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A photograph of a black seed oil tree, an ornamental tree standing at 12 feet high.

Produced in an edition of 800 copies. Spiral bound on both sides of single board, with illustrations on left and text on right which fold over one another.

A photograph taken at the depot as the train pulled out. It shows a large group of women at the depot, seeing their Ackari husbands off as they leave on the train.

A photograph of a train in the fog, leaving Malele.

Shows train, our coach at the left. Mango trees are planted here along the line. [Shantz travel journal, Mar. 30, 1920]

A photograph looking back at the last two cars of a train, showing 2nd and 1st class cars as well as an indigenous man named Solomon, several other indigenous people, and a Belgian officer outside of the train.

A photograph of the outside view of the train that Shantz was taking. There is coach section for indigenous people on the second car from the end.

A photograph of a train on the tracks, going around a corner. The railway wooden sleepers in front of the train are mostly eaten away by termites.

A photograph of a train from the Compagnie du chemin de fer du bas-Congo au Katanga. -There is no fire in the engine.