Congo Collection (page 7)

Bacongo, Congo - Tam Tam Drum players Date: circa 1930s

Swedish Missionaries to the Congo - Sarah Andersson and Oskar Andersson Date: circa 1910s

Arrival of General de Gaulle - Congo
Brazzaville, Congo - the arrival of French General de Gaulle at this former French Colony on 24th October 1940 Date: 1940

Albert in the Congo
ALBERT I with queen Elisabeth visit the Belgien Congo in 1928. Date: 1875 - 1934

Benguella, Congo - Carnival - Dance of the Chinas
Benguella, Congo - A Carnival, the traditional Dance of the " Chinas" Date: 1911

Arab Merchant - Congo, Africa
Arab Merchant in Stanleyville, Congo - (still the Belgian Congo at this point) Date: circa 1910s

Brazza / Thiriat
PIERRE SAVORGNAN DE BRAZZA French explorer in the Congo, 1875-1885 Date: 1852 - 1905

Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) - a giraffid artiodactyl mammal native to the Ituri Rainforest, located in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in central Africa

Rev George Grenfell - Missionary
Reverend George Grenfell (1849-1906), Baptist missionary and explorer of the Congo, Africa

Poster advertising Sabena flights from Belgium to the Congo and South Africa. A native in traditional headdress looks up at a plane in the sky

Belgian Congo - Market at Kabinda
A native Central African market at Kabinda, Congo

H. M. Stanleys Expedition fighting the Bangala, Central Afri
Engraving showing a battle between Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Anglo-American expedition of 1874-1877 and the war-canoes of the Bangala or Mangala tribe; Congo River, February 1877

Brazza in Africa / Congo
Brazzas explorations in equatorial Africa - he establishes a French presence in the Congo

Mizon / Congo Explorer
Lieutenant Mizon, French explorer of the Congo region

Stanley and Tippoo Tib leaving Matadi, 1887
Engraving showing Sir Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904) (centre right on horse) and Tippoo Tib (1837-1905) (right of Stanley, with sword) leaving Matadi, on the Congo river, 1887

Tippoo Tibs Ivory Store at Stanley Falls, Lualaba River, c
Photograph of Tippoo Tibs Ivory Store at Stanley Falls on the Lualaba River, c.1887. Stanley Falls are now known as the Boyoma Falls and are in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Racial / C Africa / Congo
A Central African couple from the Congo

Racial / C Africa / Loango
A Central African couple from Loango in the Congo

Racial Types Congo
Right - woman from the Congo : left - man from West Africa

Dance, Congo
A dancer in the Congo is accompanied by other tribesmen with singing and clapping

Dutch in the Congo
Don Alvaro, the king of Congo, gives audience to a party of Dutch travelers

Warrior of the Congo
A warrior of the Congo (approximately todays Zaire) armed with bow and quiver : his feet are bare but his head is adorned with an extravagant feathered headdress

Congo railway, station at Matadi
Station at Matadi, forming part of the new Congo railway from Matadi to Stanley Pool. The railway took nine years to complete, and in the first five years only 25 miles of track was constructed

African Church School
A class of black African children at a church school in the Congo, Africa, kneel before a painting of a white Madonna and Child

Elephants Ploughing 1911
Elephants ploughing in the French Congo, Africa

Chateau De Congo / Roubaix
Le Chateau du Congo in Roubaix, an unconventional structure with moorish architectural elements

Jesuits in the Congo
The ruler of the Congo, angered when the Jesuit missionaries try to make him renounce his latest wife, expels them from his country

Congo / Loango
Old port about 150 km north of the mouth of the Congo

Leopold Ii / Belgium / Moloc
LEOPOLD II Assumed the title of sovereign over the Congo Free State in 1885. Severely criticised for his treatment of Congo natives

Stanley Leaves Congo
Emin Pasha relief expedition : the expedition starts to make its way across the plain after leaving the great Congo forest

Stanley / Through Congo
Emin Pasha relief expedition: the expedition fights its way through the Congo forest Date: 1887

Stanley / In Open Country
Emin Pasha relief expedition : the expedition emerges from the Congo forest into open country

Stanley / Congo Jungle
Emin Pasha relief expedition : He leads his force out of the Congo jungle

Adjudant Prat, Explorer
ADJUDANT PRAT French explorer with the Marchand Mission, crossing Africa from the Congo to Djibouti

Capitaine Germain
CAPITAINE GERMAIN French explorer who crossed Africa from the Congo to Djibouti, with the Marchand Mission

Brunache, Explorer
BRUNACHE French explorer in Africa, made a journey from the Congo to the Niger across central Africa

Briquez, Explorer
BRIQUEZ French explorer of central Africa, made journey from the Congo to the Niger

Casimir Maistre
CASIMIR MAISTRE French explorer, after Madagascar expedition, travelled in Central Africa, Congo, Niger and Tchad

Beating Rubber / Congo
The rubber industry in the Belgian Congo - thumping rubber to remove particles of wood and fibre

Dutch in Congo 1642
Don Alvaro, king of Kongo, gives audience to a Dutch delegation Date: 1642

Racial / C Africa / Zaire
Mroua warrior of Zaire in the Congo

Racial / C Africa / Pygmies
Bambute (Congo pygmies) dancing

Stanley in Danger / Congo
Travelling in the Congo, Stanley is attacked by natives who threaten him with spears, so of course he shoots them

Ivory Tusks / Congo / C19Th
Carrying ivory tusks in the Congo

House in the Congo
A native home in M Pila village, Brazzaville, in the French Congo

Cape / Cairo Railway - 2
CAPE-TO-CAIRO RAILWAY Laying the first tracks near Bukama, Congo, for the trans- continental rail link Date: 1914

Cape / Cairo Railway - 1
CAPE-TO-CAIRO RAILWAY Clearing the Congo forest for the trans-continental rail link

Congo Administrator
M. Franck, Belgian Minister for the Colonies, crosses a rudimentary bridge in the Belgian Congo, arguably the worst-administered of any colonies anywhere, ever

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