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Africa (continent)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:

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[Unidentified landscape], 1900 - 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/32
Scope and Contents

156 x 110 mm. A view looking over fairly anonymous landscape, probably in Uganda. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.

Dates: 1900 - 1902
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).
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Unloading Ivory from an upriver steamer at Leopoldville [i.e. Kinshasa], 1904, 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/144
Scope and Contents

56 x 42 mm. A view showing rows of elephant tusks awaiting reloading onto railway trucks.

Dates: 1904
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).
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Unloading Ivory from an upriver steamer at Leopoldville [i.e. Kinshasa], 1904, 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/145
Scope and Contents

56 x 42 mm. A view showing rows of elephant tusks awaiting reloading onto railway trucks.

Dates: 1904
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).
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Variation in leaf size of funtumia elastica, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/65
Scope and Contents

97 x 77 mm. A studio photograph, with scale, illustrating the variations in leaf size and shape of Funtumia elastica in Uganda.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
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).
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Vertical tapping method, Victoria, Cameroon Mountain

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/111
Scope and Contents

77 x 97 mm. A view showing a tree with vertical tapping lines made with a pruning knife which run down to a collecting cup at the base, resulting in the development of suckers.

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).
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Wayne's Duiker (Cephalophus waynesi), Ituri Forest, ?c1913, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/229
Scope and Contents

101 x 75 mm. A view showing a Wayne's Duiker (antelope) shot by Christy in the Ituri Forest.

Dates: 1913
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).
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Wayne's Duiker (Cephalophus waynesi), Ituri Forest, ?c1913, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/230
Scope and Contents

101 x 75 mm. A view showing a Wayne's Duiker (antelope) shot by Christy in the Ituri Forest.

Dates: 1913
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).
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Wayne's Duiker (Cephalophus waynesi), Ituri Forest, ?c1913, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/231
Scope and Contents

101 x 75 mm. A view showing a Wayne's Duiker (antelope) shot by Christy in the Ituri Forest.

Dates: 1913
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).
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Wayne's Duiker (Cephalophus waynesi), Ituri Forest, ?c1913, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/232
Scope and Contents

101 x 75 mm. A view showing a Wayne's Duiker (antelope) shot by Christy in the Ituri Forest.

Dates: 1913
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).
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Weekly market at Niangara, Wele District, Upper Congo (n.d.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/160
Scope and Contents

85 x 60 mm. A view showing the busy market scene at Niangara with goods laid out on the ground in front of the traders.

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).
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Weekly market at Niangara, Wele District, Upper Congo (n.d.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/161
Scope and Contents

85 x 60 mm. A view showing the busy market scene at Niangara with goods laid out on the ground in front of the traders.

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).
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Weekly market at Niangara, Wele District, Upper Congo (n.d.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/162
Scope and Contents

86 x 60 mm. A view showing traders at Niangara seated under the shade of umbrellas in the market square.

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).
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Weekly market at Niangara, Wele District, Upper Congo (n.d.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/163
Scope and Contents

85 x 61 mm. A view showing market traders at Niangara. Photograph probably by Christy.

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).
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Weekly market at Niangara, Wele District, Upper Congo (n.d.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/164
Scope and Contents

85 x 61 mm. A view showing market traders at Niangara. Photograph probably by Christy.

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).
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Weekly market at Niangara, Wele District, Upper Congo (n.d.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/165
Scope and Contents

85 x 60 mm. A view showing a general view of the crowded market place at Niangara. Photograph probably by Christy.

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).
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Weekly market at Niangara, Wele District, Upper Congo (n.d.)

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/166
Scope and Contents

85 x 60 mm. A view showing a general view of the crowded market place at Niangara. Photograph probably by Christy.

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).
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[(? West) African woman and girl], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/53
Scope and Contents

118 x 170 mm. A view showing an African woman and child of an unidentified people and location, standing in front of a hut. The woman wears her hair in a very distinctive style, probably coated with mud. Photograph probably by Cuthbert Christy.

Dates: 1900
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).
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Whitewashing rubber trees, Uganda, 1901 - 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/98
Scope and Contents

73 x 96 mm. A view showing African labourers white-washing the trunks of Nectra Funtumiae trees as a protection against canker.

Dates: 1901 - 1902
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).
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Wild Funtumia elastica trees in a plantation, Ibadan State, Southern Nigeria, 1903 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/77
Scope and Contents

78 x 94 mm. A view showing two tall rubber trees in a plantation. The caption to the print states 'A common result of ringing cuts on the wild Funtumia elastica trees left standing in native plantations'. This presumably refers to the size of the trees.

Dates: 1903 - 1910
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).
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Young bull elephant shot in Ituri Forest, 1913, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/193
Scope and Contents

101 x 79 mm. A view showing a rather thin Cuthbert Christy standing in front of the dead elephant. Christy records that this animal had previously stampeded through his camp kitchen one night, injuring one of his men.

Dates: 1913
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).
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Young bull elephant shot in Ituri Forest, 1913, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/194
Scope and Contents

101 x 79 mm. A view showing a rather thin Cuthbert Christy standing in front of the dead elephant. Christy records that this animal had previously stampeded through his camp kitchen one night, injuring one of his men.

Dates: 1913
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).
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Young bull elephant shot in Ituri Forest, 1913, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/195
Scope and Contents

101 x 79 mm. A view showing a rather thin Cuthbert Christy standing in front of the dead elephant. Christy records that this animal had previously stampeded through his camp kitchen one night, injuring one of his men.

Dates: 1913
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).