German Colonial Society Photo Archive

[rinehart0050]

The German Colonial Society (Deutsche Kolonialgesellschaft) has a large online archive of high quality photos from across Africa from the German colonial period (over 53,000 images). All of them are high quality scans, covering just about any topic you can think of.

The database is searchable in German or English. I did searches like "jagd" (653 results) or a combination like "jagd" and "Löwe" (59 results). The user interface is a bit clunky, but its a good place to spend a few hours browsing old photos.

Here's the link:
http://www.ub.bildarchiv-dkg.uni-frankfurt.de/Bildprojekt/frames/hauptframe.html

Here are some examples:

 

[rinehart0050]

Here's some more:

Notice the bongo horns!

 

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[ScottG]

Neat pictures I'll have to take a look.

 

[cpr0312]

Very cool thanks for sharing! Will have to take a further look

 

[CAustin]

Thank you for sharing. That kudu is a big one.

 

[AfricaHunting.com]

Thank you for sharing these @rinehart0050!

 

[Nyati]

Interesting pics, thanks !

 

[Wheels]

Appreciate your sharing the post.

 

[Foxi]

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Rinehart,
I saw this just now.
Thank you.

Nearby I noticed that you are living in South Korea.
I looked at Google Earth and saw lots of mountains and woods.
There must be something to hunt,isn't it ?

Regards from Munic
Foxi

 

[Foxi]

Thank you for sharing. That kudu is a big one.

And the buffs are breathtaking

 

[Foxi]

Ive got these pics this morning from my PH .
He is actual in Matetsi.
Also an excellent buff,but the old Tansanian things.Boah.Wonderful.

 

[jpr792]

Great images. Thank you for sharing.

 

[rinehart0050]

Rinehart,
I saw this just now.
Thank you.

Nearby I noticed that you are living in South Korea.
I looked at Google Earth and saw lots of mountains and woods.
There must be something to hunt,isn't it ?

Regards from Munic
Foxi

Sadly no. Firearms are illegal and there's one stocked farm in the whole country where you can hunt birds. Not worth the trip.

We went to NZ instead to hunt. That was great.

 

[JakeH]

Thanks for these great old photographs.

 

[Red Leg]

Thanks for the link!