Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection comprises black and white photographs, mostly 125 x 75 mm or 75 x 125 mm in size, film negatives and glass negatives. Some of the prints from glass plates are smaller, approximately 85 x 65 mm. The prints are good compositions, though some are rather dark, and were listed by Erica Ryan of the National Library of Australia, using, among other sources, the captioned envelopes in which the original negatives had been stored. The provenance of the collection is unclear,...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection comprises black and white photographs, mostly 125 x 75 mm or 75 x 125 mm in size, film negatives and glass negatives. Some of the prints from glass plates are smaller, approximately 85 x 65 mm. The prints are good compositions, though some are rather dark, and were listed by Erica Ryan of the National Library of Australia, using, among other sources, the captioned envelopes in which the original negatives had been stored. The provenance of the collection is unclear,...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection comprises black and white photographs, mostly 125 x 75 mm or 75 x 125 mm in size, film negatives and glass negatives. Some of the prints from glass plates are smaller, approximately 85 x 65 mm. The prints are good compositions, though some are rather dark, and were listed by Erica Ryan of the National Library of Australia, using, among other sources, the captioned envelopes in which the original negatives had been stored. The provenance of the collection is unclear,...

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35 mm slides. Images of Owen Falls Dam in Uganda, hill farming, tea picking and general landscape views.

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An album of undated and uncaptioned photographs of army officers and people in rural areas, probably dating from the same period as RCMS 316/2/3 . There are three loose photographs, one of which is dated '1917. B.E. Africa'.

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Various sizes.

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'Africa in Pictures' printed on the reverse.

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 Collection of twenty-four loose prints (including eight duplicates), mostly modern copies of contemporary photographs of the career of Charles Stokes (1852-1895) collected in connection with the biography by Anne Luck: 'Charles Stokes in Africa' (1972). There are also fourteen modern copy negatives.Material for a biography of Stokes was gathered by H.B. Thomas, but in 1961 he handed it to Anne Luck, then resident in Uganda, who undertook research on the spot, including interviews...

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

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'Edition 'Africa in Pictures'' printed on the reverse.

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'Africa in Pictures' and '75' printed on the reverse.

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

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

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Images of child and adult education and an African medicine man at work.

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107 x 81 mm. Group portrait of participants, all wearing clerical vestments. The figures are identified as: (at back) Mr Verbi; (front row, seated) Archdeacon Rees, Bishop Peel, Rev. E. Doulton; (back row, standing) Rev. S. King, Rev. J. Briggs, Rev. Wright, Rev. Dr. T.B.R. Westgate, Rev. Deekes.

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131 x 82 mm. A rather dark print.

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Collection of monochrome photogravure postcards of scenes in German East Africa. Published by Walther Dobbertin of Harburg.

The majority of the cards have printed on the reverse: 'Shall the heroic deeds of Lettow-Vorbeck and his soldiers in the four-and-a-half year long bloody struggle have been in vain? Join with us in promoting the publication of German East Africa. We need colonies!'.

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Collection of monochrome photogravure postcards of scenes in German East Africa. Published by Walther Dobbertin of Harburg.

The majority of the cards have printed on the reverse: 'Shall the heroic deeds of Lettow-Vorbeck and his soldiers in the four-and-a-half year long bloody struggle have been in vain? Join with us in promoting the publication of German East Africa. We need colonies!'.

Scope and Contents From the File: A booklet containing monochrome photogravure postcards of agricultural and industrial scenes in German East Africa. Published by Walther Dobbertin of Harburg.Each card has the following exhortation in German printed on the reverse: 'Our own colonies, our own overseas provinces are essential to Germany. Germans, remember your colonies!'.The captions to the prints are in a form of cursive gothic script which is difficult to decipher: in some cases, therefore, an approximate...

Scope and Contents From the File: A booklet containing monochrome photogravure postcards of agricultural and industrial scenes in German East Africa. Published by Walther Dobbertin of Harburg.Each card has the following exhortation in German printed on the reverse: 'Our own colonies, our own overseas provinces are essential to Germany. Germans, remember your colonies!'.The captions to the prints are in a form of cursive gothic script which is difficult to decipher: in some cases, therefore, an approximate...

Scope and Contents From the File: A booklet containing monochrome photogravure postcards of agricultural and industrial scenes in German East Africa. Published by Walther Dobbertin of Harburg.Each card has the following exhortation in German printed on the reverse: 'Our own colonies, our own overseas provinces are essential to Germany. Germans, remember your colonies!'.The captions to the prints are in a form of cursive gothic script which is difficult to decipher: in some cases, therefore, an approximate...

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105 x 73 mm. A collotype postcard, captioned on the front, showing coffee fields and plantation buildings.

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Collection of monochrome photogravure postcards of scenes in German East Africa. Published by Walther Dobbertin of Harburg.

The majority of the cards have printed on the reverse: 'Shall the heroic deeds of Lettow-Vorbeck and his soldiers in the four-and-a-half year long bloody struggle have been in vain? Join with us in promoting the publication of German East Africa. We need colonies!'.