| Title |
Smyly photograph album |
| Reference |
Y30446L/A |
| Covering Dates |
1895–1911 (The date is approximate) |
| Extent and Medium |
56 images in 1 album; The album is in very poor condition, the back being repaired with adhesive tape. The photographs have all faded to some extent. |
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| Content and context |
A half leather bound album, measuring 30 x 25 mm., of photographs, some of which have pencilled captions. These are given where decipherable. Some of the album pages are blank. |
| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Sierra Leone |
| RCS/Y30446L/A contains: |
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1
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[View looking down on Freetown]. 225 x 170 mm. Shows a European style house in foreground. |
1895–1911 |
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2
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[Freetown: waterside buildings from the sea]. 230 x 175 mm. |
1895–1911 |
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3
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[Freetown: the rising ground on the left is the ridge of Wilberforce Village]. 225 x 175 mm. |
1895–1911 |
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4
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[Freetown]. 230 x 178 mm. Similar view to Y30446L/2 and 3. |
1895–1911 |
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5
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Gloucester Street Freetown. 225 x 170 mm. Written on the back appears to be "Macarthur Street", but the view is Gloucester St. looking north. |
1895–1911 |
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6
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Interior of Cathedral, George Street, Freetown. 225 x 175 mm. |
1895–1911 |
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7
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Savannah River, Sulymah District, Sherbro. 225 x 165 mm. Showing sailing boats and canoes by the bank. |
1895–1911 |
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8
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George's Pool. 110 x 152 mm. Two Africans in European dress, one smoking a pipe, one wearing a top hat, sitting on rocks by water's edge. |
1895–1911 |
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9
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George's Pool. 110 x 152 mm. Shows an African sitting on rocks in deep water. |
1895–1911 |
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10
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[African woman sitting on a step outside a wooden door]. 170 x 225 mm. |
1895–1911 |
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11
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King Tom's Point, Freetown. 235 x 180 mm. There are some houses and foliage in the foreground, but nothing visible in the background. |
1895–1911 |
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12
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[Jetty and houses, probably Freetown]. 235 x 178 mm. Boats are anchored by the jetty, and the houses in the background are on the slopes of a hill. |
1895–1911 |
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13
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Post Office etc. Gloucester Street, Freetown. 220 x 175 mm. The Post Office is on the right of a primitive road, taken from the same viewpoint as Y30446L/5, but looking south. |
1895–1911 |
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14
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Northern Rivers Coreral Dubrecka. 215 x 165 mm. Rural scene by a small river, with several boats at anchor. |
1895–1911 |
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15
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Coconut foliage. 222 x 170 mm. View of foliage over the roofs of houses (corrugated iron and thatch) in foreground. |
1895–1911 |
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16
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Banana foliage. 222 x 165 mm. |
1895–1911 |
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17
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Frontier Police. 225 x 170 mm. Group of Africans by a bell tent, with a European officer and a civilian holding a rifle in front of it. Another European civilian is mounted on a horse in the background. |
1895–1911 |
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18
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Governor and Mrs Cardew and Civil Police. 212 x 168 mm. The police, with two European officers and some bandsmen on the right, are grouped by a tree. Governor and Mrs Cardew stand in front of the group, to the left. Sir Frederic Cardew (1839-1921) was Governor of Sierra Leone 1894-1900. |
1895–1900 |
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19
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Catholic Choir. 225 x 178 mm. Group of twenty-six African men, women and children. |
1895–1911 |
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20
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Chalk Boundoo. 220 x 175 mm. Group of African women, with a few boys. Five in the back row are whitened. |
1895–1911 |
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21
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[Winnowing?]. 215 x 155 mm. Group of Africans by a hut apparently separating grain from chaff. |
1895–1911 |
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22
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[Africans in village]. 210 x 150 mm. Half a dozen woman and boys by a group of huts. |
1895–1911 |
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23
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[Africans pounding grain]. 155 x 205 mm. Three women standing by mortars with an African in a straw hat behind, and a hut in the background. |
1895–1911 |
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24
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[Freetown, showing the famous cotton tree, before the Law Courts were built on the grassy patch to the left]. 150 x 210 mm. A large tree dominates the scene (see Y30446L/59-60); two women are in the foreground. |
1895–1911 |
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25
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View of Freetown looking towards the sea. 210 x 160 mm.
Badly faded.. |
1895–1911 |
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26
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Freetown Harbour. 225 x 175 mm. Some foliage can be seen to the left, and there is a faint outline of the shore in the background.
Very badly faded.. |
1895–1911 |
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27
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[Freetown from the sea]. 222 x 170 mm. Boats in the foreground, including sailing craft at anchor, and houses amid foliage on the shore.
Creased.. |
1895–1911 |
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28
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[George's Pool]. 172 x 222 mm. A pool is seen in the foreground, with a waterfall flowing under a bridge at the back. Two African men (possibly those in Y30446L/18) and a woman are sitting by the water. |
1895–1911 |
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29
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King Mole Moghui [?]and family. 250 x 105 mm. Group in front of a hut. Not identified. |
1895–1911 |
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30
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Bundoo girls and devils. 150 x 110 mm. Group in front of a hut (see also Y30446L/34). |
1895–1911 |
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31
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Native hut. 150 x 110 mm. |
1895–1911 |
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32
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The Barracks Freetown; Tower Hill. 145 x 100 mm. The Barracks are in the distance, not only small but very faded. |
1895–1911 |
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33
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View of Freetown from Signal Hill. 225 x 155 mm.
Stained.. |
1895–1911 |
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34
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Native Bondoo Women. 205 x 160 mm. This is a duplicate of Y30446D/8 (which is in better condition), whose catalogue entry discusses the possible subject. |
1895–1911 |
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35
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[King Jimmy Market, with the building of what is now the Prince of Wales School in the background]. 190 x 135 mm. Numerous Africans are gathered in the foreground. There is a building in the background and the bank is a river to the right. |
1895–1911 |
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36
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Washing, Cline's Town. 150 x 95 mm. Africans by a stream. |
1895–1911 |
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37
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[Country scene]. 100 x 150 mm. A tree to the left and foliage in the background.
Badly faded and creased.. |
1895–1911 |
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38
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[Officer with leopard cub]. 155 x 208 mm. A moustached officer in uniform with RAMC on his epaulettes, and a single medal ribbon, is seated on a step with a leopard cub with its head on his knee. |
1895–1911 |
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39
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[Village and river]. 210 x 152 mm. A narrow river with three canoes is in the foreground; behind are several huts. |
1895–1911 |
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40
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[Railway Scene]. 210 x 150 mm. Some fading and slight staining. Africans and Europeans are grouped by a locomotive on a narrow-gauge railway. |
1895–1911 |
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41
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[Governor King-Harman]. 100 x 78 mm. Sir Charles King-Harman, Governor of Sierra Leone 1900-1904, in civilian clothes and with an umbrella on his arm, is about to raise his trilby hat. In the background are European officials in uniform, police bandsmen and spectators, and as the tower of the Cathedral visible in the distance locates the scene as Government Wharf, the occasion is presumably the greeting of a visiting dignitary. |
1895–1911 |
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42
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St. George's Pool, Freetown. 153 x 110 mm. Pool surrounded by foliage, with two Africans bathing. |
1895–1911 |
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43
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Bush scenery. 153 x 110 mm. Two Africans by the edge of a stream running through wooded country. |
1895–1911 |
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44
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Rod Bay, Freetown. 230 x 178 mm. Tree on the river bank in the foreground; three boats at anchor in the river, with two buildings on the far bank. |
1895–1911 |
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45
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[African gathering]. 205 x 112 mm. This scene is a duplicate of Y30446B/24 (in equally poor state) q.v. for a discussion of its subject.
Very badly faded.. |
1895–1911 |
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46
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[Railway bridge]. 200 x 140 mm. A railway bridge runs across wooded countryside in the foreground, with distant hills. |
1895–1911 |
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47
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[The old post office]. 197 x 130 mm. A closer view of the building shown on the right of Y30446L/13, but probably take at an earlier date, as it lacks some features of the upper part of the centre building.
Very badly faded.. |
1895–1911 |
|
48
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Procession to the Court House, Freetown, after the Assize Service, Chief Justice Bruce Hindle leading. 210 x 155 mm. Edward Bruce Hindle was born in 1851 and called to the Bar in 1879. He became a District Commissioner in the Gold Coast in 1888, Attorney-General in 1889, and was appointed Chief Justice of Sierra Leone in 1895. He had the reputation of being the best lawyer on the West African Coast. He died in March 1897. |
1895–1897 |
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49
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[General view of Hill Station]. 212 x 148 mm. This is a duplicate of Y30446B/10, q.v. for further details of Hill Station. |
1895–1911 |
|
50-51
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[Views of Smyly's House?]. 197 x 155 mm, 208 x 155 mm. A substantial house raised on stilts from opposite sides. It was probably Smyly's, since a figure discernible in each photograph appears to be him, and the site is probably Hill Station No. 1 or No 2, facing the Atlantic. |
1895–1911 |
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52
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[Waterfall]. 147 x 210 mm. |
1895–1911 |
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53
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[Smyly's House]. 207 x 147 mm. View of the same house as in Y30446L/50 and 41. The angle is similar to Y30446L/50, but more foliage has grown. The couple at the foot of the entrance stairs are probably Mr and Mrs Smyly.
Creator: Lisk-Carew Brothers, photographers. |
1895–1911 |
|
54
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Smyly's House. 204 x 147 mm. Similar view to Y30446L/51 but with more foliage. Three figures in the foreground are probably Mr and Mrs Smyly with a friend. |
1895–1911 |
|
55
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Sierra Leone Group. 275 x 220 mm. The group apparently taken in a garden, with Europeans and Africans (including one lady) in uniforms and civilian clothes. Smyly, in wig and gown, sits in the front row.
Badly faded.. |
1895–1911 |
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56
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Outdoor gathering. 280 x 210 mm. Large group, probably taken on the same occasion as Y30446L/55, including Europeans, Africans in European and traditional dress, and African clergy. Smyly, in wig and gown, is in the centre. N.B. Y30446L/55 and 56 merit further research to identify the participants.
Badly faded and creased.. |
1895–1911 |
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