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A view taken either from the northern bank or from an island in midstream and showing clouds of spray rising beyond the lip of the Falls.

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A view from the southern bank of the Zambezi looking towards the lip of the Falls with a string of wooded islands just before the drop.

Scope and Contents 1. Sixth Coronation Safari 1958 Official Programme.2. Pamphlet issued by Ruargh Findlay Development Corporation advertising planned Ruargh Hill development near Johannesburg (published c. 1950).3. Small informational booklet for Braemar Castle ship passengers, ‘Ports of Call and Places of Interest on the Voyage round Africa’, marked ‘H. Dobinson Cabin No. 50.’4. Capt. Chas Slack, ‘Introduction to Swahili’ (London 1891), marked J. Henry Vanstone.5. B.J....

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202 x 151 mm. A view looking towards the Zambezi bridge over which a train is passing, with the buildings of the Victoria Falls Hotel visible in the distance through the arch of the bridge.

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A view from downstream looking back towards the main section of the Falls.

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A view from the Rhodesian bank of the Zambesi looking back towards a section of the Falls.

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Forty-two prints of watercolours, 8½'' x 6½'', relating mainly to the Zambesi expedition of 1861-1865, including some captions and pencil notes.

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A photographic copy of a painting by Thomas Baines showing the camp at Kongone, with the steam launch ‘Ma Robert’ laid up on the beach for repairs and the pinnace ‘Hermes’ nearby.

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Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Album of mostly 80 x 54 mm prints. There is a brief list describing items 1-98, which document the trip from Southampton to South Africa, travel in South Africa, and the visit to Southern Rhodesia. Many photos do not appear in the exact numerical order given in the listing. The rest of the images are uncaptioned, but their general locations have been identified by reference to the diary RCMS 353/1.

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122 x 75 mm.

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A description of Thomas Baines' Zambesi expeditions with inserted photographs and illustrations. The chapters are headed 'Kings' Lynn, 1820-1842', 'On the Lower Zambesi, 1858-1859', 'The Middle Zambesi, 1861-1863', 'A court of enquiry into the dismissal of Baines', 'The defence of Baines at Cape of Good Hope', 'Conclusions' and 'Appendices'.

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Showing tourists boarding a small launch on the Zambezi for a trip to the Victoria Falls.

Scope and Contents From the Series: A collection of numbered prints, unless otherwise stated measuring circa 210 x 160 mm, in a 19 page typescript volume entitled 'Barotseland', written and illustrated by Max Gluckman. His typescript is undated but the illustrations closely resemble, and in some cases are identical with, those used in Gluckman (1945) of which a photocopy is filed with this collection. It is not known how these photographs were used - perhaps projected by epidiascope. Numbers 1-54 are captioned on the back,...

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73 x 51 mm. A view from the Zambesi [i.e Zambezi] River gorge looking up towards the railway bridge completed in 1905.

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143 x 196 mm. Showing the upper portion of the cascade.

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112 x 89 mm. A view looking along the bridge, with a train halted midway and passengers looking over the parapet to the river below.

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279 x 88 mm. A view looking along the top of the falls from Livingstone Island.

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Part of a proposed editorial introduction to David Livingstone's Zambesi journal, 1861-1863. There is a covering letter to D.H. Simpson, 11 June 1975.

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A printed book illustrated by photographic prints. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The book resulted from a journey from Cape Town via Kimberley and the Transvaal to the Victoria Falls and back to Port Elizabeth.

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73 x 51 mm. A similar view of the bridge to the preceding plate but taken from a greater distance and higher elevation.

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202 x 151 mm. A view showing the Zambezi at the point where it is divided at Profile Point with the bridge straddling the left hand fork.

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152 x 101 mm. A view looking along the river. Exact location unidentified.