Etebe, village des Mobali, View of Etebe, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Pl. 45.', photographer: Franz Thonner, Congo (country), cliché maker: Stengel & Markert, Dresden, 1896, Saxony, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 110 mm x width 161 mm, city-view in general, 'veduta', façade (of house or building), A riverside scene shows a row of thatched huts and raised structures along the water's edge, with conical and rounded roofs made of straw or similar material and wooden stilts visible beneath some huts; dense trees and foliage rise behind the huts, forming a dark treeline with taller tree canopies toward the left; the river in front reflects the huts and trees with gentle ripples, and remnants of wooden posts or stumps project from the shallow water nearer the shore; a sandy foreground contains scattered bundles of reeds or straw and a shallow bowl or basin resting on the sand; a soft mist or spray drifts across the left side of the image, blurring part of the huts and trees.
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Etebe, village des Mobali, View of Etebe, page, photomechanical print, number: 'Pl. 45.', photographer: Franz Thonner, Congo (country), cliché maker: Stengel & Markert, Dresden, 1896, Saxony, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 110 mm x width 161 mm, city-view in general, 'veduta', façade (of house or building), A riverside scene shows a row of thatched huts and raised structures along the water's edge, with conical and rounded roofs made of straw or similar material and wooden stilts visible beneath some huts; dense trees and foliage rise behind the huts, forming a dark treeline with taller tree canopies toward the left; the river in front reflects the huts and trees with gentle ripples, and remnants of wooden posts or stumps project from the shallow water nearer the shore; a sandy foreground contains scattered bundles of reeds or straw and a shallow bowl or basin resting on the sand; a soft mist or spray drifts across the left side of the image, blurring part of the huts and trees.

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Etebe village des Mobali View page photomechanical print number Pl 45 photographer Franz Thonner Congo country cliché maker Stengel & Markert Dresden 1896 Saxony paper collotype photoprint height 110 mm x width 161 mm city-view general veduta façade of house building riverside scene row thatched huts raised structures water's edge conical rounded roofs straw material wooden stilts visible beneath huts dense trees foliage rise forming dark treeline taller tree canopies left river front reflects trees gentle ripples remnants wooden posts stumps project shallow water nearer shore sandy foreground contains scattered bundles reeds shallow bowl basin resting sand soft mist spray drifts across left side image blurring part trees

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