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Rt. Hon. Winston Churchill, 1907

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011D/16

Scope and Contents

87 x 72 mm. Showing Winston Churchill standing at the edge of the Ripon Falls and holding a large box camera. Churchill, at this period, Parliamentray Under-Secretary for the Colonies, made an East African tour in the latter part of 1907. His trip, which is described in Churchill (1908), started at Mombasa and continued through British East Africa (now Kenya) and the Uganda Protectorate to Jinja; from there the Nile was followed north through the Sudan and Egypt to Alexandria. Churchill arrived in Entebbe on November 18 and Bell accompanied him to Kampala and Jinja (see Bell (1946), pp 166-173).

Dates

  • Creation: 1907

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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Language of Materials

English

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Fair condition, some yellowing along top edge.

Existence and Location of Copies

CN 533.

Related Materials

For a similar photograph see Y3011G/21.

Bibliography

Churchill, Winston Spencer (1908), 'My African journey', London: Hodder and Stoughton.

General

SG.

Originator(s)

Unknown

Finding aid date

2003-05-28 11:53:45+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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