Uganda (nation)
Found in 1965 Collections and/or Records:
Munyonyo Bay, Victoria, Nyanza, 1906 - 1911
149 x 104 mm. A view looking out over Munyonyo Bay from the shore. Munyonyo is the landing place for Kampala, about eight miles to the north-west.
Murchinson Falls on Victoria Nile, 1906 - 1911
161 x 113 mm. A view from a boat on the lower Victoria Nile looking back towards the narrow cleft of the Murchinson Falls 22 miles east of Lake Albert.
Murchison Game Park - A quiet pool on the river Nile below Murchison Falls, 1952 - 1964
160 x 210 mm.
Murchison Game Park - Elephant, 1952 - 1964
210 x 160 mm.
Murchison Game Park - Hippopotami on the banks of the Nile, 1952 - 1964
210 x 160 mm.
Murchison Game Park - The Murchison Falls, 1952 - 1964
160 x 210 mm.
Murchison [ie. Kabalega] Falls [1906], 1906
A distant view of the Falls from down river.
Murchison [i.e. Kabalega] Falls of Nile [1906], 1906
A general view of the Murchison Falls (also known as Kabalega Falls) from down river. Bell visited the Falls for the first time on September 17 1906 (see Bell (1946), pp. 137-138).
Musical house boy Ali, 1902 - 1908
76 x 102 mm. Full length portrait of an African servant seated in front of a wooden door and holding a concertina.
Muteesa II Kabaka of Buganda, 1940 - 1960
Muteesa II (1924-1969) was Kabaka from 1939 until his death.
Mwanga and chiefs outside the Baraza, Mengo Uganda, 1891-01-14
156 x 111 mm. Showing Mwanga and a large group of chiefs standing outside the King’s palace at Mengo. Two of the royal drummers stand in the foreground. A photograph taken at the same occasion as Y30468K/91.
Mwanga, King of Uganda and chiefs, taken at Mengo, 1891-01-14
111 x 155 mm. Showing Mwanga seated in the centre of a group of standing chiefs. The figure at the right, half out of the photograph, is probably Apolo Kagwa.
'My 60 class [Garratt] engine which was driven on long distance sections Eldoret, Tororo, Jinja, Kampala', 1952 - 1963
210 x 200 mm. Showing Suman standing in the doorway of the locomotive with an unidentified fireman.
My boy Musa [1907?], 1907
Showing Bell's servant Musa seated on the ground.
My buffalo, killed near Matiana, 1906 - 1909
Showing Bell standing with his rifle beside the body of a buffalo.
My camp on the summit of Faza Maji, 1934
Showing the summit camp with the sun setting over distant mountains. The caption continues: 'which looked right across to the Mfumiso Volcanoes'.
My cottage in Kampala, 1955
55 x 50 mm.
My elephant's feet, drying [1907], 1907
Showing the feet of the first elephant shot by Bell drying in the camp at Kabula.
My first buck (Cobus Kob) in Uganda. Near Mruli, 1907, 1907
Showing Bell standing over the body of a dead antelope, with two dogs beside him and tents in the background.
My first elephant [1907], 1907
Showing Bell sitting on the body of a dead elephant. The killing of Bell's first elephant, near Mbarara, is described in Bell (1946), pp. 149-151, Bell (1907-1909), January 21 1907 and Bell (1907), January 21.
My first waterbuck [1907], 1907
Showing Bell, rifle in hand, standing beside the body of a waterbuck. The killing of the beast is described in Bell (1907), February 15.
My houseboy, 1955
55 x 50 mm.
My Labwor carriers resting on the way from Loirwoit to Kotido - 35 miles, 1935 - 1936
The caption to the left of the photograph continues: 'We are in a huge basin of dry windswept plains with rugged hills all round: the nearest being Tororr about 25 miles away. I was reminded of the lesser Karroo in South Africa.
Owing to the unusual rains, I did not have to carry much water here. One load is made up of two empty five gallon drums'.
The album page is entitled: 'Labwor'.
My lion cubs, Entebbe, 1906 - 1909
Showing Bell's tame lion cubs, the animal in the foreground attempting to reach a plate of food placed on a table. The animals were given to Bell in 1907 by a 'rich Indian merchant in Entebbe' (Bell 1946, page 167).
My Semliki elephant, 1907-02
88 x 86 mm. Showing Bell standing beside the body of an elephant killed near the Semliki River. The shooting is described in Bell (1946), pp. 156-159, Bell (1907-1909), February 26 1907 and Bell (1907), March 1. The latter account differs in some particulars from the other two.