Janus: Christy collection of photographs on Africa

RCS/Y304A contains:
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143	Elephant grass in Uganda, 1907
144	Unloading Ivory from an upriver steamer at Leopoldville [i.e. Kinshasa], 1904
145	Unloading Ivory from an upriver steamer at Leopoldville [i.e. Kinshasa], 1904
146	Cook's tent, Bukedi Country, Uganda, 1901
147	On the Entebbe-Kampala Road, 1906
148	Roadside camp, Uganda, 1903
149	Azande chief and wives, Jemhura, Nile-Congo Divide, 1916
150	Azande chief and wives, Jemhura, Nile-Congo Divide, 1916
151	An Azande artificier making grass helmets, 1915
152	An Azande artificier making grass helmets, 1915
153	An Azande artificier making grass helmets, 1915
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Christy collection of photographs on Africa

Title	Roadside camp, Uganda, 1903
Reference	Y304A/148
Creator	Christy, Cuthbert, 1863-1932
Covering Dates	1903
Extent and Medium	Fair condition, slight overall fading.

Content and context

133 x 54 mm. A view showing one of Christy's campsites while on the march, with a row of tents erected beside the road. The photograph was taken on the Kampala-Hoima Road and shows Christy's tent in the foreground, then his assistant's and beyond, a cluster of tents for cook and porters.

Further information

This appears as Figure 6 in: Christy, Cuthbert (1924). Big game and Pygmies: experiences of a naturalist in Central African forests in quest of the Okapi, London: Macmillan, facing page 4.

Indexed

Index Terms

Africa

Uganda

Christy, Cuthbert (1863-1932) explorer and zoologist

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