Carte de Visite João L. Carreira - Photographer Benguella, Portuguese West Africa 1904 This carte de visite depicts Sergento João Pereira of the Portuguese colonial in tropical service dress. The image was taken in 1904 in Benguella, Portuguese West Africa - present day Angola. This remarkable image of a noncommissioned officer of from Europe's first and oldest colonial power - an often overlooked and poorly represented subject matter - was kindly provided by Mário G. of Portugal. |