Mombasa (inhabited place)
Found in 108 Collections and/or Records:
Mombasa from the Fort, 1975
129 x 80 mm. A view looking over thatched rooftops towards more substantial building. Good condition. A portion of the harbour, with Frere Town beyond, can be seen in the right background. A note on the reverse states that the area is now the rebuilt junction of Ndia and Vasco da Gama Street, taken during IBEA occupation.
Mombasa from the Fort, 1900
207 x 149 mm. A view looking north from Fort Jesus and showing part of the town and Older Harbour. Photograph by William D Young.
Mombasa from the Fort, 1900
199 x 156 mm. An almost identical print to Y30468G/6. This print shows slightly more of the town and less of the harbour. Duplicate at Y304A/16.
Mombasa from the mainland, pre-1900, 1977
153 x 97 mm. A view looking across the entrance to Mombasa Harbour from English Point and showing the south-eastern tip of Mombasa Island.
Mombasa Harbour, 1901, 1901
102 x 72 mm. View looking towards the narrows at the entrance to the harbour.
‘Mombasa in 1667’, 1952 - 1970
Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.
Mombasa Kenya seminar, Oceanic hotel, 1973-11
150 x 85 mm.
Mombasa Old Town from Fort Jesus, late 1897 or early 1898, 1977
244 x 82 mm. A panoramic view originally composed of two joined prints looking over the battlements of Fort Jesus and along Ndia Kuu and Vasco da Gama Street. A section of harbour can be seen at the right, with thatched huts at the left, and the station and rolling stock on the Mombasa trolley line in the foreground. The partially built police station is in the centre. Photograph possibly by William D. Young.
Mombasa (?Or Freetown), about 1901 or 1902, 1901 - 1902
150 x 102 mm. Mounted on card. Group portrait of missionary men and women. Identified on the reverse are: Eddie Crawford, Henrietta Westgate (nee Malone), Miss Brewer, Mr Hamshere.
‘Mombasa past and passing’, 1952 - 1970
Includes J.B. Emery, 'Remarks upon British Settlement at Mombasa 20 Aug. 1824 to 10 July 1825' and ‘A Journal of the British Establishment at Mombasa from 11 July to 26 July 1826’.
Mombasa Station on the Uganda Railway, Kenya
76 x 50 mm. View looking along the line, with a locomotive on the track on the right.
Mombasa, Theodore Roosevelt’s departure up, country, 1909-04
138 x 73 mm. Showing Theodore Roosevelt, Sir Frederick Jackson, F.C. Selous and C. Sandiford (Uganda Railway employee) seated above the cowcatcher on a railway locomotive about to depart from Mombasa. Sidney Hinde stands at the left of the print.
Mombasa workmen early 1900s, 1900 - 1910
161 x 117 mm. Group portrait of African labourers posed with axes, picks, baskets and other tools.
Ndia Kuu, Mombasa, 1900 - 1939
Monochrome postcard views of Mombasa. Published by D. Evaristo Coutinho and the Swift Press.
No. 19. Nairobi to Mombasa, 1928
Photographs and negatives of Eastern and Southern Africa.
Old Portuguese fort on east coast of Africa, 1900 - 1910
213 x 150 mm. A view showing the ramparts of Fort Jesus, Mombasa from the sea.
Old Town from Fort Jesus, c. 1897-1898, 1977
153 x 112 mm. Indistinct print better photographed in Y30468/4.
On Mombasa Harbour, 1900 - 1939
Monochrome postcard views of Mombasa. Published by D. Evaristo Coutinho and the Swift Press.
On Mombasa Harbour, 1900 - 1939
Monochrome postcard views of Mombasa. Published by D. Evaristo Coutinho and the Swift Press.
On Mombasa Harbour, 1900 - 1939
Monochrome postcard views of Mombasa. Published by D. Evaristo Coutinho and the Swift Press.
P. B. de Rezende, ‘Description of the Fortress of Mombasa’, 1950 - 1970
Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.
Panorama of Mombasa from English Point, 1900
406 x 152 mm (two prints joined). Photograph by William D Young.
Panorama of Mombasa from English Point, 1900
Two prints 200 x 155 mm. and 201 x 156 mm. A duplicate of Y30468G/4-5.
‘Percy Anderson’ at Kilindini [Mombasa], 1896, 1977
201 x 142 mm. Showing the steam tug resting on sand at low tide, with the old water condensers and a flour mill in the background. It was named after the first Chairman of the Uganda Railway Committee, and was the first steam tug in looking, arriving in 1895. After 1903, when construction work in the harbour had eased off, the boat was dismantled and taken to Lake Victoria, where it saw service until 1967, when it was scrapped after 72 years’ service.
Police contingent at Frere Town CMS Mission, 1880s, 1977
204 x 128 mm. A blurred print showing a contingent of police commanded by Captain Michael Dowman in a clearing with a group of Africans (probably formerly enslaved persons working at the mission) on the right. It is assumed that Michael Dowman is the husband of Harriet Dowman, an African Christian mentioned in W.S. Price, ‘My third campaign in East Africa’ (1890), p. 85.