Janus: Christy collection of photographs on Africa

RCS/Y304A contains:
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281	[Village scene, location unknown]
282	[Village scene, location unknown]
283	Donkey transport, north-western Bahr-el-Ghazal [? Bahr al Ghazal], c.1921
284	Old copper workings, Hofrat el Nahas [i.e. Hofrat en Nahas], c.1921
285	Old copper workings, Hofrat el Nahas [i.e. Hofrat en Nahas], c.1921
286	Opening up an old copper mining shaft, Hofrat el Nahas [i.e. Hofrat en Nahas], c.1921
287	The narrows of the Jur River, c. 1921
288	The narrows of the Jur River, c. 1921
289	[Lakeside scenes and steamboats, (?) Lake Victoria]
290	[Lakeside scenes and steamboats, (?) Lake Victoria]
291	[Lakeside scenes and steamboats, (?) Lake Victoria]
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Christy collection of photographs on Africa

Title	Opening up an old copper mining shaft, Hofrat el Nahas [i.e. Hofrat en Nahas], c.1921
Reference	Y304A/286
Creator	Mansfield, F T, fl 1921, geologist
Covering Dates	circa 1921
Extent and Medium	Good condition.

Content and context

90 x 57 mm. A view showing Africans digging down into old copper-working shafts at Hofrat el Nahes. Photograph by F.T. Mansfield.

Further information

Y304A/283-288 are used as illustrations in: Christy, Cuthbert (1923), 'The Bahr-el-Ghazal and its waterways', 'Geographical Journal', Vol. XLI.

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Index Terms

Africa

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