Kenya (nation)
Found in 1502 Collections and/or Records:
Scene of R. Angolul, Turquell, 1880-01
108 x 152 mm. (modern print from RGS negative). View of woodland scenery on the River Angolul.
Scene on Guaso Nyiro R., Mau Forest, 1889-09-26
Scene on R. Angolul, Turquell, 1890-01
112 x 154 mm. A view looking downstream along the river with thick woodland and scrub on the riverbank.
School Empire Tours Record 1927-1939
School in Maseno (?), 1937
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, undated captions from K.H. Buxton, who is probably Kathleen Hannah Buxton (1905-1999), daughter of Reverend Leonard Buxton, the Vicar of North Mimms, Hertfordshire.
Schoolboys budding Citrus, 1940 - 1949
The typescript catalogue locates this photograph at 'Kapenguris [?Kapenguria] school farm, West Suk'.
Schoolboys getting the correct spaces between the potatoes in the row, 1940 - 1949
Showing schoolboys planting potatoes in a trench marked out with string.
[Seated man], 1948 - 1950
60 x 60 mm.
Second camp, Eldoret: Bob Edwards, self and group, African boys (staff), our Simiti, 1942
Photographs are numbered from left to right in vertical columns.
Second encampment on road to Uganda [Kikuyu Escarpment], 1900-02-28
'Showing the extremely steep descent over which the line is to pass. The trains are to be let down by wire ropes. The white tents in the distance are those of the Railway employees; they have 500 mules there for use on the works. The two big tents belong to our porters. The height down which the railway is being constructed is all wooded.'
Second encampment, two miles beyond Railhead, 1900-03-01
'Showing the 4 CMS green tents surrounded by the small white tents of the porters. Very high wind blowing.'
Second (Tented) Camp and Unit Members at Eldoret, 1943 - 1944
Photographs are numbered from left to right in vertical columns.
Sections of the ‘William Mackinnon’, c. 1895-1900, 1977
202 x 153 mm. Showing prefabricated sections of the steamer which was used for survey work on Lake Victoria. It arrived in parts in Mombasa as early as 1895, but transport difficulties and losses delayed the launching until Nov. 1900. Most of the parts were transported in a large caravan of three thousand loads under the supervision of Reginald Barton Wright, assistant engineer and surveyor. Photograph by Benjamin Whitehouse.
Self and the dhow [illegible word], 1934
A view showing a man, presumably Powell, standing in shallow water with a sailing boat behind him.
[Selling cotton], 1948 - 1950
210 x 160 mm. Showing a line of men and women queuing outside a hut with bales of cotton at their feet. There is a sign up on the hut, presumably setting the price: 'FCO Bei Ya Pamba Safi Fifi lbs 100 shs -32.'
'Senex Africanus'
A carbon copy of a typescript of Sinclair's reminiscences of his time in England, Kenya, Zanzibar and Tangier, 177 pages. Although there is a list of photographs, the illustrated copy of the memoir is believed to be lost.
Senior Chief Njiri. last surviving Senior Chief of the Kikuyu, 1955
154 x 203 mm. glossy print.
[Sentry duty], 1934
Showing a man standing guard on a wall with a rifle over his shoulder.
Sergt. Major Greenwood, Port Ugowe. Sept. 1899, 1899-09
Sergts. Ellison & Scott standing outside Sergeants Mess, Mumias March 1899, 1899
Service with the Kenya Police in the north is certainly 'Active', 1940 - 1949
Showing a group of armed Kenya Police climbing a rock in search of cattle raiders. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Cattle raiders are well armed, casualties not uncommon'.
Seventh encampment, eight miles from last encampment, Mbaruki, 6320 ft above sea, 1900-03-06
66 watercolours, 150 x 200 mm in size. The captions, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Notes provided by H.B. Thomas have been incorporated into the description.
[Sheep herd], 1933 - 1950
165 x 120 mm. Showing a man grazing a herd of sheep, and a large hill in the background.
Shela, Lamu Island, 1890 - 1905
201 x 142 mm. A view looking across the bay towards the town of Shela with thatched houses running down to the beach and sandy hills beyond.
Shella [?Shela] (Lamu Archipelago), 1934
Showing a building, presumably at Shela on the archipelago. A tower can be seen at the back of the building.