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100 x 74 mm. A view looking across an expanse of vegetation towards the mosquito proof house, a structure raised on stilts with the verandah netted in on all sides.

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87 x 88 mm. Showing Bell's mounted escort lined up beneath a group of trees, probably in the driveway of Government House.

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248 x 198 mm. Showing Bell and his A.D.C. Benyon seated in a carriage on the way to the opening of the Legislative Council, with an armed mounted escort.

Scope and Contents 265 x 205 mm. Showing an area newly laid out with small wooden cottages. This is part of the scheme referred to by Bell in a letter; having made a start of clearing away a 'dirty little rookery, called Hyndman's village, which is quite close to Government House', Bell commenced: 'laying out a 'model village' at Clare Hall, about a mile away from the town, and am hoping to be able to induce a lot of people who are now living in the most awful conditions in the town slums to move up there...

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88 x 87 mm. Showing Bell and his relative Nell (exact status unidentified) seated in a carriage outside Government House, St. John's, Antigua.

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Contains slides covering most of the major islands of the group, both associated states and dependent territories. One relates to Marnham's official duties, the launch given to St Kitts in 1972.

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Contains slides covering most of the major islands of the group, both associated states and dependent territories. One relates to Marnham's official duties, the launch given to St Kitts in 1972.

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Contains slides covering most of the major islands of the group, both associated states and dependent territories. One relates to Marnham's official duties, the launch given to St Kitts in 1972.

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96 x 76 mm. Showing pot plants growing in a conservatory.

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99 x 75 mm. A view looking across a field towards distant cliffs and the sea.

Scope and Contents A scrapbook album containing prints of various sizes by various photographers (including Jose Anjo). The majority of the prints are captioned in Bell's hand. Captions composed for this catalogue are enclosed in square brackets. Only a few photographs relate to Northern Nigeria (prints 4-17 and 53), the majority dating from Bell's period as Governor of the Leeward Islands. The most extensively documented event in the album is the visit of Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig Holstein to...

Scope and Contents Notes and news clippings collected by Bell during his research into Obeah and folk religion, including the following reports, publications and photographs:‘Copy of a letter written by Our Lord Jesus Christ’Copy of the Leeward Islands Obeah Act, 1904‘Folk-lore’, 26: 3 (1915)Hinde, Hildegarde, ‘Magic among certain East African tribes’, taken from an unidentified number of ‘The Empire review’Houblon, Grahame, ‘Two Indian ghost stories’, taken from an...

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76 x 103 mm. Full length portrait of an aged Antiguan woman seated in front of wooden huts. Photograph by Jose Anjo.

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Contains loose photographs by José Anjo with pencilled captions and photographer's stamp on the reverse of the prints. The pictures show buildings and a public garden in St. Kitts and Nevis (the two islands were formed into a union in 1882, although the idea had been mooted as early as 1723). The fourth image is a duplicate of No. 3.

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Contains loose photographs measuring approximately 100 x 75 mm with handwritten captions on reverse of the prints.

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97 x 74 mm. A view of the beach at Pigeon Point with palm trees growing near the shore.

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124 x 87 mm. Showing Bell and a bearded figure standing behind a table on which stand the Challenge Cup and other trophies. For Bell's description of the sports, see Bell (1913), April 26. The bearded figure is possibly William Henry Whyam (born 1848), a member of the Executive and Legislative Councils of Antigua and the Leeward Islands at various times. The figure seated on the left in the front row is probably the Captain, Mr Peters.

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124 x 86 mm. Showing Bell addressing the spectators in the stands at the prize-giving.

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117 x 87 mm. Showing Bell addressing the spectators in the stands at the prize-giving.

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123 x 98 mm. Showing Bell presenting a prize to a winner.

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123 x 100 mm. A slightly blurred print showing Bell presenting the Inter-Island Cricket Challenge Shield, probably to Mr. Peters, captain of the winning Antigua team (possibly James Edwards Peters, appointed Clerk to the Magistrate in 1895).

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125 x 86 mm. Showing Bell, Princess Marie Louise and two other figures seated in a carriage standing in the driveway of Government House.

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125 x 85 mm. Showing Princess Marie Louise walking between the two ranks of the Guard of Honour shortly after her arrival in Antigua.

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244 x 195 mm. Showing the imposing government offices which stand on the waterfront in the St. Kitts capital with promenaders on the seafront and cloud covered mountains in the distance.

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212 x 163 mm. A view looking along a tree lined path in the gardens with lawns and palms at the left of the picture.