BA 176
Homogenous collection of 32 original photos of Belgian agriculture advisors teaching the local population how to raise crops. No captions.
Price: $600.00
Postcard Collections
BA 175
BA 175
22 colonial postcards of different villages and village life in the Belgian Congo. Shown are the village of the island of princes opposite boma; a workers village; transporting passengers at Malela; making earthworks at Mayumbe; the monolith at Boma; market at Boma; Banana; Bobo; a Bwangwa village; a lumber post at Stanley-Pool; houses of indigenous planters at Stanleyville; a Bateke village; a Djabbir village; village on the Lomami river.
Price: $440.00
BA 174
BA 174
18 postcards of colonial life in the Belgian Congo. Shown are the hotel at Thysville train station; the first European house built at Elizabeth in 1910; inspection of local police at Irebu; prospecting in the jungle; a signal tower; Minister of Colonies at Uele; a bamboo house on the Mayumbe river; the home of Da Costa at Boma; European home at Bangala; river transportation; post office at Irebu; redout at Uvira; the Royal Athenee (university) at Elizabethville, the Portuguese Club and more.
Price: $400.00
BA 173
7 colonial postcards of railroad development in the Belgian Congo.
Price: $140.00
BA 172
Soccer at Matadi.
Price: $40.00
BA 171
Collection of 11 colonial period postcards of missionary activity in the Belgian Congo.
Price: $250.00
BA 170
Complete set of 12 postcards about the martyrdom of Georges de Geel, including cover. B
Price: $200.00
Note from Wikipedia: Georges de Geel (Adrien Willems), born in Oevel ( Belgium ) in 1617 and died in Ngongo Bata (in the current Democratic Republic of Congo ) in 1652. Capuchin, missionary and martyr, he made a copy of the first Latin dictionary - Spanish - kikongo , written by Buenaventura de Sardegna, a Spanish Capuchin native of Nuoro who was part of the first Capuchin mission in 1645.
BA 169
5 satirical comical postcards of the Belgian Congolese. One postcard is trimmed. Two postcards have handwritten comments on reverse. B
Price: $120.00
BA 168
Two high quality early colonial large format photos of a local courtroom. B
Price: $100.00
BA 167
11 large format photos of the colonial and military presence in the Belgian Congo around the time of Independence. Shows dead locals killed in the field. No captions. B
Price: $120.00