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112 x 150 mm. glossy print.

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173 x 127 mm. View of Freetown from the harbour.

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163 x 120 mm. A view of a street in Freetown.

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c. 496 x 193 mm. A panoramic view of Freetown looking out to sea from Mount Auriol.

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323 x 117 mm overall. 2 juxtaposed prints of Freetown from the harbour.

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154 x 105 mm. glossy print with copy, 203 x 244 mm. enlargement and 67 x 44 mm. negative. Archdeacon Scott is on Mrs Horstead's left and Horstead's chaplain Rev. Tilbury stands behind him.

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On the right appears the imposing Centenary House, built after the Sierra Leone centenary celebrations, 1887, and on the left the premises of Messrs Pickering and Berthoud. Pickering and Berthoud were on the site from 1883 but Dr. Christopher Fyfe does not know when the building shown here was built.

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Showing the east end of the street, looking eastwards.

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108 x 63 mm. Showing the harbour and waterfront buildings of Freetown with the military barracks visible on the hill in the background.

Scope and Contents A series of letters written by Lanning while employed by Gold & Base Metal Mines of Nigeria Limited. They discuss his work as a prospector and surveyor working in Makele, Makari and on and around the Pampana and Tebenko Rivers. Subjects include pay, accommodation, colleagues, road and camp organisation, drilling, dredging, soil samples, gold production, the supervision of labour, and mining prospects. Lanning also describes his social life and travel, and the region’s African peoples...

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156 x 107 mm. glossy print.

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The slides are 25 x 25 mm. Y3011KKK(GS)1-12 are boxed with Y3011WW Eastham. The remainder are in three separate slide boxes.

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207 x 147 mm. View of the same house as in Y30446L/50 and 41. The angle is similar to Y30446L/50, but more foliage has grown. The couple at the foot of the entrance stairs are probably Mr and Mrs Smyly.

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204 x 147 mm. Similar view to Y30446L/51 but with more foliage. Three figures in the foreground are probably Mr and Mrs Smyly with a friend.

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Postcards showing views in Sierra Leone, particularly in Free Town. The majority are by the Lisk-Carew Brothers, number 14 is by the Sierra Leone Government, Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd, and number 15 is by Ceylon Pictorials. Numbers 20 and 30 give no indication as to the photographer.

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133 x 87 mm. glossy print with 67 x 44 mm. negative.

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165 x 120 mm. Rather dark.

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137 x 88 mm. postcard.

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137 x 88 mm. postcard.

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137 x 88 mm. postcard.

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Monochrome postcards showing views in Freetown. Photographer and publisher unknown.

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145 x 100 mm. The Barracks are in the distance, not only small but very faded.

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108 x 62 mm. A view from the sea showing the lighthouse on a small wooded island (?off Freetown).

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118 x 157 mm. glossy print.

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Monochrome postcards showing views in Freetown. Photographer and publisher unknown.