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Showing schoolboys planting potatoes in a trench marked out with string.

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60 x 60 mm.

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Photographs are numbered from left to right in vertical columns.

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'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.'

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'Showing the 4 CMS green tents surrounded by the small white tents of the porters. Very high wind blowing.'

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Photographs are numbered from left to right in vertical columns.

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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.

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A view showing a man, presumably Powell, standing in shallow water with a sailing boat behind him.

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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.'

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154 x 203 mm. glossy print.

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Showing a man standing guard on a wall with a rifle over his shoulder.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Two albums with two loose prints (which may not belong to this collection) inserted. The two albums were the property of Charles Edwin Collard, Captain, Royal Marine Light Infantry. The albums have been rebound, but the labels on the covers ‘Uganda 1898-1900’ have been retained. Most of the photographs are 115 x 90 mm. Collard was presumably the photographer except for the few prints in which he appears, and all the photographs are captioned. However, it appears likely that this was...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Two albums with two loose prints (which may not belong to this collection) inserted. The two albums were the property of Charles Edwin Collard, Captain, Royal Marine Light Infantry. The albums have been rebound, but the labels on the covers ‘Uganda 1898-1900’ have been retained. Most of the photographs are 115 x 90 mm. Collard was presumably the photographer except for the few prints in which he appears, and all the photographs are captioned. However, it appears likely that this was...

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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'.

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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.

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165 x 120 mm. Showing a man grazing a herd of sheep, and a large hill in the background.

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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.

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Showing a building, presumably at Shela on the archipelago. A tower can be seen at the back of the building.

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A view from the sea showing a number of houses on the coastline of Lamu Island. It is assumed that the reference is to the house in which Powell stayed during his time on the island.

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246 x 190 mm. View across railway freight lines towards ships moored in the deep water berths, with the harbour beyond.

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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.

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Miscellaneous monochrome postcards issued by various publishers, largely unknown.

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A view showing Powell's dog, Simon, laying on the concrete porch.

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A view showing Powell's dog, Simon, on a boat.

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204 x 155 mm. glossy print.