Africa (continent)
Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:
[The house - exterior view], 1934
A view showing trellis attached to the side of a building. The album page upon which this photograph appears is captioned 'The house in and out'. It is assumed that this is the house in which Powell stayed during his time on the island.
[The house - exterior view], 1934
A view showing part of a house and garden. The album page upon which this photograph appears is captioned 'The house in and out'. It is assumed that this is the house in which Powell stayed during his time on the island.
[The house - interior view], 1934
A view showing a vase with flowers on a table with some pictures and ornaments by the wall behind. The album page upon which this photograph appears is captioned 'The house in and out'. It is assumed that this is the house in which Powell stayed during his time on the island.
[The house - interior view], 1934
A view showing part of a room, with a desk, chair and other furniture. The album page upon which this photograph appears is captioned 'The house in and out'. It is assumed that this is the house in which Powell stayed during his time on the island.
The House of Paul at Fort Portal, Uganda, where I spent three weeks, 1934
A panoramic view, consisting of two photographs, showing a house and various outbuildings, with mountains in the background.
The house that Jack built; my house at Esikongo, 1935-01
65 x 40 mm.
The Housecraft Department, 1945
Showing an African assistant demonstrating food selection to two pupils. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'The selection of food is as important as preparing it'.
The Hunt at Hartebeeste Hoek, 1860
197 x 135 mm. Photograph of the painting by T. Baines.
The hut at Kiboriani where offending prisoners were confined. When not thus used it served as a donkey stable, 1915 - 1916
98 x 73 mm.
The hut I spent two days in at Pambirie, 1935 - 1936
The caption below the photograph continues: 'The Mangbetu youths are very skilled at archery, and here are some eager competitors for a five franc note I pinned to a palm tree'.
The idea is put to the Kipsigis tribesmen at a village gathering - 'baraza', 1940 - 1949
Showing a village meeting, with European officers of the Kenya Agricultural Department explaining through an interpreter to the Kipsigis the benefits of planting quick-growing wattle trees for fuel, protection from the wind and for building. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads ''Trees will shelter you, yours crops and cattle[sic], give you building poles and firewood', the interpreter explains'.
The Imperial Hotel, 1955
55 x 50 mm.
The inimitable Popoff, 1936
54 x 80 mm. View of a young African man standing beside the motor car featured in RCMS 363/4/11.
The innumerable stone figures of Esie, Nigeria, 1940 - 1949
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'They were discovered in a clearing amidst a grove of oil palms and other trees, the clearing itself bordered by peregun trees, a kind of aloes planted round holy places. The grove is today an important centre of the fertility cult. Natives of Esie found the figures about 1773. The grove was kept secret until 1933, when an English missionary was told about it by one of his African mission teachers'. Photograph by Margot Lubinski.
The Inquisitive Karamando Gets Work in London , 1944 - 1970
Originally written in 1944 and revised in 1970.
The Inspector of Produce testing the feel of a sample of cloves for statutory dryness, 1936 - 1937
215 x 160 mm. The image has been bordered with liquid paper.
The instructor finds his first pupil, 1940 - 1949
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'An old peasant, called Mwasya, on the edge of his mealie patch'.
The Interior of the Public Library - Cape Town, 1861
A view looking along the porticoed reading of the Public Library, with readers sitting at tables, staff beyond and a portrait of Queen Victoria hanging on the far wall. The library was opened by Prince Alfred on September 18 1860.
'The Island, below Klip Drift, South Africa. Digging for diamonds in 1870 with 6 Zulu [offensive word not transcribed]', 1870
Water colours and pen and ink sketches documenting Anderson's travels in southern Africa, accompanied by his original captions and explanatory notes. The original titles and captions have been enclosed in single quotation marks, and have been transcribed in the catalogue as found, with the exception of an egregiously offensive term used in some titles, which has not been transcribed. Where possible, modern place names have been supplied.
The Island from the sea - looking in from west, 1900
205 x 144 mm. View looking along the rocky coastline of Saint Helena.
The Island of Ascension, 1800 - 1850
An undated, framed, coloured engraving depicting Georgetown and Cross Hill, 280 x 253 mm.
The Isle of St Brandon, Sept. 1916, 1916-09
137 x 79 mm. View from the sea of St Brandon, main island of the Cargados Carajos group 250 miles NE of Mauritius.
The Italian Commandant's house, 1943
110 x 85 mm. General view of a series of steps leading up to a large house.
The Jagas, a people of Africa, 1817 - 1866
An undated print of an engraving by Conder from a picture by Moore.