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125 x 85 mm. Showing men carrying an engine from a crashed aeroplane.

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70 x 45 mm. Showing men carrying above their heads what appears to be the engine of an aeroplane.

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70 x 45 mm. Showing men carrying above their heads what appears to be the engine of an aeroplane.

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70 x 45 mm. Showing men carrying above their heads what appears to be the engine of an aeroplane.

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163 x 118 mm. A view showing a group of Jaalin warriors dancing, waving swords and beating a drum.

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165 x 117 mm. A view showing a group of Jaalin warriors dancing, waving swords and beating a drum.

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135 x 78 mm. A view showing the bodies of two warthogs shot by Christy. It seems likely that this is Deim Zubeir in Sudan.

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55 x 60 mm. Showing two men sat watching a game of polo.

Scope and Contents From the File: A collection of photographs on 77 loose sheets. On one sheet, in ink capitals, is written 'Photographs taken between June 18th 1934 - December 1934, in the Lamu Archipelago, Tanganyika, Kenya, Uganda, Belgian Congo, Ruanda Urundi, French Equatorial Africa, Cameroons, Nigeria, French West Africa.' The majority of the photographs have been captioned by hand, in a difficult handwriting, and some of the names of peoples and places have not been traced in works of reference. The following...

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125 x 125 mm. Showing a waterfall and hills or mountains beyond.

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210 x 160 mm. General view.

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210 x 160 mm. View from opposite bank.

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210 x 160 mm. View from opposite bank.

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125 x 125 mm. Showing a train of donkeys being watered.

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125 x 95 mm. Showing donkeys and their drivers at a stream.

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Two small blades, presumably hand held, said to have been collected from the battlefield of Omdurman, 1898.

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60 x 60 mm. A view of women around what appears to be a well.

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115 x 125 mm. Showing five children. Circular huts can be seen in the background.

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197 x 150 mm. A view showing a sandbag fortification similar to Y3042A/9 but with a taller wooden lookout platform. A group of soldiers stands on and in front of the redoubt. Two cannons are in position facing out towards the desert and the whole emplacement is protected by a seriba of thorny mimosa.

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75 x 51 mm. The White Nile Bridge.

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125 x 95 mm. Showing a valley with cattle grazing and the local inhabitants winnowing wheat.

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155 x 112 mm. glossy print with copy and 81 x 56 mm. negative.

Scope and Contents 151 x 88 mm. A view showing a row of Jaalin warriors, one waving an Egyptian flag. Presumably this photograph and the following images were taken after they had rebelled against the Mahdi. Centred around the town of Metemma, the Jaalins, under the dominance of the Baggareh, had fought for the Mahdist cause but in June 1897 they revolted against Dervish authority and Mahmoud (later captured at the battle of Atbara) was sent by the Khalifa to quell the rebellion. This resulted in a...

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166 x 117 mm. A view showing dead and wounded dervishes on the Omdurman battlefield after the first phase of the battle. With the hill of Jebel Surkab in the background.

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161 x 114 mm. A view showing dervish prisoners being marched through the muddy mirhab enclosure with a Sudanese soldier guarding them (right of print).