Coquilhatville / Congo Belge: Native Workers & Architect? Hospital Construction Site (Vintage Photo ~1930)

rare original vintage photo - no reprint!  

glossy gelatin silver print

colquithatville / belgian congo 1929

PHOTO SHOWS NATIVE WORKERS & POSSIBLY THE ARCHITECT OF THE CONSTRUCTION SITE

OF THE REINE ELISABETH HOSPITAL IN COLQUITHATVILLE ABOUT 1 YEAR BEFORE THE INAUGURATION IN 1931

THE HOSPITAL WAS BUILT BECAUSE THE QUEEN OF BELGIUM CRITICIZED THE LACK OF A HOSPITAL FOR EUROPEAN PATIENTS DURING HER VISIT IN 1928

LATER ON THIS HOSPITAL WAS CONSIDERED A BIG WASTE OF MONEY AS THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH 'EUROPEAN' PATIENTS FOR IT TO WORK ECONOMIC WIS

the person in the middle of the photo could be RENÉ SCHOENTJES' who was the responsible chief engineer of the hospital....

size: ~ 13 x 18 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)

condition: very good...please also refer to scans which show complete front and backside of photo

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