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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Alternate strips of cultivation and fallow land under elephant grass can be seen. This method is most effective both for soil conservation and as an ante-erosion measure on hillsides'.

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The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Elephant grass lines and terraces can be plainly observed'.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of loose prints. The prints are mainly British official photographs representing aspects of development in the colonies and are chiefly 250 x 200 mm. Captions on the reverse, including the names of institutions, have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The prints fall into subject collections.Nigeria: 1 - 8 Udi Village; 9-20 Ogwofia...

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160 x 210 mm.

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205 x 160 mm.

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215 x 165 mm. There is a stamp on the reverse: 'Uganda Protectorate, Public relations Photographic Dept.'

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200 x 130 mm.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Makerere was opened by the Government as a technical school in 1922, and two years later a class for training medical assistants was added. In 1926 responsibility for technical training transferred from Makerere to the Kampala Training College and Makerere became a general training college. A commission of inquiry into education in East Africa recommended in 1937 that steps should be taken to transform Makerere into a college of higher education and in 1950 Makerere became a university...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'At first when African farmers saw European devoting time and labour to manuring their lands they regarded it as another instance of white man's folly. But they began to notice that the white men's fields grew more and better produce and for years the Agricultural Officers of the Government patiently explained to the Africans how the land must be fed...

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210 x 160 mm.

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180 x 240 mm. Showing two men bent over a bush in the crop botany garden, Kababanyolo (sic).

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85 x 85 mm. Showing a group of women in the back of one of the Government lorries introduced into Uganda by Bell in 1908. The group is presumably being carried from Entebbe to Kampala for the exhibition.

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180 x 240 mm. Showing a man in a pen with five pigs, identified on the reverse as 'Wessex X middle white'. The caption continues: 'The whole pig unit of sixteen sows, two boars and a (illegible word) of 250 porkers a year, is managed by Mr. Wekesa shown in the picture.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Makerere was opened by the Government as a technical school in 1922, and two years later a class for training medical assistants was added. In 1926 responsibility for technical training transferred from Makerere to the Kampala Training College and Makerere became a general training college. A commission of inquiry into education in East Africa recommended in 1937 that steps should be taken to transform Makerere into a college of higher education and in 1950 Makerere became a university...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Makerere was opened by the Government as a technical school in 1922, and two years later a class for training medical assistants was added. In 1926 responsibility for technical training transferred from Makerere to the Kampala Training College and Makerere became a general training college. A commission of inquiry into education in East Africa recommended in 1937 that steps should be taken to transform Makerere into a college of higher education and in 1950 Makerere became a university...

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210 x 160 mm.

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110 x 75 mm.

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110 x 75 mm.

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152 x 108 mm. glossy print.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). They each have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'At first when African farmers saw European devoting time and labour to manuring their lands they regarded it as another instance of white man's folly. But they began to notice that the white men's fields grew more and better produce and for years the Agricultural Officers of the Government patiently explained to the Africans how the land must be fed...

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200 x 145 mm. Showing a 'working model' of Kabanyolo farm. Two signs read: 'Agricultural Department, Meano Ya Group farm Umoja.'

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200 x 145 mm. Showing a 'working model' of, presumably, Kabanyolo farm, replete with huts and toy cows.

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210 x 160 mm. Group photograph. Fergus Wilson is seated fourth from the left.

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210 x 160 mm. Group photograph. Fergus Wilson is seated fourth from the left.

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160 x 210 mm. Group photograph outside Makerere main building. Fergus Wilson is seated third from the left. Eight of the thirteen students are identified, but it is not clear who is who: 'Silvester Kisoro, David Odanga, Hussein Mongi, Godfrey Hinga, Charles Baryomonsi, Muthama, Philip Maghni, Martin Kyomo.'