PA 095
6 colonial postcards of Beira and Lorenco Marques.
Price: $180.00
Spanish/Portuguese Africa
PA 094
Spanish advertisement for Z light bulbs. It reads “All races use the Z Lamp”.
Price: $70.00
PA 093
Two postcards of the American Mission in Loanda and Catete. Present is the African American missionary/teacher Susan Collins. Rare. B
Price: $100.00
Note: Susan Angeline Collins (1851-1940) was born in North Carolina and attended Upper Iowa University for Normal Training. She was the university’s first African American student. In 1875, while working as a laundress in the Dakota Territory, she noticed among clothes wrapped in newspapers an ad for mission training in Chicago. In 1887, responding to Bishop Taylor’s call, she went as a missionary first to the Congo and later Angola where, in Quéssua, she established a school for girls. Altogether she served more than 30 years.
PA 092
PA 092
17 colonial period postcards of Portuguese Africa, including two from Mozambique, two from Portuguese Guinea, one from Cape Verde, one from San Thome, one from Sao Vicente and ten from Angola. B
Price: $510.00
PA 091
Ten photos on postcard stock of different communities in colonial Angola. Shown are Quingenge, New Lisbon and Bie. B
Price: $300.00
PA 090
PA 090
26 colonial postcards of Spanish Guinea. B
Price: $650.00
PA 089
PA 089
PA 089
Complete project for the construction, plantation and exploitation of a banana, coffee and cacao farm on the island of Fernando Poo. October 1957. 80 Pages typed plus annex of large plans. It contains all the details, with physical description, prices, costs, harvests, braceros, etc., in addition to the plans.
Price: $1500.00
PA 088
PA 088
Large archive belonging to Victoriano Calatayud Ruiz (born 1893) and his wife Carlota Ibars Claramont (born 1900), who owned several plantations in Basile, Fernando Poo. Hundreds of photos in 4 albums showing colonial life in Fernando Poo from the 1930’s to the 1960’s, with the bulk from the 50’s and 60’s. Much on relations with the local people, official ceremonies, colonial life. Many photos captioned. Numerous documents, dating from 1904-1980, relating to ownership of the plantations, of which they owned at least 3: “Buenavista”, “Victor Antonio” and “La Perla”. They had two children and their life from infancy to adulthood is shown. Victoriano was a successful farmer and received the Civil Order of Merit in Agriculture. Very rare to find almost anything on Fernando Poo.
Price: $5000.00
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PA 086
Booklet of 9/10 colonial postcards of Angola. B
Price: $270.00
PA 085
7 colonial postcards of life in Spanish Guinea. Rare. B
Price: $250.00