Sherbro Island (island)
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Colonial cricket as played on the main road at Bonthe, Sherbro, January 1899, 1899-01
156 x 112 mm. Showing a group of variously dressed Africans playing cricket on a makeshift pitch on the main road under mango trees at Bonthe. As Alldridge remarks: 'Cricket ... has 'caught on'. I saw the game being played on the main road in Bonthe, about five o'clock one afternoon, and the team kindly stood in position long enough for me to photograph them.' (Aldridge 1901, page 44).
Remarks on Sherbo and general aspects of West Africa, 1873 - 1915
Davis was commandant at Sherbo, 1873-74.
Savannah River, Sulymah District, Sherbro, 1895 - 1911
225 x 165 mm. Showing sailing boats and canoes by the bank.
Street Scene, Bonthe, Sherbro, W.C. Africa, January 1899, 1899-01
158 x 113 mm. A view looking along a road at Bonthe, the seat of Government for the Sherbro district and situated at the east end of Sherbro Island, towards a group of small thatched houses set among trees. With a stream in the left foreground.
Street Scene, Bonthe, Sherbro, W.C. Africa, January 1899, 1899-01
157 x 112 mm. Showing a thatched wooden house set among banana trees, with a small covered roadside fruit stall to the right and a family group posing for the camera in the middle ground of the print.