![AFRICA - CONGO An unusual album comprising approximately 170 views of tree plantations in the Belgian Congo, and 30 actual samples of wood, [c.1925-1930]](http://images1.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-10/22/94500778-2-1.jpg&tmp=web300&top=0.000000&left=0.000000&right=1.000000&bottom=1.000000&dt=zoom_image "AFRICA - CONGO An unusual album comprising approximately 170 views of tree plantations in the Belgian Congo, and 30 actual samples of wood, [c.1925-1930]
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AFRICA - CONGO
An unusual album comprising approximately 170 views of tree plantations in the Belgian Congo, and 30 actual samples of wood, all neatly captioned, loosely corner-mounted, images approximately 90 x 150mm., and smaller, contemporary cloth, defective, folio, [c.1925-1930]; and 2 boxes of glass negatives (3)
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- An extensive archive of images depicting each aspect of the work undertaken at three tree plantations in the Belgian Congo; Yalusaka (102), Bosodoro (30), and Selenge (35) - overseers and labourers, the machinery, huts, etc. At the end are bound in 25 actual samples of wood with printed descriptions from a brochure entitled "Nos Bois Coloniaux" produced by the Comité National des Bois Coloniaux.
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