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Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Stereograph (b&w, 6 x 13 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Stereographs

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten texts on verso contact print reads, " Lower Congo RR Co. Stop for taking on water."

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

As the great system of inland waterways afforded by the Congo was entirely cut off from access to the sea by a series of falls and rapids which lie between Léopoldville and Matadi, the necessity for a railway connecting these two places was very important. In March 1890 the "Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo" began work at matadi and in March 1898 railhead reached Dolo on the Stanley Pool. Notwithstanding the difficulties on the existing railway such as the single narrow-gauge, the very few number of siding, the steepness of its gradients and the sharpness of its curves, however, the railway from matadi to Léopoldville has played an important part in the economic development of the colony.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Transportation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Stereographs

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-261-02

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo773bf3b6a-690a-4675-9fe0-bc9564c40103

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1059

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Lantern slide (b&w, 8.5 x 10 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten texts on verso contact print reads, " Lower Congo RR Co. At the M'Pozo."

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

As the great system of inland waterways afforded by the Congo was entirely cut off from access to the sea by a series of falls and rapids which lie between Léopoldville and Matadi, the necessity for a railway connecting these two places was very important. In March 1890 the "Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo" began work at matadi and in March 1898 railhead reached Dolo on the Stanley Pool. Notwithstanding the difficulties on the existing railway such as the single narrow-gauge, the very few number of siding, the steepness of its gradients and the sharpness of its curves, however, the railway from matadi to Léopoldville has played an important part in the economic development of the colony.

As soon as it leaves Matadi the line becomes involved in hilly country and crosses the torrential M'Pozo River at a distance of 5 miles from the town.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Transportation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lantern slides

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-262-01

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7924603a7-eb06-4ec1-9f0b-6afc365b9e5d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1060

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Stereograph (b&w, 6 x 13 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Stereographs

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten texts on verso contact print reads, " Lower Congo RR Co. At the M'Pozo."

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

As the great system of inland waterways afforded by the Congo was entirely cut off from access to the sea by a series of falls and rapids which lie between Léopoldville and Matadi, the necessity for a railway connecting these two places was very important. In March 1890 the "Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo" began work at matadi and in March 1898 railhead reached Dolo on the Stanley Pool. Notwithstanding the difficulties on the existing railway such as the single narrow-gauge, the very few number of siding, the steepness of its gradients and the sharpness of its curves, however, the railway from matadi to Léopoldville has played an important part in the economic development of the colony.

As soon as it leaves Matadi the line becomes involved in hilly country and crosses the torrential M'Pozo River at a distance of 5 miles from the town.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Transportation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Stereographs

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-262-02

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo78e7759d9-b533-4ba9-90fa-89acdda1aa23

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1061

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Lantern slide (b&w, 8.5 x 10 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten texts on verso contact print reads, " Lower Congo RR Co. Broad curve."

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

As the great system of inland waterways afforded by the Congo was entirely cut off from access to the sea by a series of falls and rapids which lie between Léopoldville and Matadi, the necessity for a railway connecting these two places was very important. In March 1890 the "Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo" began work at matadi and in March 1898 railhead reached Dolo on the Stanley Pool. Notwithstanding the difficulties on the existing railway such as the single narrow-gauge, the very few number of siding, the steepness of its gradients and the sharpness of its curves, however, the railway from matadi to Léopoldville has played an important part in the economic development of the colony.

The steepness of the gradients does not pernit an engine to pull more than 3 or 4 loaded wagons at one time.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Transportation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lantern slides

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-263-01

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7871eadef-35f3-4a6c-9c73-b40bf192cb46

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1062

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Stereograph (b&w, 6 x 13 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Stereographs

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten texts on verso contact print reads, " Lower Congo RR Co. Broad curve."

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

As the great system of inland waterways afforded by the Congo was entirely cut off from access to the sea by a series of falls and rapids which lie between Léopoldville and Matadi, the necessity for a railway connecting these two places was very important. In March 1890 the "Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo" began work at matadi and in March 1898 railhead reached Dolo on the Stanley Pool. Notwithstanding the difficulties on the existing railway such as the single narrow-gauge, the very few number of siding, the steepness of its gradients and the sharpness of its curves, however, the railway from matadi to Léopoldville has played an important part in the economic development of the colony.

The steepness of the gradients does not pernit an engine to pull more than 3 or 4 loaded wagons at one time.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Transportation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Stereographs

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-263-02

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7667a186a-1b0b-44be-a764-fda3b69688f1

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1063

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Lantern slide (b&w, 8.5 x 10 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten texts on verso contact print reads, " Lower Congo RR Co. Broad curve."

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

As the great system of inland waterways afforded by the Congo was entirely cut off from access to the sea by a series of falls and rapids which lie between Léopoldville and Matadi, the necessity for a railway connecting these two places was very important. In March 1890 the "Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo" began work at matadi and in March 1898 railhead reached Dolo on the Stanley Pool. Notwithstanding the difficulties on the existing railway such as the single narrow-gauge, the very few number of siding, the steepness of its gradients and the sharpness of its curves, however, the railway from matadi to Léopoldville has played an important part in the economic development of the colony.

The steepness of the gradients does not pernit an engine to pull more than 3 or 4 loaded wagons at one time.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Transportation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lantern slides

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-264-01

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo725e901be-c1ec-400b-94ce-c970d929774d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1064

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Stereograph (b&w, 6 x 13 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Stereographs

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten texts on verso contact print reads, " Lower Congo RR Co. Broad curve."

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

As the great system of inland waterways afforded by the Congo was entirely cut off from access to the sea by a series of falls and rapids which lie between Léopoldville and Matadi, the necessity for a railway connecting these two places was very important. In March 1890 the "Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo" began work at matadi and in March 1898 railhead reached Dolo on the Stanley Pool. Notwithstanding the difficulties on the existing railway such as the single narrow-gauge, the very few number of siding, the steepness of its gradients and the sharpness of its curves, however, the railway from matadi to Léopoldville has played an important part in the economic development of the colony.

The steepness of the gradients does not pernit an engine to pull more than 3 or 4 loaded wagons at one time.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Transportation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Stereographs

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-264-02

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7e407095e-0a16-4dbd-988b-bfb35082e7a9

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1065

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Lantern slide (b&w, 8.5 x 10 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten texts on verso contact print reads, " Lower Congo RR Co. Cambier Peak."

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

As the great system of inland waterways afforded by the Congo was entirely cut off from access to the sea by a series of falls and rapids which lie between Léopoldville and Matadi, the necessity for a railway connecting these two places was very important. In March 1890 the "Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo" began work at matadi and in March 1898 railhead reached Dolo on the Stanley Pool. Notwithstanding the difficulties on the existing railway such as the single narrow-gauge, the very few number of siding, the steepness of its gradients and the sharpness of its curves, however, the railway from matadi to Léopoldville has played an important part in the economic development of the colony.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Transportation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lantern slides

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-265-01

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo77d5a05d0-a0ac-4e6e-b1df-6f7b410eb9f2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1066

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Stereograph (b&w, 6 x 13 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Stereographs

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten texts on verso contact print reads, " Lower Congo RR Co. Cambier Peak."

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

As the great system of inland waterways afforded by the Congo was entirely cut off from access to the sea by a series of falls and rapids which lie between Léopoldville and Matadi, the necessity for a railway connecting these two places was very important. In March 1890 the "Compagnie du chemin de fer du Congo" began work at matadi and in March 1898 railhead reached Dolo on the Stanley Pool. Notwithstanding the difficulties on the existing railway such as the single narrow-gauge, the very few number of siding, the steepness of its gradients and the sharpness of its curves, however, the railway from matadi to Léopoldville has played an important part in the economic development of the colony.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Transportation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Stereographs

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-265-02

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7ec84708a-514d-47a1-9c18-66b68d8a98fa

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1067

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Lantern slide (b&w, 8.5 x 10 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten texts on verso contact print reads, " SS Elisabethville at Matadi."

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

In 1909 the "Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo" one of the five shipping lines running between Europe and the Congo had three passenger steamers, the "Léopoldville", the "Elisabethville" and the "Bruxellesville", ensuring a service every three weeks between Antwerp (Belgium) and Matadi (formerly Belgian Congo). They were closely linked with Elder Dempster & Co. Ltd, agents of the British and African Steam Navigation Co. and took the old E.D. ships; e.g. the first "Bruxellesville" was originally the "Zungeru."

In December 1912 the passenger steamer "Elisabethville" navigated 21 days to Antwerp, its final destination. The ports of call along the journey were Freetown (Sierra Leone), Conakry (Guinée) and Teneriffe (Sp).

At a distance of 80 miles from the sea, Matadi is the highest point to which ocean-going vessels ascend the Congo River. In 1910 it was the best-equiped port in western equatorial Africa and the only place where ships could load and discharge directly from and into raiway trucks since the site was also chosen as the terminus of a railway.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Transportation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lantern slides

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-266-01

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo749420298-daae-4724-a8e8-388282b1577e

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1068

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Stereograph (b&w, 6 x 13 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Stereographs

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten texts on verso contact print reads, " SS Elisabethville at Matadi."

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

In 1909 the "Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo" one of the five shipping lines running between Europe and the Congo had three passenger steamers, the "Léopoldville", the "Elisabethville" and the "Bruxellesville", ensuring a service every three weeks between Antwerp (Belgium) and Matadi (formerly Belgian Congo). They were closely linked with Elder Dempster & Co. Ltd, agents of the British and African Steam Navigation Co. and took the old E.D. ships; e.g. the first "Bruxellesville" was originally the "Zungeru."

In December 1912 the passenger steamer "Elisabethville" navigated 21 days to Antwerp, its final destination. The ports of call along the journey were Freetown (Sierra Leone), Conakry (Guinée) and Teneriffe (Sp).

At a distance of 80 miles from the sea, Matadi is the highest point to which ocean-going vessels ascend the Congo River. In 1910 it was the best-equiped port in western equatorial Africa and the only place where ships could load and discharge directly from and into raiway trucks since the site was also chosen as the terminus of a railway.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Transportation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Stereographs

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-266-02

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7b7f81f30-002d-4189-989c-1249998dd5c0

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1069

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Photographic print (b&w, 30 x 40 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Photographic prints

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

In 1909 the "Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo" one of the five shipping lines running between Europe and the Congo had three passenger steamers, the "Léopoldville", the "Elisabethville" and the "Bruxellesville", ensuring a service every three weeks between Antwerp (Belgium) and Matadi (formerly Belgian Congo). They were closely linked with Elder Dempster & Co. Ltd, agents of the British and African Steam Navigation Co. and took the old E.D. ships; e.g. the first "Bruxellesville" was originally the "Zungeru."

In December 1912 the passenger steamer "Elisabethville" navigated 21 days to Antwerp, its final destination. The ports of call along the journey were Freetown (Sierra Leone), Conakry (Guinée) and Teneriffe (Sp).

At a distance of 80 miles from the sea, Matadi is the highest point to which ocean-going vessels ascend the Congo River. In 1910 it was the best-equiped port in western equatorial Africa and the only place where ships could load and discharge directly from and into raiway trucks since the site was also chosen as the terminus of a railway.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Transportation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Photographic prints

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-266-03

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo77cff6a33-75c9-4e61-b217-75d9f37a1df3

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1070

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Lantern slide (b&w, 8.5 x 10 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

In 1909 the "Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo" one of the five shipping lines running between Europe and the Congo had three passenger steamers, the "Léopoldville", the "Elisabethville" and the "Bruxellesville", ensuring a service every three weeks between Antwerp (Belgium) and Matadi (formerly Belgian Congo). They were closely linked with Elder Dempster & Co. Ltd, agents of the British and African Steam Navigation Co. and took the old E.D. ships; e.g. the first "Bruxellesville" was originally the "Zungeru."

In December 1912 the passenger steamer "Elisabethville" navigated 21 days to Antwerp, its final destination. The ports of call along the journey were Freetown (Sierra Leone), Conakry (Guinée) and Teneriffe (Sp).

At a distance of 80 miles from the sea, Matadi is the highest point to which ocean-going vessels ascend the Congo River. In 1910 it was the best-equiped port in western equatorial Africa and the only place where ships could load and discharge directly from and into raiway trucks since the site was also chosen as the terminus of a railway.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Transportation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lantern slides

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-267-01

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo78c375525-85a4-4088-b4bf-25cfac97e690

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1071

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Stereograph (b&w, 6 x 13 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Stereographs

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

In 1909 the "Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo" one of the five shipping lines running between Europe and the Congo had three passenger steamers, the "Léopoldville", the "Elisabethville" and the "Bruxellesville", ensuring a service every three weeks between Antwerp (Belgium) and Matadi (formerly Belgian Congo). They were closely linked with Elder Dempster & Co. Ltd, agents of the British and African Steam Navigation Co. and took the old E.D. ships; e.g. the first "Bruxellesville" was originally the "Zungeru."

In December 1912 the passenger steamer "Elisabethville" navigated 21 days to Antwerp, its final destination. The ports of call along the journey were Freetown (Sierra Leone), Conakry (Guinée) and Teneriffe (Sp).

At a distance of 80 miles from the sea, Matadi is the highest point to which ocean-going vessels ascend the Congo River. In 1910 it was the best-equiped port in western equatorial Africa and the only place where ships could load and discharge directly from and into raiway trucks since the site was also chosen as the terminus of a railway.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Transportation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Stereographs

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-267-02

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo75afc769b-7dfc-4e7a-841c-130f3b3fb2c1

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1072

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Lantern slide (b&w, 8.5 x 10 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten texts on verso contact print reads, " SS Elisabethville at the pier, Matadi."

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

In 1909 the "Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo" one of the five shipping lines running between Europe and the Congo had three passenger steamers, the "Léopoldville", the "Elisabethville" and the "Bruxellesville", ensuring a service every three weeks between Antwerp (Belgium) and Matadi (formerly Belgian Congo). They were closely linked with Elder Dempster & Co. Ltd, agents of the British and African Steam Navigation Co. and took the old E.D. ships; e.g. the first "Bruxellesville" was originally the "Zungeru."

In December 1912 the passenger steamer "Elisabethville" navigated 21 days to Antwerp, its final destination. The ports of call along the journey were Freetown (Sierra Leone), Conakry (Guinée) and Teneriffe (Sp).

At a distance of 80 miles from the sea, Matadi is the highest point to which ocean-going vessels ascend the Congo River. In 1910 it was the best-equiped port in western equatorial Africa and the only place where ships could load and discharge directly from and into raiway trucks since the site was also chosen as the terminus of a railway.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Transportation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lantern slides

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-268-01

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo78361f24f-30f9-41eb-a648-47478dc5ac18

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1073

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Stereograph (b&w, 6 x 13 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Stereographs

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten texts on verso contact print reads, " SS Elisabethville at the pier, Matadi."

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

In 1909 the "Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo" one of the five shipping lines running between Europe and the Congo had three passenger steamers, the "Léopoldville", the "Elisabethville" and the "Bruxellesville", ensuring a service every three weeks between Antwerp (Belgium) and Matadi (formerly Belgian Congo). They were closely linked with Elder Dempster & Co. Ltd, agents of the British and African Steam Navigation Co. and took the old E.D. ships; e.g. the first "Bruxellesville" was originally the "Zungeru."

In December 1912 the passenger steamer "Elisabethville" navigated 21 days to Antwerp, its final destination. The ports of call along the journey were Freetown (Sierra Leone), Conakry (Guinée) and Teneriffe (Sp).

At a distance of 80 miles from the sea, Matadi is the highest point to which ocean-going vessels ascend the Congo River. In 1910 it was the best-equiped port in western equatorial Africa and the only place where ships could load and discharge directly from and into raiway trucks since the site was also chosen as the terminus of a railway.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Transportation  Search this

Genre/Form:

Stereographs

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-268-02

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo7b464b4d2-ab53-4fd9-b385-384d8251cafb

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1074

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Lantern slide (b&w, 8.5 x 10 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten texts on verso contact print reads, " Matadi. A street."

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

At a distance of 80 miles from the sea, Matadi is the highest point to which ocean-going vessels ascend the Congo River. In 1910 it was the best-equiped port in western equatorial Africa and the only place where ships could load and discharge directly from and into raiway trucks since the site was also chosen as the terminus of a railway.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Cityscape photography  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lantern slides

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-269-01

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo703ea52fe-fb02-49ff-bbb7-3f3da6ffe4c2

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1075

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Stereograph (b&w, 6 x 13 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Stereographs

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten texts on verso contact print reads, " Matadi. A street."

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

At a distance of 80 miles from the sea, Matadi is the highest point to which ocean-going vessels ascend the Congo River. In 1910 it was the best-equiped port in western equatorial Africa and the only place where ships could load and discharge directly from and into raiway trucks since the site was also chosen as the terminus of a railway.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Cityscape photography  Search this

Genre/Form:

Stereographs

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-269-02

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo78307d171-5173-426b-a97a-757e4f20184d

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1076

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Lantern slide (b&w, 8.5 x 10 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Lantern slides

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten texts on verso contact print reads, " The Compagnie Française (Trading Co.). Matadi."

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

At a distance of 80 miles from the sea, Matadi is the highest point to which ocean-going vessels ascend the Congo River. In 1910 it was the best-equiped port in western equatorial Africa and the only place where ships could load and discharge directly from and into raiway trucks since the site was also chosen as the terminus of a railway.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Cityscape photography  Search this

Genre/Form:

Lantern slides

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-270-01

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo76d96fd0f-ee9c-402b-8892-475e59220b0a

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1077

Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Collection Photographer:

Gorlia, Emile E.O.  Search this

Extent:

1 Stereograph (b&w, 6 x 13 cm.)

Type:

Archival materials

Stereographs

Place:

Africa

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Date:

circa December 1909-January 1912

Scope and Contents:

Handwritten texts on verso contact print reads, " The Compagnie Française (Trading Co.). Matadi."

Judge E. Gorlia's first journey in the Belgian Congo from December 1909 to January 1912.

At a distance of 80 miles from the sea, Matadi is the highest point to which ocean-going vessels ascend the Congo River. In 1910 it was the best-equiped port in western equatorial Africa and the only place where ships could load and discharge directly from and into raiway trucks since the site was also chosen as the terminus of a railway.

General:

Title source: Archives staff; title not provided by photographer.

Collection Restrictions:

Collection digitized and available online. Use of original records requires an appointment. Contact Archives staff for more details.

Collection Rights:

Permission to reproduce images from the Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives must be obtained in advance. The collection is subject to all copyright laws.

Topic:

Cityscape photography  Search this

Genre/Form:

Stereographs

Collection Citation:

Emile Gorlia Photographs, EEPA 1977-001, Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Identifier:

EEPA.1977-001, Item EEPA 1977-0001-270-02

See more items in:

Emile Gorlia photographs

Emile Gorlia photographs / First Trip to Congo

Archival Repository:

Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/xo71db3c8c7-8395-46d4-8d4d-42a530b8c9cb

EDAN-URL:

ead_component:sova-eepa-1977-001-ref1078