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Africa (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:

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Savelugu Dam, N. Ts [?Northern Territories], 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/107
Scope and Contents

Stored in negative album envelope number '65'.

Dates: 1939
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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[Sawakin], 1946 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/5/13
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. View of a gatehouse guarded by two men and two cannons.

Dates: 1946 - 1950
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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[Sawakin], 1924 - 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/2/2/35
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Unlabelled slides from Hebbert's time in Africa.

Dates: 1924 - 1945
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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[Sawakin Island], 1930 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/2/2/33
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Unlabelled slides from Hebbert's time in Africa.

Dates: 1930 - 1941
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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Sawing, P.W.D. Entebbe, 1909, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/106
Scope and Contents

76 x 101 mm. Showing two Ugandans using a double handled saw on a large sawing horse.

Dates: 1909
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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Sawing timber at Amani, 1900 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/25
Scope and Contents

116 x 82 mm. Showing African workers cutting timber with long double handled saws. In the background the cleared land slopes down to the Sigi River.

Dates: 1900 - 1909
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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Sawing tree felled across road to Seringa Mines, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043M/14
Scope and Contents

92 x 122 mm. Showing an African labourer sawing a tree trunk into sections.

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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Sawmill waterwheel Amaani, 1900 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/34
Scope and Contents

112 x 83 mm. Showing three Europeans standing beside the waterwheel gearing machinery.

Dates: 1900 - 1909
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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Sawmill waterwheel Amani, 1900 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/33
Scope and Contents

114 x 88 mm. Showing a camshaft and drive wheels leading off from the sawmill waterwheel.

Dates: 1900 - 1909
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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Sawmills at Amani, 1900 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/31
Scope and Contents

113 x 89 mm. A view looking across the Sigi River showing the sawmills and water viaduct on the farther bank.

Dates: 1900 - 1909
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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S.B. Hall and wife in rowing boat; in the background is the paddle steamer 'Sultan of Sokotoo', 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043NN/31
Scope and Contents

138 x 100 mm.

Dates: 1870 - 1889
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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Scene, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/20
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...
Dates: 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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Scene, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/23
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...
Dates: 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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Scene [across open ground to a hill] , 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/18
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...
Dates: 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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Scene at a witchcraft trial, 1909-10, 1909 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/289
Scope and Contents

164 x 119 mm. Showing a group of warriors seated in a circle in a woodland clearing.

Dates: 1909 - 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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Scene at Amani, 1900 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/27
Scope and Contents

114 x 86 mm. Showing a settlement of huts with cleared land and a small river in the foreground and forest beyond.

Dates: 1900 - 1909
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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Scene at Jijjajeri, 1941-02-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/375
Scope and Contents

62 x 40 mm. The usual gang of chatterers sit under the tree in the shade, telling their tales to each other whilst the women milk sellers do a roaring trade.

Dates: 1941-02-11
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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Scene at the Zanzibar Exhibition, Wednesday August 16th, 1905, 1905-08-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/3
Scope and Contents

75 x 72 mm. A view showing A.S. Rogers and the Sultan in an enclosure during the exhibition. See Y30468D/9.

Dates: 1905-08-16
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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Scene at West African airport, 1940 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011R/42
Scope and Contents

155 x 114 mm. Showing passengers unloading their belongings from the hold of a cargo plane.

Dates: 1940 - 1959
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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Scene by river, 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304J/41
Scope and Contents From the File:

Measuring 205 x 265 mm, this album contains sepia photographs 145 x 90 mm in size, two to a page. None of these have captions, but they include one statue in Biskra.

Dates: 1922
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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Scene by river, 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304J/57
Scope and Contents From the File:

Measuring 205 x 265 mm, this album contains sepia photographs 145 x 90 mm in size, two to a page. None of these have captions, but they include one statue in Biskra.

Dates: 1922
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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Scene en route Ako-Mbande, 1940-03-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043BB/330
Scope and Contents

62 x 40 mm. neg. & contact print. Typical picture of Mbembe, the palm and forest covered hills half hidden in the haze. We pass from the palm tree down the valley and up over the distant hill.

Dates: 1940-03-01
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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Scene from Mamboya Mission House with Dr Baxter in his garden and winding path mentioned in T.B.R. Westgates’s diary for 1902, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/181
Scope and Contents

164 x 120 mm.

Dates: 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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Scene from Shimba Mission House near Mombasa

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/16
Scope and Contents

149 x 102 mm. View looking over lightly wooded valleys and hills.

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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Scene in a bush, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305B/100
Scope and Contents

With three Africans in the foreground. The print is initialled 'SA'.

Dates: 1880
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).