Belgian Congo Photograph Album, ca. 1890s-early 1900s

Summary

Extent:

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

Language:

English.

Background

Scope and content:

One photograph album containing 80 b/w snapshots, a few with captions identifying individuals, apparently from the Zone de la Mongala (river area) of the Belgian Congo, ca. 1890s to early 1900s. Includes images of local inhabitants and activities such as forest clearing, villages and rural scenes, buildings, paddlewheel steamboat, Belgian missionaries, and other Europeans (presumably Belgians, perhaps company or government officials, and families).

Acquisition information:

Physical location:

Vault

Location of this collection:

UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US

Contact:

(805) 893-3062

special@library.ucsb.edu

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