Congo (nation)
Found in 463 Collections and/or Records:
Belgian Congo types, Province de L'Equateur: The female of the species, M'bouaka, 1939 - 1941
85 x 130 mm. Head and shoulders portrait.
Belgian Congo types, Province de L'Equateur: The male of the species - Banza, 1939 - 1941
80 x 130 mm. Head and shoulders portrait.
Belgian Congo types, Province de L'Equateur: The male of the species - M'bouaka, 1939 - 1941
80 x 130 mm. Head and shoulders portrait.
Bellows, 1934
The caption continues: 'Taken between Gonga and Zioda in the Bwaka Forest'.
Below the Kamande escarpment - Albert National Park [i.e. Parc National Albert or Virunga National Park], 1939 - 1941
110 x 85 mm. General view.
Between the Kamande escarpment and Butembo, 1939 - 1941
125 x 95 mm. General view. A river can be seen in the distance.
Between the Kamande escarpment and Butembo, 1939 - 1941
125 x 95 mm. General view.
Big forest elephant (tusks weighing 89 and 94 lbs), Ituri Forest, 1913, 1913
101 x 81 mm. A view showing the head and tusks of an elephant shot by Christy.
Big forest elephant (tusks weighing 89 and 94 lbs), Ituri Forest, 1913, 1913
101 x 81 mm. A view showing the head and tusks of an elephant shot by Christy.
Big forest elephant (tusks weighing 89 and 94 lbs), Ituri Forest, 1913, 1913
101 x 81 mm. A view showing the head and tusks of an elephant shot by Christy.
Black Buffalo heads, Middle Kasai River, Belgian Congo [i.e. Congo], 1907, 1907
120 x 168 mm. A view showing two buffalo skulls, shot by A.E.H. Reid and C.A. Reid. A.E.H. Reid was a prospector-in-chief for a mining company in the Congo (in 1914); his brother, C.A. Reid, was manager of the Babayru Gold mines. Photograph by one of the Reid brothers.
Black cow, Lamami Valley [? Lomami River valley], c.1913, 1913
115 x 85 mm. A view showing a buffalo shot by Christy. The location is possibly the Lomami River valley in Congo.
Bringing home his own dinner, 1934
Showing an elephant carrying tree branches and a man sitting on his back. At Gangala na Bodio, near the Garamba National Park, Zaire.
Brown Buffaloes (B. Caffer) (n.d.)
157 x 113 mm. A view showing Cuthbert Christy and a group of Africans standing behind three brown buffaloes shot near Amadi, Wele River, North-East Congo.
Brown Buffaloes (B. Caffer) (n.d.)
157 x 113 mm. A view showing Cuthbert Christy and a group of Africans standing behind three brown buffaloes shot near Amadi, Wele River, North-East Congo.
[Building a fly-proof hut, Congo 1903-4], 1903 - 1904
58 x 43 mm. A view showing Sleeping Sickness Commission members building a gauze covered hut, presumably for the storage of captured tsetse flies. Photographer unknown.
[Building a fly-proof hut, Congo 1903-4], 1903 - 1904
58 x 43 mm. A view showing Sleeping Sickness Commission members building a gauze covered hut, presumably for the storage of captured tsetse flies. Photographer unknown.
[Building a fly-proof hut, Congo 1903-4], 1903 - 1904
58 x 43 mm. A view showing Sleeping Sickness Commission members building a gauze covered hut, presumably for the storage of captured tsetse flies. Photographer unknown.
Bush elephant killed at Bodjo, Upper Wele, Congo (Aba-Niangara Road), 1915, 1915
101 x 76 mm. A view showing two Africans standing beside an elephant shot by Christy. In Christy (1924), he states that the tusks weighed between 119 and 120 lbs, but on the back of two copies of this print the figure is given as 97 and 107 lbs. There would appear to be some confusion between this elephant and another featured in this collection.
Bush elephant killed at Bodjo, Upper Wele, Congo (Aba-Niangara Road), 1915, 1915
101 x 76 mm. A view showing two Africans standing beside an elephant shot by Christy. In Christy (1924), he states that the tusks weighed between 119 and 120 lbs, but on the back of two copies of this print the figure is given as 97 and 107 lbs. There would appear to be some confusion between this elephant and another featured in this collection.
Bush elephant killed at Bodjo, Upper Wele, Congo (Aba-Niangara Road), 1915, 1915
101 x 76 mm. A view showing two Africans standing beside an elephant shot by Christy. In Christy (1924), he states that the tusks weighed between 119 and 120 lbs, but on the back of two copies of this print the figure is given as 97 and 107 lbs. There would appear to be some confusion between this elephant and another featured in this collection.
[Bwamba country], 1934
Showing a group of people resting in a clearing with trees in the background. On the western slopes of the Ruwenzori mountains. The caption reads: 'Change bananas for fish. We passed hundreds and hundreds coming back from the lake with baskets and baskets of polluted fish'.
[Bwamba man], 1934
The caption on the album page reads: 'The Bwamba life on the West side of the Ruwenzori Mountains (Bwamba Valley is densely populated by these little people). They provide a source of labour for the cotton plantations (also coffee and tea) in the Toro district in Uganda'.
Bwamba woman, 1934
The caption on the album page reads: 'The Bwamba life on the West side of the Ruwenzori Mountains (Bwamba Valley is densely populated by these little people). They provide a source of labour for the cotton plantations (also coffee and tea) in the Toro district in Uganda'.
[Candid photograph of an elderly Mangbetu man], 1935 - 1936
Informal head and shoulders portrait. A caption at the bottom of the album page reads: 'An ancient Mangbetu man I met in the forest between Medje and Pambirie. All the Mangbetu men wear little straw hats decorated with hens feathers'.