FEMME d'un COLON - ALBUM PHOTOS AFRIQUE 1920 FEMME d'un COLON en OUGANDA & CÔTE d'IVOIRE COLONIE française ETHNIES






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Album of over 60 original amateur photographs taken and commented by the wife of a colonial official in Uganda and the Côte d'Ivoire in the early 1920s, documenting ethnographic views, village life, and timber exploitation, presented as a complete album with cloth-covered boards, format 250 x 180 mm, and good overall condition.
Description from the seller
Rare ALBUM of +60 original amateur photographs taken and commented on by the wife of a colonist settled in Uganda, then from the exploitation of primary forests at the beginning of the 1920s:
- French couple settled in Tororo with their multiple hunters and workers for the exploitation of natural resources, villa and European colonists (French & English).
- Ethnic views, meeting of numerous Ugandan tribal chiefs and Kenyan chiefs, African women converted to Christianity, etc.
- Villages & customs (African mask), wildlife & African hunters, etc.
All described from the perspective of a European woman of that era.
In the album’s second part follow photographs of the Ivory Coast on logging and timber transport in the Fresco region:
- Views of Ivorian festivities, local life and villages, landscapes, etc. Some views are commented.
- Complete photo album, hardbound, cloth-covered covers sized 250 x 180 mm.
+60 silver gelatin prints of various formats:
170 x 120 mm - 120 x 90 mm - 110 x 80 mm & small formats -
Some photos are dated, annotated on the back. Very careful layout.
- GOOD overall condition of the complete photo album - Minimal signs of use on the cloth-covered covers. Inner pages in perfect condition. Sepia and black-and-white photographs well preserved, some signs of handling wear on a few copies. Some prints are clear but easily legible. An interesting testimony on European colonialism in the early 20th century.
Seller's Story
Rare ALBUM of +60 original amateur photographs taken and commented on by the wife of a colonist settled in Uganda, then from the exploitation of primary forests at the beginning of the 1920s:
- French couple settled in Tororo with their multiple hunters and workers for the exploitation of natural resources, villa and European colonists (French & English).
- Ethnic views, meeting of numerous Ugandan tribal chiefs and Kenyan chiefs, African women converted to Christianity, etc.
- Villages & customs (African mask), wildlife & African hunters, etc.
All described from the perspective of a European woman of that era.
In the album’s second part follow photographs of the Ivory Coast on logging and timber transport in the Fresco region:
- Views of Ivorian festivities, local life and villages, landscapes, etc. Some views are commented.
- Complete photo album, hardbound, cloth-covered covers sized 250 x 180 mm.
+60 silver gelatin prints of various formats:
170 x 120 mm - 120 x 90 mm - 110 x 80 mm & small formats -
Some photos are dated, annotated on the back. Very careful layout.
- GOOD overall condition of the complete photo album - Minimal signs of use on the cloth-covered covers. Inner pages in perfect condition. Sepia and black-and-white photographs well preserved, some signs of handling wear on a few copies. Some prints are clear but easily legible. An interesting testimony on European colonialism in the early 20th century.
