Matadi, Congo Free State - Leopold II and Colonial Officials
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Matadi, Congo Free State - Leopold II and Colonial Officials
Matadi, the chief sea port of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the capital of the Bas-Congo province. Postcard celebrating the Independence of the Congo Free State, bearing the portrait of King Leopold II of Belgum (1835-1909) and five of his Officers who were major colonial players in the region: (from left) Felix Fuchs (1858-1928), Colonel Albert Thys (1849-1915), Baron d Edmond Van Eetvelde (1852-1925), Francis, Baron Dhanis ) and Colonel Theophile Wahis (1844-1921). Date: circa 1906
Media ID 14344944
© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
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