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370 x 250 mm. The cut-out head-and-shoulder pictures of two boys have been stuck to the original photograph so that, at a glimpse, they appear to have been part of the original. They are located at the far-left and mid-right of the group. The caption on the back of the print reads: 'East Africa 1930. Left Aug.1.1930 returned Nov.22.1930. 29 boys 4 directors'.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of photographs, by various photographers, relating to School Empire Tours, probably compiled by Miss Margaret Best. All the prints are captioned and some also have dates and places written on the back in Miss Best's hand.It should be noted that most of the images show groups of the participants, either before setting out or in the country concerned, but there is very little to show their activities - the 1932 tour to Canada is the best in this respect. It is clear from...

Scope and Contents Collection of 248 photographs, chiefly amateur. Most captions are derived from the original album pages or the printed titles of postcards. Photographs without measurements are approximately 80 x 60 mm in size, and this suggests that they may have been taken by the collector, with the others acquired from colleagues or purchased.The photographs, housed in two albums, were found pushed through the letterbox of Woodspring Museum. They had clearly suffered from damp, the albums were...

Scope and Contents This account (81 pages) describes a visit to East Africa from South Africa in 1912 by James Dick. He travelled by the Uganda railway from the coast to Kisumu, with stops on the way including Nairobi and a visit to the bamboo forest. Dick crossed Lake Victoria on the ‘Clement Hill’ to Entebbe, and thence went by rickshaw to Kampala. His journey ended at the Ripon Falls. There is a good deal of historical background and other information; the journey covered well-traversed ground, but the...

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Monochrome postcards (original photographs) showing Masai tribesmen and scenes in Kenya. Photograph by S. Skulina. On the reverse of each postcard is printed 'Edition : 'Africa in Pictures'.

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Monochrome postcards (original photographs) showing Masai tribesmen and scenes in Kenya. Photograph by S. Skulina. On the reverse of each postcard is printed 'Edition : 'Africa in Pictures'.

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Monochrome postcards (original photographs) showing Masai tribesmen and scenes in Kenya. Photograph by S. Skulina. On the reverse of each postcard is printed 'Edition : 'Africa in Pictures'.

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Monochrome postcards (original photographs) showing Masai tribesmen and scenes in Kenya. Photograph by S. Skulina. On the reverse of each postcard is printed 'Edition : 'Africa in Pictures'.

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Commercial views of Mount Kenya, Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Meru and Thomson's Falls.

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Showing a group of Zebras.

Scope and Contents Collection of four modern copies each 115 x 75 mm, of photographs taken in East Africa at the beginning of the century. The images were accompanied by a photocopy of a typed note relating to No. 1 and an incomplete list of those portrayed in No. 2, probably written in c. 1938.These photographs are of particular interest as they show the three families; Bodeker, McQueen and Wallace, who can claim to be the first European settlers in Kenya, since they trekked up from the coast in the...

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109 x 112 mm. glossy print with copy and 56 mm. negative.

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13 photographs and 3 letters documenting Satwant Singh Suman's service with the East African Railways.

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Printed on the reverse: ''ESTAF' Series. Kodak (E.A.) Limited. Nairobi and Branches'.

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Coloured and monochrome postcards of East African wildlife and scenery by various publishers and photographers.

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Various sizes.

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A view looking along the crater rim with a sheer rock spur in the foreground. Gedge briefly mentions his photography in his diary entry for the day. Duplicate of Y30468K/65.

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Showing Ernest Gedge beside a dead buffalo in a pose similar to Jackson’s in the preceding slide. A print of this was not included in the original RCS collection, although the RGS possesses the negative. A negative and modern print have been made from the slide.

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Showing Ernest Gedge reclining in a camp chair in front of his tent with various pieces of equipment lying around him and laundry drying on lines in the background. Duplicate of Y30468K/59.

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155 x 113 mm. Showing Ernest Gedge reclining in a camp chair in front of his tent with various pieces of equipment lying around him and laundry drying on lines in the background.

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155 x 112 mm. Showing Gedge’s tent pitched in a clearing beneath tall euphorbias, with an African servant standing at the entrance. Gedge does not specifically mention the taking of this photograph, but in his diary for the 24th records ‘went up a hill here and took a couple of photos’.

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Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.

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108 x 152 mm. glossy print.

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'Native hut (Masai); the family creep in on all fours.'

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'The boma where Mr and Mrs [James] Martin entertained us so hospitably. Masai huts in foreground. Kites in sky.'