Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Group photograph and amateur snapshots, presumably mostly taken by E.A. Rothery, mounted on 23 card sheets from a disbound album. Unless otherwise noted, the photographs are of varied up to 110 x 70 mm, black and white or sepia.The photograph relate to Rothery's career as a surveyor up to 1939, and have been captioned by him. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. A few additions,...

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229 x 175 mm. Showing two passengers seated in a characteristic Madeira bullock cart or sled, with two drivers standing beside the animals and two other figures seated on the steps in the background.

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223 x 167 mm. A view looking over the houses of the village towards the headland and the sea at Camera de Lobos, on the coast a few miles west of Funchal.

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175 x 238 mm. Showing the waterfall dropping into a pool beside which a figure is seated.

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175 x 230 mm. Showing a characteristic thatched house raised on stilts, with a woman sitting on a chair on the entrance verandah.

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234 x 177 mm. Showing a cluster of small farm buildings and outhouses perched near the summit of a hill in mountainous country.

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83 x 55 mm.

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126 x 175 mm.

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85 x 60 mm.

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238 x 176 mm. A view from the landing place at Funchal looking along a tree lined street backed by residential buildings.

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234 x 175 mm. Showing the rocky headland and inlet at the easternmost end of the island.

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176 x 239 mm. A view looking downhill along the cobbled street and showing the extent of the town on the hillside opposite.

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237 x 175 mm. A view looking along the mountainous coastline at Sao Vicente on the central north coast of Madeira.

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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.

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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.

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297 x 87 mm. A panoramic view looking along a narrow mountain path with steep mountains in the distance at the left of the print. Photograph presumably by Christy.

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226 x 171 mm.

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303 x 86 mm. A panoramic view looking over mountain scenery, with the road, porters and a bullock sledge at the right of the print. Photograph presumably by Christy.

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171 x 235 mm. A view looking along a mountain track towards distant peaks.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album recording the visit of Lord and Lady Hewart to South Africa. The album is inscribed 'To Lord and Lady Hewart: A Momento [sic] of a Trip to South Africa'. It was presumably the work and gift of a friend who travelled with them as it covers the entire journey from leaving Southampton to their return. The photographs are amateur work and are fully described in captions written in white ink, not always easily legible, on the black pages of the album. The captions have been recorded...

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110 x 75 mm.

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An album containing photographs relating to Lovett's military service in India and South Africa in the 1870s and 1880s. It also contains photographs of other places visited en route to India.

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302 x 87 mm. A panoramic view looking over wooded, hilly country with Funchal in the distance. Photograph presumably by Christy.

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235 x 176 mm. A view showing the large hotel buildings standing on a head land, with a small vineyard in the foreground. Photograph by M.O. Perestrello of Funchal.

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177 x 235 mm. A view looking up a flight of steps towards the hotel buildings. Photograph by M.O. Perestrello.