Sierra Leone (nation)
Found in 508 Collections and/or Records:
Mrs H.J.R. Tilbury talking to boy outside Freetown Cathedral, 1962
102 x 101 mm. glossy print.
Mrs H.J.R. Tilbury with Muslim women at dining table, 1962
100 x 102 mm. glossy print with 155 x 108 mm. copy and 56 mm. negative.
Music hath charms - musical comedians dispensing melodious music, 1905 - 1953
Postcards showing views in Sierra Leone, particularly in Free Town. The majority are by the Lisk-Carew Brothers, number 14 is by the Sierra Leone Government, Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd, and number 15 is by Ceylon Pictorials. Numbers 20 and 30 give no indication as to the photographer.
Nan Foster of the Port Loko team giving medical treatment to a child, 1962
101 x 100 mm. glossy print with 155 x 108 mm. copy and 56 mm. negative.
Nan Foster of the Port Loko team giving medical treatment to a child, 1962
101 x 100 mm. glossy print with 155 x 108 mm. copy and 56 mm. negative.
Nancy Mahy and Jean Drinkwater preparing to set off on a visit to a village, 1962
102 x 101 mm. glossy print.
Nancy Mahy examines a small patient, 1962
102 x 101 mm. glossy print; five copies.
Nancy Mahy giving flannelgraph talk, 1962
107 x 107 mm. glossy print.
Nancy Mahy taking details from a patient, 1962
79 x 81 mm. glossy print with three 105 x 101 mm. copies.
Nancy Mahy taking details from a patient, 1962
79 x 81 mm. glossy print with three 105 x 101 mm. copies.
Nancy Mahy taking details from a patient, 1962
Three 105 x 101 mm. glossy prints.
Nancy Mahy with villagers, 1962
101 x 102 mm. glossy print mounted on card with 56 mm. negative.
Native carriers bringing down produce, packed in palm leaf hampers carried on their backs. Mendi Country, 1890 - 1899
113 x 159 mm. Showing a line of bearers carrying produce (probably palm kernels) along a jungle track in the Sherbro hinterland. The hampers are long cylindrical baskets made of palm leaves attached to a wooden framework. Transport difficulties were one of the main impediments to opening up the country for trade before construction work started on the railway in the mid 1890's: Alldridge estimated that it took 30 men to transport a ton of palm kernels in the manner seen here.
Native dance, 1870 - 1929
112 x 157 mm. A view showing musicians and a dancer, Sierra Leone.
Native hut, 1895 - 1911
150 x 110 mm.
Native musicians. Sierra Leone, 1920 - 1929
Monochrome postcards showing views in Freetown. Photographer and publisher unknown.
Native Village, Sierra Leone, 1870 - 1929
165 x 118 mm.
Native warboys, Bombari Country, Upper Mendi, 1890 - 1899
104 x 153 mm. Showing a group of three 'war-boys', dressed in loin-cloths and armed with swords and bows and arrows. This term for Mende mercenaries was coined by Sir Samuel Rowe (Governor of Sierra Leone 1877-81 and 1884-88).
New bridge at Taiama, 1961
194 x 142 mm. glossy print.
Njala University College, 1964 - 1986
A series of photographs and an album relating to Njala University College. The college was founded in 1964 and in 1966 was joined with University College of Sierra Leone (formerly Fourah Bay College) to become the University of Sierra Leone.
Njala University College: a Souvenir of the Official Opening 12th February 1965, 1965-02-12
An album containing photographs with very full captions, identifications, and extracts from speeches. Those shown include the Governor General, Sir Henry Lightfoot Boston, the Prime Minister Sir Albert Margai (President of the University), Dr Davidson Nicol, Principal of Fourah Bay College, and Professor J.P. Hudson, IUC.
Nursing mothers, 1905 - 1953
Postcards showing views in Sierra Leone, particularly in Free Town. The majority are by the Lisk-Carew Brothers, number 14 is by the Sierra Leone Government, Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd, and number 15 is by Ceylon Pictorials. Numbers 20 and 30 give no indication as to the photographer.
Off to school, 1905 - 1953
Postcards showing views in Sierra Leone, particularly in Free Town. The majority are by the Lisk-Carew Brothers, number 14 is by the Sierra Leone Government, Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd, and number 15 is by Ceylon Pictorials. Numbers 20 and 30 give no indication as to the photographer.
[Officer with leopard cub], 1895 - 1911
155 x 208 mm. A moustached officer in uniform with RAMC on his epaulettes, and a single medal ribbon, is seated on a step with a leopard cub with its head on his knee.
[Official group, Government House, Freetown, Sierra Leone, circa April 28 1911], 1911-04-28
207 x 146 mm.