Lobo, Alfred, fl. 1900-1939 (photographer)

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: fl. 1900 - 1939

Biography

Alfred Lobo entered Government service in Entebbe, Uganda, in 1908. According to Macmillian, he started a commercial photographic business in Kampala in 1922 (1930, p.269). However, Lobo appears to have been a practising photographer in the early 1900s. His photographs appear in Playne's 'East Africa' (1907) and several of the photographs in the RCS collection date pre-1910. Alfred Lobo may have been the same person mentioned as A. Lobo, Locomotive Department, Uganda Railway, Nairobi, listed in 'The red book of East Africa' (1904).

Publications:

Playne, Somerset (1908-9) 'East Africa (British): its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources'. [London]. [Contains photographs by Lobo].

Sources:

Macmillan, Allister (1930) 'Eastern Africa and Rhodesia: historical and descriptive, commercial and industrial, facts, figures, and resources'. London: W.H. and L. Collingridge. 'The red book of East Africa' (1904).

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Item

Munyonyo Bay, Victoria, Nyanza, 1906 - 1911

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/13

Scope and Contents

149 x 104 mm. A view looking out over Munyonyo Bay from the shore. Munyonyo is the landing place for Kampala, about eight miles to the north-west.

Dates: 1906 - 1911

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher, Fisher photograph collection / Uganda circa 1906-1911

Fonds

Photographs of Entebbe

Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045H

Scope and Contents

A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 200 x 145 mm, with handwritten captions on the reverse. Photographs are by Alfred Lobo of Entebbe (only one print is stamped with Lobo's name but it is likely that the rest of the prints are also by him.

Dates: 1910

Conditions Governing Access: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Photographs of Entebbe

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