French West Africa
Private collection of a visitor to Treichville in Cote d’Ivoire in the 1950s. Two sets of photos; 41 black and white snaps mostly of the local market and dancers, as well as surrounding regions, most captioned; the other is 21 color snaps showing different versions of same subject.
Price: $150.00
Note: Treichville is a neighborhood in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. It is one of the 10 urban communes of the city. Treichville is known as one of the most lively neighborhoods in Abidjan, especially around the Crossroad France-Amérique. The streets in Treichville do not have names but are numbered from 1 to 47. The commune is served by a railway station belonging to the RAN. The railway offers a passenger service to Ouagadougou, in Burkina Faso, which takes around 30 hours. The Autonomous Port of Abidjan is located in Treichville. Treichville's name comes from Marcel Treich-Laplène (1860–1890), who was a French resident in Ivory Coast. In March and April 2011, Treichville was caught up in the 2010–2011 Ivorian crisis and many people there were killed.