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80 x 80 mm. Showing Bell seated in a howdah on Futki the elephant's back, with the mahout Shief Munshi seated on the animal's neck and the syce (groom) standing to one side. With Government House in the background.

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80 x 80 mm. Showing Bell seated in a howdah on Futki the elephant's back, with the mahout Shief Munshi seated on the animal's neck and the syce (groom) standing to one side. With Government House in the background.

Scope and Contents 87 x 75 mm. Showing the Indian elephant Futki with her mahout Shiek Munshi standing on the lawn in front of Government House. The arrival of Futki in Uganda was the result of Bell's attempt to introduce transport elephants into the Protectorate. Futki, aged 45, came from Jalpaiguri in NW Bengal and arrived at Entebbe on January 25 1909. The experiment proved unsuccessful however, Futki refusing to take part in any work apart from shikar duties for which she was trained and ceremonial...

Scope and Contents 199 x 148 mm. Showing a large group, with Bell in the centre, posed on the steps and verandah of Government House, Entebbe. The group presumably shows all the guests present at a garden party celebrating the presentation by Bell of a second Challenge Cup to the Entebbe Golf Club in January 1909. Figures identified in this group are: George Wilson, seated next to Bell; Frank Burton, at extreme right; Captain W.H. Nicholson, at centre of group in left foreground; Captain E.V. Jenkins, at...

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151 x 110 mm. glossy print.

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244 x 194mm. Black and white glossy print of the rear of Government House. Photograph by N.T. Jones.

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205 x 145 mm. A view looking across the lawn towards the Government House. The annotation on the reverse reads: 'Facade overlooking view of the Lake [Victoria]. Note the lion cubs on the lawn'. The house was built by Captain Philip Osbert Gordon Usborne, a Royal Engineer selected by Bell as Director of Public Works in 1907. Photograph by Alfred Lobo.

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245 x 194 mm. Black and white glossy print of the front of Government House. Photograph by N.T. Jones.

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80 x 50 mm. Showing a man smoking a pipe stood in front of Government House.

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A view of Government House from the lawn, with Futki the elephant standing in front of the building.

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81 x 81 mm.

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Showing the Government lorry standing in front of Government House, Entebbe.

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88 x 72 mm. Showing the Government lorry standing in front of Government House, Entebbe.

Scope and Contents 198 x 139 mm. Showing Sir Henry Hesketh Bell, accompanied by officials, walking beneath an arch of palms on Entebbe Pier on his return from sick leave in England, October 28 1907. From left to right the group comprises Captain Frank BURTON, the Governor's A.D.C.; Sir Henry Hesketh BELL; (later Sir) Alexander George BOYLE (1872-1943), Provincial Commissioner, Eastern Province 1905-1910; George WILSON and Captain Edward Vaughan JENKINS DSO (-1941), King's African Rifles. (possible arrival,...

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80 x 80 mm. Showing Bell seated in a howdah on Futki the elephant's back, with the mahout Shief Munshi seated on the animal's neck and the syce (groom) standing to one side. With Government House in the background.

Scope and Contents 201 x 143 mm. A view looking across the lawns and flowerbeds (where gardeners are at work) to the Government House built by Captain Usorne, the Director of the Public Works, for Sir Henry Hesketh Bell. On his arrival in Entebbe, Hesketh Bell's accommodation consisted of a 'very large bungalow of wood and iron, raised high on stilts and as ugly and prosaic a building as one would not wish to see'. This was later to become the Hotel Victoria (and later still the Secretariat) while Hesketh...

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196 x 138 mm. A view from the lawn showing the partially completed building, with unrendered brickwork, scaffolding and as yet without a roof.

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206 x 119 mm. Showing a guard of honour preceded by drummers entering the grounds of Government House, followed by tongas containing Daudi Chwa and other Ugandan dignitaries.

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192 x 140 mm. Showing a group of men and women gathered in front of Government House during an informal occasion. Sir Henry Hesketh Bell, the Governor, is seated on a step at the front of the group.

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87 x 71 mm. Showing the guardhouse, a brick building in Indian style, with two Sikh soldiers on parade in front of it.

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170 x 160 mm. Showing a woman picking coffee beans.

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170 x 160 mm. Showing a woman picking coffee beans.

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170 x 160 mm. Showing a woman picking coffee beans.

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160 x 210 mm. Presumably made by a Makerere University student.

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210 x 160 mm. Schoolboys at play.