Jean Héricord and others Africa, c. 1939-1950. Personal album of Jean Héricord, Physician-Commander of the French West Indies. Madeira. Funchal. Upper Volta. Konakry. Prospecting team. Millet granary. Chief's wife. Guéba. Aminata. Peul hairstyle. Soukala Gourounssi. Mossi villa. Camp. Marigot. Plane crash. White Volta. Caimans. Elephantiasis. Air France courier. Lion hunt. November 11, 1939. Manga Mission. Gao. Tomb of the Ascias. Adrar des Iforas. Trans-Saharan buses. Bordj Annefis. Tuareg women. Oasis. Loos Island. Oblong in-4 album with woven cover, consisting of 138 vintage silver prints, corner-mounted on cardboard. Numerous ink annotations on mounts. Letter of appointment to the Colonial Orders at the beginning of the volume. Sizes: from 6 x 9 to 9 x 14 cm Also included: AOF photographer (Adjudant Reynard) and miscellaneous Sudan. Guinea. Mali. Bamako. Cape Verde lighthouse. Senegal. Dakar. Gorée Island. Upper Volta. Lobi. Weaver. 75 vintage silver prints, some annotated on versos or in negatives. Sizes: from 5 x 8 to 17 x 13 cm