500.00
Interesting Collection of 123 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of French Congo, Showing a Mining Plant and Settlement of “Compagnie Minière du Congo Français” near Mindouli, the Loukouni River and Its Tributaries (Gorge, Waterfalls, Overhanging Cliffs), Native Villages, French Residents and Congolese Workers, the Interior of a Local Infirmary, &c. Ca. 1930s.
$ 2500.00
[Arndt, Max E., Dr.] Historically Significant Album with 110 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Compiled by a German Engineer, Including 87 Images Taken during His Work in Elisabethville, Belgian Congo (now Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Showing Railway Construction, First Buildings of Elisabethville (Railway Station, Radio Station, Governor’s House, “my house,” “Bucherie, W. Ulmann,” “Carlton Hotel”), Facilities of the Etoile du Congo Copper Mines, Local European Residents, Congolese People, &c.; With Photos of His Work on Repair of Infrastructure in Belgium, Occupied by Germany, in 1914. Ca. 1911-1912, 1914-1915.
$ 2750.00
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Historically Significant Collection of 48 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of French West Africa, Focusing on the Construction and Completed Infrastructure of the Congo-Ocean Railway in French Congo – Mostly, in the Mayombe Hills, Showing Viaducts under Construction and Completed (106th, 108th, 117th, 128th, 136th and 137th km), Earthworks (119th and 120th km), Line Under Construction near Pointe-Noire and Brazzaville, Railway Station in Goma-Bielo, Foulakary River, Bouenza River Waterfalls, Alima River, Local School and Children, &c. Ca. 1930s.
Interesting Extensive Collection of 223 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken during a Mining Survey Expedition in Italian East Africa in the 1930s, Showing the Party Members Posing next to Various Geological Formations, Rock and Ore Samples, Africans Performing Artisanal Gold Panning, the Obelisk of Axum, Two Ethiopian Megalithic Stellae, Local Villages and People, Mountains and Valleys, Roads, Bridges, &c. Ca. late 1930s.
$ 2250.00
Interesting Collection of Two Albums with 49 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of Beach Sand Mining in French West Africa (Possibly for Gold or Heavy Minerals), Showing Native Workers Digging the Sand, Transporting it to the Drying and Processing Plant, and Thence to the Loading Area on the Beach, Where it is Taken by Pirogues and Barges to the Cargo Vessels at Sea. Ca. 1920s-1930.
$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Album with 80 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken in French Colonial Guinea and Showing Fula, Susu and Conagui People, Inhabitants of Conakry, Kipe, Rio Pongo, Kourussa, Guinean Forest, Scenes in Local Villages, &c. Ca. 1900s.
$ 1750.00
Belfield, Georgie Sinclair (ca. 1860-1931), [Attributed to]. Album with Forty-Eight Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, including about Six Real and Printed Photo Postcards, of Kenya, Taken and Collected by a Scottish Jeweler Based in Nairobi, and Showing a Safari Expedition with Hunters, Game, and Native Guides; Portraits of Local Tribespeople (Likely from the Kikuyu Community) in Traditional Attire and Dance Rituals; Scenes of the Compiler and His Companions Bathing and Socializing with Local Missionaries; Views of Native Huts, Government Road, the Manor Hotel in Mombasa, Military Ceremonies, Sporting Events, and Everyday Urban and Rural Life in Colonial Kenya. Titled: Photographs. Ca. 1910s.
Album of 67 Lively Gelatin Silver Photographs of Africa in the 1920s, Showing Mombasa (Kilindini Harbour, Golf Club), Gilgil, Mossamedes (ETC Quarters, Portrait of Cable Staff, “Customs House,” Republic Day Celebrations), Delagoa Bay, Zanzibar, Saint Helena (The Briars, Governor’s House), and Aden. Ca. 1920s.
Logan, F.R. (fl. ca. 1930s). Album of 40 Gelatin Silver Studio Photographs Showing Edward, Prince of Wales on a Early Automobile Safari through Kenya, Uganda, Congo, Sudan, etc. in 1930 Featuring a Convoy of Wolseley Cars. Ca. 1930.
$ 3500.00
Historically Significant Album with 77 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of French Colonial Madagascar, Showing Antananarivo (Royal Palace, Andafiavaratra Palace, St. Lawrence Anglican Cathedral Ambohimanoro, Silver Palace, Andohalo/Jean Laborde Square, &c.), Portraits of Queen Ranavalona III, Prime Minister Rainilaiarivony, General Gallieni and His Staff, General Théophile Pennequin and Queen Binao of the Sakalava People, Numerous Settlements and Sites Across the Island (Antsahavola, Ambohimanga, Tsinjoarivo, Mandraka Falls, Analamazaotra, Maromby, Mahatsara, Fianarantsoa, Tamatave/Toamasina, Ile Sainte Marie/Nosy Boraha, Maroantsetra, Vohemar, Diego-Suarez/Antsiranana, Nossi-Be/Nosy Be, Antongombato, Majunga/Mahajanga, Fort-Dauphin/Taolagnaro, Farafangana, Mananjary, & Others), Scenes of French Weddings and Parties, Portraits of Indigenous Noblemen, Workers, Dancers, Musicians, Warriors, &c. Ca. 1895 – early 1900s.
$ 2250.00
[Le Roux, Pierre]. Historically Significant Collection of Two Albums with ca. 200 Original Well-Annotated Gelatin Silver Photographs and Two Folders with ca. 140 Original Film Negatives, Taken by a Young French Military Man during His Service in Madagascar in the 1930s; With Interesting Images of Antananarivo, Ambatolampy, Toamasina, Fenerive, Foulpointe, a Sugar Cane Distillery in Mamandrahana, Environs of Antsirabe, French Military Compounds, Camps and Exercises, Portraits of the Compiler, French and African Servicemen, Malagasy Farmers, Shepherds, Families, the Compiler’s Cousin Thérèse Lamiot Who was a Local Head of the Catholic Society of Sisters of Mary Reparatrix, &c. Ca. 1930s.
$ 5250.00
Freire de Andrade, Alfredo Augusto (1859-1929); Serrano, Jose Antonio Matheus, Captain; Sousa Machado, Manuel de, Major (1850-1908). Historically Significant Extensive Collection of 104 Large Original Albumen Photographs of Portuguese East Africa, Taken by Portuguese Officials in the early 1890s during the Expeditions to Delineate Borders of the Colony with Transvaal/South African Republic and the Territory of British South Africa Company (Future Southern Rhodesia) and to Survey the Zambezi River. Ca. 1890s.
$ 2500.00
Historically Significant Collection of ca. 180 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of German Southwest Africa, Showing Windhoek (Garnison Hospital, Schweringburg Castle), Schutztruppe Forts (Sesfontein and Others), Military Camps, Farms, Native Namibians and Their Villages, German Officers, Namibian Hills and Deserts, &c. Ca. 1900s.
$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Collection of 82 Loose Original Rare Gelatin Silver Photographs of Niger, Showing a Public Appearance of the Country’s First President Hamani Diori, Agadez Mosque, a WW1 Memorial, a Public Parade, a Guerewol Ceremony, Native Villages and Markets, Local Craftsmen, Cattle Herders, Dancers, Elders, Tuareg Camel Riders, Families and Children, and others. Ca. early 1970s.
$ 4500.00
[Eaton, Minnie Emily] (1866-1954). Historically Significant Extensive Archive of a Noted American Christian Missionary (United Brethren in Christ) in Sierra Leone, Containing 180 Loose Original Well-Annotated Gelatin Silver Photos and 50 Real Photo and Printed Postcards, Showing Missionary Stations, Churches, Hospitals and Schools in Freetown, Moyamba, Taiama, Rotifunk, Shenge, and Bonthe, “U.B.C. Roruks Parsonage,” Churches in Rembee and Bendu, Portraits of American and Native Missionaries, Sierra Leone School Children and Students of U.B.C. Institutions, Chiefs, Families, People in Traditional Costumes, &c. WITH: Rare Eaton’s Brochure with the Translation of Bible Verses into Mende Language “A Ngewo Lato”; WITH: Fifteen Printed Postcards of French Senegal; WITH: 36 Real Photo and Printed Postcards and 40 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Jerusalem and Palestine, Taken and Collected during Eaton’s Pilgrimages in 1929 and 1934-35. Ca. 1910s-1930s.
$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Album with 37 Albumen Studio Photographs of the British Colony of Natal in Modern-Day South Africa, Showing Durban (General Views from Berea, original St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, West Street, the Bluff, Durban Bay, Bridges over the Umgeni River), Pietermaritzburg (General View from Fort Napier, Church Street, First Building of the Natal Society Library), Umgeni and Umkomas Rivers, Howick Falls, Pinetown, a Hotel in Verulam, Memorial at the Battle of Majuba Hill, Oxen Wagon Trains, Zulu People, &c. Ca. 1880s.
$ 2250.00
Historically Significant Collection of Twenty-Two Mounted Original Albumen Photographs of the Komati River Goldfields, Showing the Gold Mining Town of Steynsdorp/ eMlondozi, Mining Properties of “Comstock, 10-stamp Battery,” “Virginia Reef,” “Wave Reef,” “Ladysmith Camp,” “Umsoli,” “Annie’s Faith,” “Umlaleen,” “Forbes Reef, Swaziland,” Group Portraits Taken during the “Opening of the Umsoli Battery, July 9 ’88,” a Portrait of “Mr. Von Brandis, Mining Commissioner, Steynsdorp, Komati Gold Fields,” &c. Ca. 1880s.
$ 3250.00
Interesting Collection of Two Albums with over 260 Original Gelatin Silver Photos, Taken during a Caravan Road Trip Across British Colonies in Southern Africa, Showing Modern-Day South Africa (Cape Town and Environs, Durban, East London, St. Michaels Port St. John’s, Drakensberg Mountains, Kruger National Park, Wyllie’s Poort, Magoebaskloof &c.), Zimbabwe (Customs House in Beitbridge, Shangani Patrol Memorial in the Matobo Hills, Victoria Falls, Great Zimbabwe Ruins, &c.), Zambia (Livingstone Zoo, Road from Lusaka to Fort Jameson/Chipata, Luangwa River), and Malawi (Fort Johnson/Mangochi, Lake Nyasa/Malawi, Mulanje Town and Mountains, “Lyons Lujeri Tea Factory,” Mpatamanga Gorge); WITH: Two Loose Gelatin Silver Photos Showing the Party and their Caravan at Mpatamanga Gorge (Malawi); WITH: a Manuscript Diary, Titled: A Venture into the Sun: “Darkest Africa in Fairest Mood,” M.V.T.; WITH: A Manuscript, Titled:] Victoria Falls, A Humble Expression of it in My Own Words, 1938. Ca. 1937-1939.
$ 1750.00
Historically Significant Album with 171 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken and Collected by a German Doctor, Who Worked for the Bethel Evangelical Mission in the British Tanganyika Territory in the 1930s, Showing Tanga (Monument to Fallen German Soldiers, “Yakobo Ngombe […?], pastor in Tanga”), Mlalo (Church and Guest House), Bumbuli (Hospital, Clinic, Patients, Nurses), Vuga (Mission House and “Pastor Steiss”), Kamachumu (Church Construction and Consecration, Patients and Nurses), Kagera River, Lake Victoria, Bukoba Harbour, Tutsi People, Lupembe (Mission House, German School), Kidugala (Mission House), Ilembula (Synod Meeting in the Lutheran Church), Dar es Salaam, the Compiler Distributing Medicine in a Village, &c. Ca. early 1930s.
$ 2750.00
Album with 76 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of London Missionary Society Stations in North-Eastern Rhodesia (Zambia); Including Portraits of Missionaries and their Families (W. Draper, H.E. Wareham, Rev. R.S. Wright, Rev. J.A. Ross, Rev. H.C. Nutter, W. Freshwater, B.R. Turner, Rev. W.G. Robertson, Rev. E.H. Clark), British Civil Servants (H.C. Marshall, G.M.E. Leyer, J. McNeil), Views of “Spirit Huts, Mambwe,” “Mrs. McNeil’s Grave, Kawimbe,” Kalambo Falls, Luena River, Lake Malawi, Mount Waller, Mombasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Zanzibar, Portraits of Maasai, Kikuyu People, &c. Ca. 1900s.
