Private souvenir album of Dahomey (present-day Benin).

90 silver prints, b/w, sm. size (± 8 x 11 cm), glued (but reversible) on special paper, some captioned.

Green modern cardboard 4to ad hoc album.

Essentially made of ca. 70 photos of landscapes (named here after photo labels: river Ouhémé, Paindevoine bridge, Somba houses, Natintingou, Tanguiéta, Savé, Segboroue village, on the road to Lagos...) or showing villagers in their daily life, some photos focused on musical instruments, a woman with a plateau lip, a young woman with a scarred face, a 15 year-old boy suffering from severe scrotal elephantiasis... About 20 photos related to a group of Europeans (working at the office or in friendly meetings).
Joined: 3 albumen photos. Ca. 1921. B/w, 15,5 x 20,5 cm, 2 signed in the picture "A.E. Myers" (1 soiled). Representing a factory in "Pauda" and a wooden construction.