| Title |
Kenya |
| Reference |
Y304Q/2 |
| Covering Dates |
1933–1950 |
| Extent and Medium |
105; Generally fair condition. |
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| Content and context |
Photographs of crop farming in Kenya, countryside views, portraits of locals, warriors at a festival in Kissii and sweet potato and cotton farming in Nyanza. |
| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Kenya |
| RCS/RCMS 162/Y304Q/2 contains: |
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1
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Nyanza.
33 images; Fair condition.. |
1948–1950 |
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2
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An instructor of the Department of Agriculture, Kenya. 145 x 200 mm. Head and shoulders portrait of a man in uniform (the letters 'AD' are stitched into his shirt) writing in a notebook.
Fair condition.. |
1952–1964 |
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3
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[An instructor of the Department of Agriculture, Kenya]. 145 x 200 mm. Head and shoulders portrait of a man in uniform with the letters 'AD' stitched into his shirt.
Fair condition.. |
1952–1964 |
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3A
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[An instructor of the Department of Agriculture, Kenya]. 145 x 200 mm. Head and shoulders portrait of a man in uniform with the letters 'AD' stitched into his shirt.
Fair condition.. |
1952–1964 |
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4
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[An instructor of the Department of Agriculture, Kenya]. 90 x 150 mm. Head and shoulders portrait of a man in uniform with the letters 'AD' stitched into his shirt.
Fair condition.. |
1952–1964 |
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5
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Festival at Kisii. 200 x 145 mm. Showing a group of men wearing large feathered headdresses, others have drums. There are many spectators in the background.
Fair condition.. |
1950 |
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6
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Warriors at Kisii. 200 x 145 mm. Showing men wearing large feathered headdresses and carrying spears and shields. There are many spectators in the background.
Fair condition.. |
1950 |
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7
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Warriors at Kisii. 200 x 145 mm. Showing men wearing large feathered headdresses and carrying spears and shields. There are many spectators in the background.
Fair condition.. |
1950 |
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8
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Warriors at Kisii. 195 x 150 mm. Showing men kneeling on the ground behind their shields.
Fair condition.. |
1950 |
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9
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Warriors in festival dress. 200 x 145 mm. Showing a line of men wearing very large feathered headdresses. There are many spectators in the background. Probably in Kisii.
Fair condition.. |
1950 |
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10
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[Warriors in festival dress]. 200 x 145 mm. Showing men wearing large feathered headdresses and carrying spears and shields.
Fair condition.. |
1950 |
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10A
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[Warriors in festival dress]. 200 x 145 mm. Showing men wearing large feathered headdresses and carrying spears and shields.
Fair condition.. |
1950 |
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11
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[Warriors at Kisii]. 200 x 145 mm. Showing men with spears kneeling on the ground behind their shields.
Fair condition.. |
1950 |
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12
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[Women dancing at Kisii festival]. 200 x 145 mm. Showing women with sticks dancing, probably at Kisii festival.
Fair condition.. |
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13
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[Women dancing at Kisii festival]. 200 x 145 mm. Showing women dancing, probably at Kisii festival.
Fair condition.. |
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14
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Women at Kisii festival. 210 x 160 mm. Showing a group of women each wearing a headdress. There are many spectators in the background.
Fair condition.. |
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15
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Festival dress. 145 x 200 mm. Showing the profile of a man sat on the grass. He is dressed in a long white shirt and dark waistcoat and wears a headdress made of cowrie shells and hair smoking a pipe. |
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16
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A typical old man of the pastoral areas, Nyangore, just bordering Nandi country. 165 x 210 mm. A three quarter length portrait of an elderly man, whose ear lobes are distended with heavy earrings.
Fair condition.. |
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17
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Nyangore warriors with Nandi escarpment in background. 160 x 215 mm. Showing two men with spears and shields.
Fair condition.. |
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18
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Wanga musician. 160 x 210 mm. Showing a man smoking a pipe with a musical instrument on his lap. The caption continues: 'The Wanga inhabit an area in the north west of Nyanza Province in Kenya. They are great smokers of clay pipes with metal stems. There is an air of contentment in the expression of this peasant as he plays his simple stringed musical instrument.'.
Fair condition.. |
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18A
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[Wanga musician]. 115 x 165 mm. Showing a seated man smoking a pipe holding a string instrument.
Fair condition.. |
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19
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Wrestlers. 150 x 205 mm. Showing two men wrestling. There is a very large crowd of spectators some distance away.
Fair condition.. |
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20
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[Wrestlers]. 160 x 210 mm. Showing two men wrestling. There is a very large crowd of spectators some distance away.
Fair condition, some marking.. |
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21
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[Wrestlers]. 160 x 120 mm. Showing two men wrestling. There is a very large crowd of spectators some distance away.
Fair condition.. |
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22
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The piper takes a rest. 135 x 190 mm. Showing a man smoking a pipe with a musical instrument on his lap. He wears a headdress made of cowrie shells and hair.
Fair condition.. |
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23
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Asian shops and residences in Mombasa. 140 x 150 mm. Showing people in a busy street.
Fair condition.. |
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24
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Typical country in the Nandi reserve. 130 x 145 mm. General view of the landscape and distant huts.
Fair condition.. |
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25
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Small farms, Maragoli, North Nyanza. 165 x 210 mm. Showing small farmsteads and the surrounding countryside.
Fair condition.. |
1950 |
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26
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Narrow base terraces, Central province. 210 x 160 mm. General view of the landscape.
Fair condition.. |
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27
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[A Kopje (a weathered inselberg) showing weathered joints and faults]. 115 x 135 mm. View of a Kopje, in this case a granite or rock formation.
Fair condition, overall yellowing.. |
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28
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[Dry riverbed]. 120 x 160 mm. A detailed view of the cracked earth of a dry riverbed.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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29
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Storks on Lake Victoria. 165 x 195 mm. A view of two storks stood in shallow water.
Fair condition, some marking and fading.. |
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30
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[Waterfall]. 130 x 145 mm. View of a large waterfall.
Fair condition.. |
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31
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[Fire damage]. 210 x 160 mm. Showing billowing smoke. The caption continues: 'Uncontrolled fires in the dry season do much to destroy trees and other natural vegetation leaving the land bare and liable to erosion when the heavy rains begin.
Fair condition.. |
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32
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Sausage tree (Kigelia aethiopica), West Kenya. 160 x 205 mm.
Fair condition.. |
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33
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[Sausage tree - Kigelia aethiopica]. 160 x 210 mm.
Fair condition.. |
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34
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[Picking crops]. 155 x 110 mm. Showing women working in a small crop field.
Fair condition.. |
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35
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[Produce stomping]. 155 x 110 mm. Showing men stomping on produce in large stone wells.
Fair condition.. |
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36
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Bantu women at work with hand hoes. 210 x 160 mm. Showing three women working in a field. The caption was originally 'Kakamega women', but Kakamega has been scored out and 'Bantu' written beneath in pencil.
Fair condition.. |
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37
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Coffee in Kenya. 150 x 200 mm. The caption continues: 'A senior agricultural instructor examining plants in a cooperative coffee nursery at Chogoria, Kenya. The overhead shade has been removed and the plants are being hardened off prior to replanting.'.
Fair condition.. |
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38
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Picking coffee. 160 x 210 mm. Showing a senior agricultural instructor examining plants in a cooperative coffee nursery at Chogoria, Kenya.
Fair condition.. |
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39
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Coffee, Kenya. 150 x 200 mm. Showing coffee plants being shaded by an arrangement of ferns. This is probably a view of a cooperative coffee nursery at Chogoria, Kenya.
Fair condition.. |
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40
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Excessive arable cultivation on over-populated lands, Nyanza Province. 180 x 160 mm. Aerial view of the landscape.
Fair condition.. |
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41
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Sorting cotton into grades before taking it to the local buying post. 210 x 160 mm. Showing two women and a child seated on the floor sorting baskets of cotton.
Fair condition.. |
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42
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Calling out communal labour for soil conservation work, Nyanza Province. 160 x 210 mm. Showing a man playing a drum which is carried on another mans back (suspended by a strap across his forehead).
Fair condition.. |
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43
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Weaving in North Nyanza district. 210 x 160 mm. Showing a woman sat at a loom. The caption continues: 'Much attention is being devoted to the development of spinning and weaving as a home industry.'.
Fair condition.. |
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44
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Nzoia Rhodes grass. 210 x 160 mm. General view of grass. The caption continues: One of the new ley grasses which has shown great promise in Kenya and elsewhere. It is a very palatable and nutritious feed for livestock. The 'Nzoia' strain of this grass (Chloris gayana) was developed at the Pasture Research Station at Kabete near Nairobi.'.
Fair condition.. |
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45
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Life in the Northern Frontier Province of Kenya. 210 x 160 mm. View of goats resting in the shade of trees. The caption reads: 'There's welcome shade under the big acacias which line the banks of this dry riverbed. Flocks and herds awaiting watering as they have from time immemorial.' The caption continues on a more general note with: 'Though Kenya is more usually associated with the green pastures, cool glades and ice-cold streams of its lovely highlands, the Northern Frontier Province has all the ingredients of the desert. The scattered nomad population of wandering Hamites move from one grazing ground to another with their precious flocks and herds. Miles of low thorn bush are empty save for lion, rhino, giraffe or occasional buck and zebra; the water holes are few and often hotly contested by opposing tribes. The camel which can travel immense distances without drinking, is a treasured possession for this is the beast which will make the long safari to the well which is life itself to these people living in a land where water is more precious than gold.'.
Fair condition.. |
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46
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Ankole cattle. 120 x 80 mm. View of a herd of long horned cattle.
Fair condition.. |
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47
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[Cattle]. 160 x 115 mm. View of one animal. The caption reads: 'Number 214 - Exceeded 400 falls in 320 days.'.
Fair condition.. |
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48
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[Cattle]. 160 x 115 mm. View of one animal. There is a caption on the reverse but it is largely illegible.
Fair condition.. |
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49
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[Cattle]. 160 x 115 mm. View of one animal, identified as 'Number 277.'.
Fair condition.. |
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50
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[Cattle]. 160 x 115 mm. View of one animal, identified as 'Number 277 - 'Blossom'.' The caption continues but is largely illegible.
Fair condition.. |
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51
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[Cattle]. 160 x 115 mm. View of one animal, identified as 'Number 302'. The caption continues but is largely illegible.
Fair condition.. |
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52
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[Cattle]. 160 x 115 mm. View of one animal, identified as 'Number 177'.
Fair condition.. |
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53
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'Somali' bull, Kismayu, Kenya. 220 x 160 mm. The caption reads: 'This fine example is typical of the long-horned, humped cattle which come from the dry semi-desert country of north east Kenya and Somaliland (Mogadishu).'.
Fair condition.. |
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54
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'Somali' bull, Kismayu, Kenya. 230 x 180 mm. Detailed view of a white bull.
Fair condition, some marking and yellowing.. |
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55
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[Sheep herd]. 165 x 120 mm. Showing a man grazing a herd of sheep, and a large hill in the background.
Fair condition, overall yellowing.. |
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55A
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[Sheep herd]. 165 x 120 mm. Showing a man grazing a herd of sheep, and a large hill in the background.
Fair condition, overall yellowing.. |
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56
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A young lady off to hoe her food plot. 120 x 165 mm. Three quarter length portrait.
Fair condition.. |
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57
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[A young lady off to hoe her food plot]. 120 x 165 mm. Three quarter length portrait.
Fair condition.. |
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58
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[A young lady off to hoe her food plot]. 120 x 165 mm. Three quarter length portrait.
Fair condition.. |
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59
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[Warrior]. 90 x 120 mm. Showing a man holding a spear and a shield. This image had been stuck onto a card, but has nothing written inside.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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60
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[Warrior]. 80 x 105 mm. Showing a man holding a spear and a shield.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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60A
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[Warrior]. 80 x 105 mm. Showing a man holding a spear and a shield.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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60B
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[Warrior]. 80 x 105 mm. Showing a man holding a spear and a shield.
Fair condition.. |
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61
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[Musician]. 160 x 115 mm. Showing a seated man smoking a pipe holding a string instrument.
Fair condition.. |
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62
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An adult literacy class in North Nyanza. 210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'Education plays an important part in agricultural development.'.
Fair condition.. |
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63
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[An adult literacy class in North Nyanza]. 210 x 160 mm.
Fair condition.. |
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63A
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[An adult literacy class in North Nyanza]. 210 x 160 mm.
Fair condition.. |
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63B
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[An adult literacy class in North Nyanza]. 210 x 160 mm.
Fair condition.. |
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64
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Learning to read the Koran. 60 x 65 mm. Showing a young boy with a book on his lap.
Fair condition.. |
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65
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Mosque, Mumias, Nyanza Province, Kenya. 210 x 160 mm.
Fair condition.. |
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