| Title |
Uganda circa 1906-1911 |
| Reference |
Y3045C |
| Creator |
Various |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1906-circa 1911 |
| Extent and Medium |
155 images in 1 album; The album is very fragile. The covers are disintegrating. |
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| Content and context |
Contains prints of various sizes, with handwritten captions beneath the prints. It has a varied collection of excellent photographs illustrating scenery, trade, customs, agriculture and rural life in the young protectorate. The album contains the following list of people who supplied prints for inclusion: H. Batley, L.E. Caine, C.C. Gowdey, C.W. Hattersley, Captain Hutchinson, F.A. Knowles, A. McClure, Alison Russell, J.C.R. Sturrock, F. Spire, A.E. Weatherhead. It does not indicate whether these men, mainly Protectorate officials and missionaries, took the photographs or merely donated them and it is likely that both categories are included in the list. Alfred Lobo, a commercial photographer at Entebbe from circa 1905-1920s is not included, but some of the better quality work is certainly by him (probably 1-17 and 20-23). Certain prints in the album are duplicated elsewhere in the RCS photograph collection with his stamp on the reverse. It has not been determined whether Alfred Lobo the photographer is the same man as the A. Lobo who is recorded as a Uganda Railway employee resident in Nairobi in the 1904 'Handbook for East Africa, Uganda and Zanzibar.' Eleven prints (plates 14, 16, 22, 23, 29, 32-34, 36, 42 and 64) are definitely attributed to Charles William Hattersley (1866-1934). Hattersley, a missionary in Uganda, was a keen amateur photographer and there are probably other examples of his work in the album. |
| Further information |
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Y3045C/14, 16, 22, 23, 29, 32-34, 36, 42 and 64 appear in Hattersley, C.W. (1906), Uganda by pen and camera and Hattersley, C.W. (1908), The Baganda at home.
Other examples of C.W. Hattersley's work are found at Y3045L.
Indexed
This album is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche numbers 67-69.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Uganda |
| RCS/Fisher/Y3045C contains: |
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1
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Entebbe, general view of. 204 x 142 mm. A view from Nasamuze Hill looking over the township of Entebbe, with Lake Victoria, Bendigere and Tende Bay in the background. The town, laid out by Sir Harry Johnson, fits Sir Henry Hesketh Bell's description (Bell 1946 pp. 110-111) of the spot on his arrival as Commissioner in 1906.
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition.. |
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2
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Govt. [i.e. Government] House, Entebbe. 201 x 143 mm. A view looking across the lawns and flowerbeds (where gardeners are at work) to the Government House built by Captain Usorne, the Director of the Public Works, for Sir Henry Hesketh Bell. On his arrival in Entebbe, Hesketh Bell's accommodation consisted of a 'very large bungalow of wood and iron, raised high on stilts and as ugly and prosaic a building as one would not wish to see'. This was later to become the Hotel Victoria (and later still the Secretariat) while Hesketh Bell chose a site overlooking the town and had built a Government House (first occupied in July 1908) of a pleasanter character.
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition.. |
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3
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Entebbe Club. 198 x 141 mm. A view from the garden looking towards the entrnce of the single storey brick building, opened in August 1905.
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition.. |
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4
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Main road to Kampala leaving Entebbe. 199 x 143 mm. A view looking back along the wide Kampala road towards Entebbe with a group of Ugandans lined across the road in the foreground. The neatly laid out group of huts to the right of the road is the Police and Marine Lines.
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition.. |
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5
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High Court, Entebbe. 196 x 138 mm. Showing the single storey court house at Entebbe with two uniformed officials (unidentified) seated in a rickshaw in the foreground. The court was opended in April 1904.
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition.. |
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6
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View from Entebbe. 197 x 140 mm. A view looking along the Kampala Road from Entebbe with crowds of pedestrians in the middle distance.
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition.. |
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7
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Private gardens at Entebbe. 197 x 137 mm. Aview looking across the recently laid out lawns and flowerbeds of a house in Entebbe (exact location unknown) with other bungalows in the background.
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition, apart from slight chemical staining in sky[top half of print].. |
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8
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Tennis Court, Entebbe. 181 x 106 mm. Showing a tennis court with a European group to one side and Lake Victoria in the background.
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition.. |
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9
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Group at Govt. [i.e. Government] House, Entebbe. 192 x 140 mm. Showing a group of men and women gathered in front of Government House during an informal occasion. Sir Henry Hesketh Bell, the Governor, is seated on a step at the front of the group.
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition.. |
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10
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Prison building, Entebbe. 194 x 142 mm. Showing the newly completed prison buildings with askaris guarding a group of convicts at work on the flowerbeds in front of the building. This is possibly the building mentioned by Hesketh Bell in his memoirs, (Bell 1946).
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition.. |
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11
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Entebbe Pier, with Ry. [Railway] Steamers alongside. 196 x 142 mm. A view looking along the pier at Entebbe with SS 'Clement Hill' (in service 1906-1936) moored at the left and the SS 'Sybil' (in service 1904-1967) at the right. Firewood for the steamers is piled on the pier in the foreground and groups of passengers can be seen leaving the 'Clement Hill'.
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition.. |
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12
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Jinja Pier with Ry.[Railway] Steamer and steam ferry alongside. 200 x 142 mm. A view from the canoe landing west of the Pier showing the 'Clement Hill' and a smaller steam ferry moored at Jinja Pier. A group of passengers stands on the pier itself while in the foreground two Africans can be seen punting a long wooden canoe.
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition.. |
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13
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Munyonyo Bay, Victoria, Nyanza. 149 x 104 mm. A view looking out over Munyonyo Bay from the shore. Munyonyo is the landing place for Kampala, about eight miles to the north-west.
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition.. |
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14
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Lakeshore evacuated. Elephant grass in the foreground will grow 12 feet in one year. 148 x 105 mm. A view from the shore looking towards Lake Victoria with tall elephant grass in the foreground; exact location unidentified. The evacuation referred to was Sir Henry Hesketh Bell's decision to depopulate an area two miles wide and several hundred miles long on the shores of Lake Victoria in a largely successful attempt to eradicate the sleeping sickness epidemic in Uganda which in some years previous to 1908 was killing 30 000 people a year.
Creator: Hattersley, Charles William, 1866-1934, missionary.
Good condition.. |
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15
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Rickshaw travelling. 149 x 104 mm. Showing George Wilson (1862-1943) seated in a rickshaw with four Ugandans in front and behind the vehicle. Wilson first came to East Africa in 1889, from 1890-1891 he was employed by the IBEA Co. and from 1902 until his retirement in 1909 was Deputy Commissioner, Uganda Protectorate.
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition.. |
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16
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Survey Caravan. 148 x 104 mm. Showing a survey caravan about to set off. Two Europeans stand in the foreground followed by drum beaters, porters loaded with supplies and an armed guard. The European on the left is J.H.W.S. MCGREGOR ( -1918) who worked in the Uganda Survey Department from 1903-1917. His companion remains unidentified but is possible Harry BOAZMAN ( -1958) who was employed in the Uganda Survey Department from 1903-1913. On his resignation he set up a private surveying practice in Uganda and ultimately died in Kampala.
Creator: Hattersley, Charles William, 1866-1934, missionary.
Good condition.. |
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17
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Governor's return from leave : palm decorations on Pier. 198 x 139 mm. Showing Sir Henry Hesketh Bell, accompanied by officials, walking beneath an arch of palms on Entebbe Pier on his return from sick leave in England, October 28 1907. From left to right the group comprises Captain Frank BURTON, the Governor's A.D.C.; Sir Henry Hesketh BELL; (later Sir) Alexander George BOYLE (1872-1943), Provincial Commissioner, Eastern Province 1905-1910; George WILSON and Captain Edward Vaughan JENKINS DSO (-1941), King's African Rifles. (possible arrival, 1906).
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition.. |
28 Oct. 1907 |
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18
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Tractor and monorail leaving Port Bell from Kampala. 99 x 73 mm. Showing the steam engine and carriages leaving Port Bell for Kampala. This 'monorail' was ordered (at a cost of about £3000) by Sir Henry Hesketh Bell and was intended for use until proper road and rail facilities could be established. The monorail was first tested on April 22 1908 and this photograph may well have been taken on its trial run.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
22 April 1908 |
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19
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His Highness the Kabaka of Uganda in his State Chair. 118 x 88 mm. Showing the young King of Buganda, Daudi Chwa seated on a raised throne placed on a leopard skin, with a large royal flag draped on the wall behind.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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20
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Four Kabakas of the Protectorate and their Katikiros. 149 x 105 mm. A group photograph showing four Kabakas (Kings) and their Katikiros (Prime Ministers). From left to right (seated) are the King of Bunyoro, Andreya Bisereko DUHAGA II ( -1924), reigned 1902-1924; the King of Buganda Daudi CHWA (1896-1939), REIGNED 1897-1914 under Regents and 1914-1939; the giant King of the Ankole, KAHAYA II (c1882-1944), reigned 1897-1944; and the King of Toro, Daudi KASAGAMA (1870-1928), reigned 1891-1928). Behind them stand from left to right, their Prime Ministers: unidentified; Sir Apolo KAGWA (1865-1927), Katikoro of Buganda 1889-1926; BAGUTA, Katikoro to Kahaya II, and considered by Sir Henry Hesketh Bell 'one of the most intelligent and capable natives that I have ever met'; and unidentified.
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition.. |
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21
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Uganda Agricultural Exhibition, Group of Kabaka and Chiefs. 190 x 140 mm. Showing a large group of Ugandan Kings and Chiefs in the Agricultural Exhibition Grounds. The Exhibition organised by the Provincial Commissioner at Kampala, was opened by the Governor Sir Henry Hesketh Bell, on November 10 1908. Figures identified in this photograph are: 1. KAHAYE II, King of Ankole; 2. Daudi KASAGAMA, King of Toro; 3. AndereyaBisereko DUGAHA II, King of Bunyoro; 4. Daudi CHWA, King of Buganda; 5. Sir Apolo KAGWA, Katikiro of Buganda and Regent ; 6. Stanislaus MUGWANYA (1849-1938), Regent of Buganda, 1894-1914; 8. Omulangria Nuhu Kyabasinga MBOGO (1835-1921), Regent of Buganda, 1897-1914. (Numbers refer to key beneath print).
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition.. |
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22
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Sir Apolo Kagwa, Katikiro of Buganda and family. 147 x 104 mm. Showing Sir Apolo Kagwa and his wife seated outside the Katikiro's house with four children. Sir Apolo (knighted in 1905) became Omuwanika (Treasurer of Buganda) in 1887 and in the following years also led Mwanga's army in campaigns against Karema. From 1897-1914 he was Chief Regent to the young Daudi Chwa and from 1914-1926 was Katikiro or Prime Minister of Buganda.
Creator: Hattersley, Charles William, 1866-1934, missionary.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing.. |
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23
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Sir Apolo Kagwa, in a governess cart. 148 x 103 mm. Showing Sir Apolo Kagwa and his wife seated in a pony trap with a group of Ugandans gathered round. Zaharia Kizito Kisingiri (1858-1917), another of Daudi Chwa's Regents, stands at the far left of the group facing the camera.
Creator: Hattersley, Charles William, 1866-1934, missionary.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing.. |
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24
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P.C.'s house at Kampala. 96 x 71 mm. A view from the driveway showing the front of the Provincial Commissioner's bungalow at Kampala.
Creator: Unknown.
Poor condition, considrable overall yellowing and some fading.. |
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25
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Kampala Market. 90 x 103 mm. Showing traders and customers in the open market square in Kampala.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some fogging on negative.. |
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26
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Kampala Market. 115 x 90 mm. Showing a trader in the market, his goods laid out on the ground beneath a thatch awning.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight fogging on negative.. |
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27
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Old Kampala, Namirembe Rubaga and Mengo Hills. 200 x 71 mm. A panoramic view looking across scrub and cultivated land towards the site of Old Kampala and the neighbouring hills. Namirembe Hill is at the extreme right of the print, with the Anglican Cathedral on the summit.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition. Two prints.. |
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28
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King's Lake, Mengo. 150 x 104 mm. A view looking across the King's Lake at Mengo with Namirembe Hill and the Anglican Cathedral on the skyline.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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29
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Anglican Cathedral, Namirembe. Exterior. 149 x 104 mm. Showing the exterior of the third Anglican Cathedral at Namirembe, a brick structure with a thatched reedwork roof built by the inhabitants of Kampala. This was the third church to be erected on this site: the first, opened in 1892, was blown ovwe in a storm in 1894; the second buildong was in use until 1901 when it was demolished to make way for a more permanent structure. The Kabaka, Daudi Chwa laid a foundation stone for the building seen here in 1901 and it was consecrated 1904. This building was no more foutunate than its predecessors and was struck by lightning and destroyed on September 23 1910. A fourth and more lasting structure was eventually constructed in the site in 1919.
Creator: Hattersley, Charles William, 1866-1934, missionary.
Good condition.. |
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30
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Anglican Cathedral, Namirembe. Interior. 142 x 190 mm. A view looking along the cathedral aisle towards the altar and showing the brick columns with octagonal bases which support the roof.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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31
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Anglican Cathedral, Namirembe. Interior. 146 x 103 mm. A similar view to the preceding plate, but showing more clearly the structure of the supporting columns near the roof.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing.. |
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32
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Uganda Co. Ltd. Part of cotton ginnery. 145 x 98 mm. A view looking along a cotton ginning plant with Ugandans at work at the machines which separate the cotton from the seeds. Cotton was first produced into Uganda by K. Borup, an industrail missionary, who in 1903 distributed 62 bags of cotton seed for planting. The Uganda Cotton Company, with Borup as manager, was founded in 1904 and by the time of the Uganda Agricultural Exhibition in 1908 cotton output was estimated by the Governor to be worth £50 000 and was the major exhibit. By the time Sir Albert Cook wrote 'Uganda Memories' cotton output was second only to India in the Empire and maintained this position until recent years.
Creator: Hattersley, Charles William, 1866-1934, missionary.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing.. |
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33
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Prizing bark of Mutuba Tree. 104 x 137 mm. Showing a Ugandan scraping bark from the mutuba tree. The bark was made into cloth by the process seen in the following plate. Barkcloth clothes which cannot be washed and are easily spoilt by rain, were quickly superseded by calico ('amerikani') with the influx of Europeans in the early years of the century.
Creator: Hattersley, Charles William, 1866-1934, missionary.
Good condition.. |
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34
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Beating out barkcloth. 93 x 68 mm. Showing a Ugandan woman seated in a hut beating out barkcloth against a stone with a wooden mallet. After a section of bark had been peeled from the tree, the outer layer was discarded and the rest alternately beaten and dried until a tough fibrous material was produced.
Creator: Hattersley, Charles William, 1866-1934, missionary.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing.. |
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35
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Making banana beer. 115 x 91 mm. Showing three Ugandan women pounding bananas in a large pot outside a hut.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight fading along top edge of print.. |
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36
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An Ivory Caravan. 147 x 104 mm. Showing a line of porters at the roadside carrying loads of elephant tusks.
Creator: Hattersley, Charles William, 1866-1934, missionary.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing.. |
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37
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Typical village near Kampala. 147 x 104 mm. Showing thatched huts grouped around a central open space, with a few goats tethered beaneath a shelter in the foregorund.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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38
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Forest clearing and hut near Kampala. 149 x 103 mm. Showing a large thatched hut surrounded by a banana plantation, with forest beyond.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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39
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House of Katikiro of Buganda. 143 x 101 mm. Showing the spacious , verandahed exterior of Sir Apolo Kagwa's house, situated below the Kabaka's enclosure at Mengo. Some kind of ceremony or reception appears to be in progress: a large crowd of Ugandans stands on the ground-floor verandah watching Sir Apolo Kagwa, who stands on the lawn in ceremonial robes. The figure in the foreground is possibly the young Daudi Chwa.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair conditon, some yellowing and fading.. |
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40
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Wheelwright's shop P.W.D. Entebbe. 198 x 143 mm. Showing Ugandan carpenters at work making wheels under the supervision of S. Waite ( -1944) of the Public Works Department.
Creator: Lobo, Alfred, fl 1900-1939, photographer (?).
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing along one edge.. |
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41
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Govt. [i.e. Government] House, Entebbe in course of construction. 196 x 138 mm. A view from the lawn showing the partially completed building, with unrendered brickwork, scaffolding and as yet without a roof.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing along one edge.. |
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42
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Mengo High School, C.M.S., for boys in 1906. 147 x 104 mm. Showing Ugandan pupils in class in the Church Missionary Society High School, founded in 1905 by the missionary C.W. Hattersley.
Creator: Hattersley, Charles William, 1866-1934, missionary.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing.. |
1906 |
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43
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Mengo High School, C.M.S. for boys. Football team. 152 x 105 mm. A group photograph of the High School Football team. According to Sir Hesketh Bell, the Ugandans took immediately to football (introduced by Archdeacon Walker in 1897) but apprently considered cricket 'too dangerous'.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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44
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Kings School, Budo. 115 x 87 mm. Showing the front entrance of the school, roofed with corrugated iron. Founded in 1905 about 8 miles south east of Kampala, the school is thus named because it stood on royal land at Budo donated by the Kabaka through his regents.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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45
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Ntenga, 15 drums played together. Those on ground in two sextaves carefully tuned before being played. 117 x 87 mm. Showing six Ugandan musicians behind their drums, four seated in front behind smaller drums, two standing behind with larger instruments.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slight fading and pink discolouration.. |
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46
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Kabaka's pipe band, Mengo. 117 x 86 mm. Showing a band of pipers accompanied by two drummers, seated in a courtyard outside a neatly thatched hut (similar in appearance to the tomb of Kabaka Mutesa I).
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slight fading and pink discolouration.. |
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47
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'Banagunju' dancers of mushroom clan. Drums at least 200 years old. 118 x 87 mm. Showing a group of leaping Banagunju dancers in the foregroud with drummers beyond.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slight fading and pink discolouration.. |
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48
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Ancient dress of Baganda of upper classes as Speke found them in 1861. 119 x 87 mm. Showing a group of six Baganda nobles wearing barkcloth robes.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
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49
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Muganda Chief. War dress. 117 x 88 mm. Showing a Muganda Chief, with headdress, spears and painted shield in the foreground, with a large group of warriors behind.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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50
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Baganda warriors. 116 x 87 mm. Showing a large group of Baganda warriors armed with spears and leather shields.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slight pink discolouration.. |
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51
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Muganda war dress. Shoulders smeared with chalk. 89 x 115 mm. Showing a Muganda warrior posed against the thatched wall of a stockade in a warlike attitude. The warrior, his shoulders and back smeared with chalk, carries two spears and a painted shield and wears a skirt of feathers.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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52
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'The bravest man in the army' restrained by a rope lest his courage should prove his ruin. 115 x 90 mm. Showing four warriors, some daubed with chalk, escorting 'the bravest man in the army' during a military review on a football field.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some pink discolouration.. |
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53
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Mengo High School Boys being instructed in sowing para rubber seeds at Government Plantation, Kampala, 1910. 154 x 107 mm. Showing a row of boys planting rubber seedlings beneath an awning under the supervision of a European official (possibly H. Batey, overseer of Government plantations). Rubber cultivation (inspired by Sir Henry Hesketh Bell) was not a success in Uganda: the first trees were trapped in 1908, but Hesketh Bell notes in his memoirs that the experiments were allowed to lapse shortly after he left Uganda and little rubber was ever exported on a commercial scale.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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54
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Para rubber seedlings. 149 x 103 mm. Showing Ugandan boys tending para rubber seedlings under the supervision of a European official, possibly H. Batey.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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55
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Para rubber tree 2 and a half years old. 102 x 150 mm. Showing a Ugandan youth standing beside a young tree in an experimental rubber plantation.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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56
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Sisal estate Government Plantations, Kampala. 153 x 104 mm. Showing a Ugandan worker digging an irrigation ditch in a field of young sisal plants in Kampala. Introduced into German East Africa around 1893, the plant thrived in Kenya but little successful commercial exploitation was achieved in Uganda.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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57
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Government plantations, Kampala - nurseries and cocoa plantations with small portion of coffee estate in foreground January 1910. 151 x 116 mm. A view looking over the Governemnt plantations at Kampala. Cocoa was successfully introduced from Kew in 1901, the first commercial planting taking place in 1908, and the first export in 1917. With the collapse of the market in 1924 however the industry was ruined and was not resuscitated untile the late 1950s.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Jan. 1910 |
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58
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Government plantations, Kampala, Nurseries and cocoa plantations with rice in foreground, Jan. 1910. A similar view to the preceding plate but with small paddy fields in the foreground.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Jan. 1910 |
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59
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Botanical Gardens, Entebbe. Raphia Palms. 191 x 134 mm. Showing a European women walkinh along a palm-shaded path in the Botanical Gardens.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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60
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Botanical Gardens, Entebbe. Para rubber tree. 132 x 183 mm. Showing a rubber tree growing among other shrubs in the Botanical Gardens.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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61
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Scene on Kampala to Junja Road. 147 x 105 mm. A view looking along the unsurfaced road, with a boy crouching beside a small pool in the foreground.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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62
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Sezibwa Falls, between Jinja and Kampala. 104 x 145 mm. A view looking towards the falls from the pool beneath. The Sezibwa River crosses the Kampala-Jinja roads halfway between the two towns.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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63
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Forest at Sezibwa Falls. 103 x 145 mm. A view looking along the path which crosses a small wooden bridge over the Sezibwa River. With a few Ugandan men siting on the far side of the bridge and thick forest on all sides.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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64
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Typical banana garden and hut. 91 x 115 mm. Showing Ugandan villagers seated on the ground in front of a thached hut with a grove of banana trees in the background.
Creator: Hattersley, Charles William, 1866-1934, missionary.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing.. |
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65
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Indian transport elephant in Uganda. 84 x 113 mm. Showing Futke and her mahout in Uganda. Futke, who arrived in Entebbe with her mahout on January 25 1909, had a short but eventful and extremely amusing stay in Uganda.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some dirt marks.. |
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66
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Lendu woman and baby. 91 x 113 mm. A full-length profile of a Lendu woman standing in front of a row of mud huts with conical thatched roofs; her baby, strapped to her back, wears a curious conical hat as a sunshade. The Lendu, a Sudanic race, inhabit the Bunyoro country of Uganda.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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67
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Ripon Falls from Buganda side. 189 x 140 mm. A view looking south towards the falls from the western bank of the Victoria Nile.
Creator: Unknown.
Oval print. Fair condition, a few blemishes.. |
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68
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Ripon Falls from Buganda side. 199 x 140 mm. A view looking across the narrow channel of the Ripon Falls from the eastern (Jinja) bank of the Victoria Nile.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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69
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Buffalo (present record head). 100 x 70 mm. One of several prints. Showing the body of animals lying where they were shot.
Creator: Unknown.
Poor condition, some yellowing and fading.. |
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70
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Lion. 100 x 72 mm. One of several prints. Showing the body of animals lying where they were shot.
Creator: Unknown.
Poor condition, some yellowing and fading.. |
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71
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Elephant. 99 x 72 mm. One of several prints. Showing the body of animals lying where they were shot.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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72
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Crocodile. 100 x 72 mm. One of several prints. Showing the body of animals lying where they were shot.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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73
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Hippopotamus. 98 x 71 mm. One of several prints. Showing the body of animals lying where they were shot.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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74
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Zebra. 99 x 72 mm. One of several prints. Showing the body of animals lying where they were shot.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some yellowing along one edge.. |
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75
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Uganda Cob. 110 x 87 mm. One of several prints. Showing the body of animals lying where they were shot.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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76
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Waterbuck. 110 x 86 mm. One of several prints. Showing the body of animals lying where they were shot.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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77
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Murchinson Falls on Victoria Nile. 161 x 113 mm. A view from a boat on the lower Victoria Nile looking back towards the narrow cleft of the Murchinson Falls 22 miles east of Lake Albert.
Creator: Unknown.
Poor condition, many inexpertly touched blemishes.. |
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78
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Victoria Nile below Murchinson Falls. 195 x 144 mm. A view looking across the fast flowing Victoria Nile.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
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79
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Tonia [Tonya] Bay, Lake Albert. 107 x 70 mm. A view looking across grassland towards Tonya Bay on the eastern shore of Lake Albert.
Creator: Unknown.
Oval print. Poor condition, top half of print faded.. |
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80
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Nile at Gondokoro. 184 x 120 mm. A view looking along the White Nile (Bahr el Jebel) from the riverbank. Gondokoro, five miles north of Juba in the Sudan was until the 1870s a major slaving and ivory centre.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, a few blemishes.. |
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81
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On Ruwenzori Mountains. 101 x 72 mm. A view looking along a forested gorge towards distant snow-capped mountains. The Ruwenzori Mountains in the Zaire-Uganda border stretch from Lake Albert in the north to Lake Edward in the south. Exact location unidentified.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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82
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On Ruwenzori Mountains. 100 x 72 mm. A similar view to the preceding print.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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83
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River scene in Toro. 73 x 99 mm. A view looking along a tree shaded river in Toro, western Uganda.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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84
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Cotton market at Kumi in Bukedi. 104 x 77 mm. Showing traders and porters grouped around baskets of cotton in the town of Kumi. The Kumi District, some eighty miles north of Lake Victoria, is more properly part of Teso rather than Bukedi.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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85
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Daudi Chwa, Kabaka of Buganda with his umbrella of state. 86 x 105 mm. An indistinct view showing Daudi Chwa standing beneath the state umbrella, which is held over him by an attendant. Beside him stand his four regents Sir Apolo Kagwa, Nuhu Mbogo, Kakarie Kisingiri, and Stanislas Mirgwanya.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some fading and yellowing.. |
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86
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Fishing baskets. 75 x 92 mm. Showing wicker work fish baskets in place near the shore of Lake Victoria.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
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87
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The 'Sudd' White Nile below Bor. 102 x 76 mm. An uninformative print looking along the Nile as it curves away in the distance Bor, on the right bank of the White Nile, is situated 230 miles south of Malakal in the Sudan.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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88
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Khartum [i.e. Khartoum] boat at Gondokoro. 77 x 104 mm. Showing a Nile steamer, with dhows lashed to it on either side at Gondokoro.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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89
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Khartum [i.e. Khartoum] boat approaching Gondokoro. 77 x 102 mm. A similar, but more distant view of a Nile steamer seen from the riverbank.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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90
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Trees damaged by elephants near Lokoi Hills, Nile Province. 77 x 102 mm. Showing a fair-size tree broken in half by elephants.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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91
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Trees damaged by elephants, Lokoi Hills. 77 x 102 mm. Showign a tree uprooted by elephants, with a group of Africans standing in the background.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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92
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Trees damaged by elephants, Lokoi Hills. 77 x 101 mm. Showing a tree broken and uprooted by elephants.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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93
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On the march, Nile Province. 77 x 101 mm. A rather dark print showing porters loaded with boxes of supplies wading across a small river.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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94
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Fola Rapids, White Nile near Nimule, natives fishing. 101 x 77 mm. Showing Africans fishing with nets in the rapids. Nimule lies on the White Nile at the Sudan-Uganda border.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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95
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Crossing flooded stream, Madi country, by suspension pulley seat. 77 x 101 mm. A view looking down on a European official being transported by pulleys over a stream, with tribesmen holding the rope taut at the farther bank. The Madi are a Sudanic tribe who live in the district of the same name in north west Uganda.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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96
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Typical Bari village, N. Province. 102 x 77 mm. A view looking down on the village, a closely packed settlement of circular huts with conical thatched roofs surrounded by a stockade.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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97
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Acholi youth, N. Province. 77 x 102 mm. A full length profile study of an Acholi wearing metal armbands and a distinctive headdress. The Acholi are a Nilotic tribe inhabiting northern Uganda.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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98
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Watch tower, Acholi Village, N. Province standing on top of a wooden platform, with the huts of the village in the background. 76 x 100 mm. Showing an Acholi man standing on top of a wooden platform, with the huts of the village in the background.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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99
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Kit River, near the Nile. 76 x 101 mm. A rather dark print showing a group of porters carrying supplies across the Kit River. Exact location unknown.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
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100
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Ostriches, N. Province. 101 x 76 mm. Showing two ostriches standing in front of a group of African porters.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
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101
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Arenga [Aringa] River, Mount Agoro. 102 x 77 mm. A view looking upstream along the Aringa River in northern Acholi.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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102
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Bricklaying competition open to all natives, Feb 1909, Entebbe. 101 x 76 mm. Showing a European judge watching a competitor in action.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some fogging on negative.. |
Feb. 1909 |
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103
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Bricklaying competition open to all natives, Feb 1909, Entebbe. A general view of the competitors in action.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some fogging on negative.. |
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104
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P.W.D. Store, 1909, Entebbe. 100 x 75 mm. Showing the Public Works Department store with stacks of wood protected by sheets of corrugated iron piled in the foreground.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1909 |
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105
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P.W.D. Store, 1909, Entebbe. 101 x 76 mm. A similar view to the preceding plate.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing.. |
1909 |
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106
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Sawing, P.W.D. Entebbe, 1909. 76 x 101 mm. Showing two Ugandans using a double handled saw on a large sawing horse.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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107
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Native workshop, Entebbe. 101 x 76 mm. Showing Ugandans bricklaying in a workshop, with a boiler in the background.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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108
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First steam roller (Aveling and Porter 4 tons) in Uganda 1908. 101 x 76 mm. Showing the steam roller at work surfacing a road.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
1908 |
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109
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First steam roller in Uganda 1908. 101 x 76 mm. A side view of the steam roller.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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110
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Ambatch trees in Lake Victoria near Tero Forest, Sango Bay. Showing Ambatch trees growing in the lake at Sango Bay, Masaka District, Western shore of Lake Victoria.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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111
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Ambatch trees in Lake Victoria near Tero Forest, Sango Bay. A similar view to the preceding plate.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing.. |
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112
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Commissioner of sleeping sickness [Col. D. Bruce] and Dr. Marshall on Tero Forest Canal inspecting for fly, May 1909. 78 x 104 mm. A view looking along the canal towards the dug-out in which Colonel (later Major General Sir David Bruce and Doctor C. Marshall are seated. Bruce was sent out in charge of the Royal Society Commission into sleeping sickness in Uganda in 1903 and 1908-1910 and made important discoveries about the disease.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
May 1909 |
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113
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On the Canal (2 miles long) connecting Tero Forest with Lake Victoria, 1909. 100 x 78 mm. Showing a small sailing boat on the Tero Forest Canal.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1909 |
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114
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Lake end of same canal, 1909. 102 x 77 mm. Showing the debouchment of the canal into Lake Victoria.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition apart from slight yellowing.. |
1909 |
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115
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Breaking down Podocarpus timber, Tero Forest. Site of new saw mill, May 1910. 102 x 77 mm. Showing Ugandans at work sawing up recently felled timber at the edge of the Tero Forest.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
May. 1910 |
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116
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Forest end of [Tero] Canal. Sleepers for Kamapla - Port Bell monorail, 1909. 102 x 77 mm. A view looking along the wharf at the end of the canal, with timber sleepers stacked at the side of the pier ready for transportation.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some watermarks on print.. |
1909 |
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117
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In Tero Forest, part of the nurseries. 79 x 105 mm. A view looking along a forest road, with nurseries at the left of the pathway.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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118
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Workmen's village and site of sawmills, Tero Forest 1909. 105 x 79 mm. A view looking along the road towards a settlement of thatched huts in a forest clearing.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1909 |
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119
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School at Mitala Maria, 1907. 100 x 71 mm. Showing a group of Ugandan children and two unidentified White Fathers outside the thatched mission schoolbuilding at Mitala Maria, about 25 miles due west of Entebbe. The White Fathers, a more popular name for the Society of Missionaries of Africa, was founded by Charles Lavigerie, Archbishop of Algiers, in 1868, and its most successful activities were in Central Africa.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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120
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Surveying in Buddu, near Bukakata 1907. 101 x 70 mm. Showing a group of porters wading through swamp and long grass on a survey expedition. Bukakata lies on the north west shore of Lake Victoria.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1907 |
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121
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Nakiogo ferry, west side, near Entebbe. 104 x 78 mm. A view looking across Waiya Bay towards the peninsula on which Entebbe stands. The small dug-out which served as a ferry can be seen in the foreground.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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122
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Native made swamp-crossing, Mayanja River on Kampala-Hoima Road, 1906. 104 x 78 mm. A view looking along the boggy path ( with the swamp held back by wooden posts and horizontal supports) where the Mayanja River crosses the road which runs north-west from Kampala to Hoima in the Kingdom of Bunyoro. A group of Ugandans and Askaris stands in the foreground.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1906 |
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123
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Clearing sudd, Kafu River at Hoima Road Bridge, Sept 1906. S. Ormsby on raft. 95 x 68 mm. A indisnct print showing Ormsby punting across the river on a wooden raft, with a group of African workmen standing in the background. Sidney William Ormsby (1872-1909) was temporarily engaged for road construction in Uganda in 1901. He later became Transport Officer for the Protectorate (1902) and Collector for Mbale (1908).
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
1906 |
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124
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Clearing sudd, Kafu River at Hoima Road Bridge, Sept 1906. S. Ormsby on raft. 95 x 67 mm. A similar view to the preceding plate.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1906 |
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125
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Native road near Masaka in a very wet season crossing a swamp, May 1910. 104 x 78 mm. Showing the flooded road with most of the surface lost and only the wooden supporting structure remaining.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
May 1910 |
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126
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S.S. 'Speke', twin sternwheeler at Bululu on maiden trip July 7th 1910. 105 x 79 mm. New 30 ton lighter alonside, loading wimbi and cotton. A rather dark print showing the steamer 'Speke' on Lake Kioga with porters loading goods on to the lighter in the foreground.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
7 Jul. 1907 |
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127
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One of the marine dugout canoes on the Nile near Kakindu on survey of Nile, July 1910. 104 x 78 mm. Showing the large dugout being paddled on the Nile with a European official seated in the bows.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
Jul. 1910 |
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128
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Jetty at Sesse Island. People meeting the Commissioner of sleeping sickness, May 1909. 107 x 77 mm. Showing a group of Ugandans crowded on the small wooden jetty at Sesse Island. The Sesse Islands, in north west Lake Victoria, was one of the areas most heavily attacked by sleeping sickness, but the inhabitants for some time resisted Sir Henry Hesketh Bell's attempts at evacuation.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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129
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Jetty (native built) at Sesse Island. Site of old Boma [stockade] just out of picture on left. This is a crowd of chiefs and people meeting the Commissioner of sleeping sickness in May 1909 to discuss evacuation of islands.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some waterstains on negative.. |
May 1909 |
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130
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P.W.D. Workshop, Planing and moulding machine. 197 x 145 mm. Showing two Ugandans operating a power driven plane in the Public Works Department workshop.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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131
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P.W.D. Blacksmith's shop [Entebbe]. 200 x 145 mm. Showing a group of Ugandans at work under the supervision of European Public Works Department employee, S. Waite ( - 1944).
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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132
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P.W.D. Wheelwright's shop [Entebbe]. 200 x 145 mm. Showing Ugandans making wheels under the supervision of S. Waite.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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133
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Uganda Marine, Engineer's house at Kakindo [Kakindu]. 104 x 81 mm. Showing the engineer's bungalow and partially laid out garden.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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134
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Lighter No. 2 ready for launching, 30 July 1909. 105 x 80 mm. Showing two unidentified European officials standing beneath the stern of the lighter, with uniformed Ugandan crewmen in the background.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
30 Jul 1909 |
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135
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Lighter No. 2 Kioga Flotilla, launched 11 Jany 1910. Showing the lighter moored at a pier on Lake Kioga.
Creator: Uknown.
Good condition.. |
11 Jan. 1910 |
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136
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Superintendent of Marine, laying keel plate of S.W.S. 'Speke', at Kakindu, 19th Octr 1910. 105 x 81 mm. Showing the keel plate being laid by Commander H. Hutchinson ( - 1920), Captain of the S.S. 'William Mackinnon' and in charge of the Uganda Marine Department.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some yellowing along one edge.. |
19 Oct. 1910 |
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137
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Building of the S.W.S. 'Speke' at Kakindu. 103 x 78 mm. Showing the partially constructed sternwheeler on dry land at Kakindu.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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138
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S.W.S. 'Speke' ready for launching, 28 March 1910. 104 x 79 mm. Showing the completed steamer dressed with flags on the slipway, ready for launching on Lake Kioga (seen in background).
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, some fading along one edge.. |
28 Mar. 1910 |
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139
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Launch of S.W.S. 'Speke' at Kakindu, 28 March 1910. 99 x 80 mm. A view looking down the slipway as the steamer 'Speke' slides on to Lake Kioga, with crowds watching the event at the left of the print.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
28 Mar 1910 |
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140
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S.W.S. 'Speke' and steam launch 'Victoria', Lake Kioga flotilla, 1st July 1910. 104 x 79 mm. Showing the 'Speke' and the smaller launch 'Victoria' moored on the shore of Lake Kioga.
Creator: Unknown. |
1 Jul 1910 |
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141
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Lake Albert flotilla at Butiaba. 158 x 113 mm. Showing the Lake Albert flotilla before the completion of the P.S.S. 'Samuel Baker'. The flotilla, moored in a wide curving bay, consists of a small steam launch, the 'Keniaj' and two small sailing cutters (the 'James Martin' in the foreground).
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from slight yellowing along one edge.. |
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142
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Building P.S.S. 'Samuel Baker' for the Lake Albert flotilla at Butiaba, July 1910. 160 x 114 mm. Showing the partially built steamer on dry land at Butiaba with uniformed Ugandan crewmen and a few Europeans grouped in front of the vessel. The figure at the left is possibly D.L. Baines ( - 1955), Uganda Administration, but other figures are unidentified.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, apart from a few dirt marks.. |
Jul. 1910 |
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143
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The P.S.S. 'Samuel Baker' on Lake Albert after her launch on 10th August 1910. 159 x 114 mm. Showing the P.S. 'Samuel Baker', dressed with flags, at anchor on Lake Albert.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition, but edges of print disfigured by dark patches.. |
10 Aug. 1910 |
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144
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Uganda Marine 'Samuel Baker' steam launch 'Kenia' and sailing cutter 'James Martin', 10th August 1910. 125 x 91 mm. Showing the three vessels at anchor on Lake Albert.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition. Oval print.. |
10 Aug. 1910 |
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145
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Chief Secretary's House, Entebbe. 139 x 82 mm. A view from the garden looking across the lawn towards the Chief Secretary's verandahed bungalow.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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146
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View from Chief Secretary's Garden, overlooking Lake Victoria. 137 x 84 mm. A view looking through trees towards Tende Bay on Lake Victoria.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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147
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View across Entebbe Golf Links. 140 x 83 mm. A view looking across the golf course towards rolling wooded hills.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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148
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Entebbe Hockey team starting for Kampala. 140 x 82 mm. Showing the members of the hockey team seated in, or standing beside a Government of Uganda lorry. Members of the team have not been identified.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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149
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Ivory being sorted for export at Kampala. 140 x 80 mm. Showing three European officials supervising the sorting of elephant tusks at Kampala. At the left of the group stands (Sir) Alexander George Boyle (1827-1943), a Sub-Commissioner and later Acting Governor (1909-1910) after the departure of Sir Henry Hesketh Bell; the central figure standing beaneath an arch of tusks supported by Africans, is unidentified, as is the figure at the right of the photograph.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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150
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The SS 'Winifred' at Kisumu Pier. 140 x 83 mm. Showing the 'Winifred' ( in service on Lake Victoria from 1903-1936) moored at Kisumu Pier. Kisumu, originally named Port Florence, was the terminal for the Uganda Railway on the eastern shore of Lake Victoria, and from here steamers ferried supplies and passengers across the lake to Entebbe.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
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151
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Canal leading to Tero Forest from Lake Victoria. Two miles through papyrus. 139 x 81 mm. Showing porters manhandling a steam launch out of the canal and into the thick papyrus groves.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition, slight chemical staining.. |
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152
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Tero Forest. 140 x 81 mm. Showing the workmen's village of thatched huts in a clearing at the end of the Tero Forest with part of the sawmill visible at the right of the print.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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153
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Tero Forest, machinery shed. 139 x 80 mm. Showing two unidentified Europeans standing in front of the shed which houses the steam engine for powering the Tero sawmill.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
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154
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Ambatch trees in Lake Victoria. 139 x 82 mm. Showing ambatch trees growing in the water near the shores of the lake.
Creator: Unknown.
Fair condition.. |
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155
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Kabarega, Ex-King of Bunyoro in exile in the Seychelles Islands. 205 x 152 mm. A group portrait showing Kabarega seated with three of his wives and two other unidentified Africans. Kabarega (c.1850-1923) succedded his father Kamurasi to the Bunyoro throne in 1869 after a civil war with his brother. He then set about restoring the old Bunyoro Kingdom and by 1876 had conquered the neighbouring Toro country. His hostility to the British (who under Lugard had restored the autonomy of Toro in 1891) resulted in the invasion of Bunyoro. Kabarega was finally deafeated and deposed in 1899. During his exile in the Seychelles, he was converted to Christianity and was allowed to return to Uganda as a private citizen in 1923, dying however almost immediately upon arrival.
Creator: Unknown.
Poor condition, some overall yellowing and chemical spotting.. |
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