Africa (continent)
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
Seychelles photographs, 1880-1950
Collection of loose photographs from various sources, of various sizes, mounted on card. Prints are numbered 1-3 since the first item consists of three photographs.
[Seyyid Ali bin Said], 1880 - 1889
144 x 194 mm. A full length portrait of Seyyid Ali bin Said, seated on a throne against a backdrop of a carpet. Seyyid Ali bin Said, the last of the sons of Seyyid Said to sit on the Zanzibar throne, was Sultan from 1890-1893. The British Pretectorate over Zanzibar and Pemba was declared at the beginning of his reign.
[Seyyid Hamed bin Thuwaini], 1880 - 1889
122 x 183 mm. A full length portrait of Seyyid Hamed bin Thuwaini, Sultan of Zanzibar 1893 - 1896, seated on a throne.
Seyyidieh Market, Zanzibar, 1904
282 x 208 mm. A view showing the exterior of the single-storied Market Buildings, situated on the west bank of the Creek Canal and opened on August 12th 1904 (see Y30468C/1-3 and 5).
Sezibwa Falls, between Jinja and Kampala, 1906 - 1911
104 x 145 mm. A view looking towards the falls from the pool beneath. The Sezibwa River crosses the Kampala-Jinja roads halfway between the two towns.
SGR official postcards : set no. 2, Omdurman [i.e. Umm Durman], 1900
Packet containing loose monochrome postcards (one missing from original set of six). The postcards show scenes in Omdurman. The packet is 'Set II' of four sets issued by the Sudan Government Railways and Steamers.
SGR official postcards : set no. 3, Khartoum, 1900
Packet containing loose monochrome postcards showing scenes in Khartoum. The packet is 'Set III' of four sets issued by the Sudan Government Railways and Steamers.
Sgt. Adeyemi, 'A' Coy. 1 S.N.R, 1908 - 1910
59 x 103 mm. Showing Sergeant Adeyemi standing at attention in front of a thatched hut.
Sgt. Egunjobe, 'A' Coy. 1 S.N.R, 1908 - 1910
59 x 104 mm. Showing Sergeant Egunjobe standing at attention in front of a thatched hut.
Sgt. Jatto, 'A' Coy. 1 S.N.R, 1908 - 1910
59 x 103 mm. Showing Sergeant Jatto standing at attention in front of a thatched hut.
Sgt. Major and Sgts. 'A' Coy., 1st S.N.R, 1908 - 1910
104 x 60 mm. Showing a group of five African soldiers of the 1st Southern Nigeria Regiment, standing at attention in front of a large thatched hut.
Sgt. Mama, 'A' Coy. 1 S.N.R, 1908 - 1910
59 x 103 mm. Showing Sergeant Mama standing at attention in front of a thatched hut.
Shabanie [Zvishavane] Asbestos Mine , 1950 - 1967
Showing diggers in the foreground with factory buildings beyond at the Shabanie Asbestos Mine, 95 miles east of Bulawayo.
[Shabluka, 6th cataract], 1898
76 x 78 mm. A view looking along the river with steeply sloping hills beyond. The caption for this photograph was taken from another copy of the album, which is held by Northwestern University Library.
Shah Abbas, 1930 - 1937
90 x 95 mm. A horse led by a man carrying two polo sticks.
Shaking calabashes filled with pebbles is another form of music, 1934
Showing a number of villagers making music.
[Shallot farm on lagoon edge], 1939 - 1948
3 crops a year were taken. Cow manure and bat droppings were used in what was probably the most effective crop in the Gold Coast. The negative envelope is numbered '8'.
[Shallot farm on lagoon edge], 1939 - 1948
3 crops a year were taken. Cow manure and bat droppings were used in what was probably the most effective crop in the Gold Coast. The negative envelope is numbered '8'.
Shambat, 1939 - 1941
85 x 115 mm. Showing people seated in groups in a garden. A few people have been identified in pencil beneath the print, but are mostly illegible. Hebbert is sat fourth from the left, his wife, identified as LMH, is second from the left.
Shambe, 1939 - 1941
115 x 85 mm. A view of Shame taken presumably from a boat. There are many people stood watching.
Shangaan girl, 1950
100 x 152 mm. The caption continues 'wearing typically kilted striped cotton skirt, with the edge beaded; girdles, necklaces, and arm bands of beads, and strips of beads attached to dress. She wears a headdress of swathed coloured cotton. 1950. Valley south of Hangklip Mountains.'
Shangaan girl wearing striped beaded cotton skirt and bead necklaces, Valley south of Hangklip Mountains, 1950, 1950
155 x 204 mm.
Shangaan hut enclosed by mud wall, 1930 - 1950
204 x 153 mm. The caption continues: 'All these Kraals are spotlessly clean. Step thatching. In the valley south of Hangklip Mountains. Near Naboomspruit, Northern Transvaal.
Shangaan kraal, 1950
203 x 145 mm. The caption continues: 'showing main hut, children's hut, and grain hut, mud wall and stockade. Valley South of Hangklip Mountains. 1950.'
Shangaan utensils, 1950
152 x 101 mm. The caption continues: 'Gourds, pottery, spoons, ladles, winnowing basket. All made of the indigenous wood, clay and grasses. Valley south of Hangklip Mountains. 1950.'