Janus: Photographs of Nyasaland [i.e. Malawi], c. 1955

RCS contains:
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Y304G	Kenneth Robinson collection on Africa
Y304H-L	G.H. Williams' collection on North Africa
Y304M-O	W. Powell collection on Africa 1930s
Y304P	Lubumbashi Falls collection
Y3051A	Views of Nyasaland [i.e. Malawi] 1885-86
Y3051B	Photographs of Nyasaland [i.e. Malawi], c. 1955
Y30521C	Thompson collection on Northern Rhodesia/Zambia
Y3052B	Photographs of Mashonaland and Matabeleland
Y3052C	Alexander Russell Southern Rhodesia [i.e. Zimbabwe] photographs, 1900-1901
Y3052D	Alexander Russell Rhodesia [i.e. Zimbabwe] photographs 1900-7
Y3052E	Views of the Victorian Falls
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Photographs of Nyasaland [i.e. Malawi], c. 1955

Title	Photographs of Nyasaland [i.e. Malawi], c. 1955
Reference	GBR/0115/Y3051B
Creator	Malawi. Federal Information Department
Covering Dates	circa 1955 (The issuing date of the Federal Information Department, 5 February 1955, is stamped on the reverse of each print.)
Extent and Medium	6 images; Good condition.
Repository	Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library

Content and context

A collection of loose prints, measuring approximately 205 x 150 mm. The views shown, all uncaptioned, have not been identified.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Photographs of Nyasaland [i.e. Malawi], c. 1955, Y3051B

Further information

Indexed

This collection level description was entered by SG using information from the original typescript catalogue.

This collection is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche number 136.

Index Terms

Africa

Malawi

Malawi. Federal Information Department

RCS/Y3051B contains:

Aerial view of a town. 205 x 152 mm. View looking down onto a section of a town (?Zomba or Blantyre) with wooded hills in the distance.
Good condition..

Dam and reservoir. 206 x 153 mm. Showing water flowing through the sluices of a small dam, with part of the reservoir visible in the background. Possibly Zomba Mountain.
Good condition..

Hydro-electric generating machinery. 205 x 152 mm. Showing banks of electricity generating equipment. Possibly at Zomba.
Good condition..

Factory machinery. 154 x 197 mm. Showing an unidentified piece of equipment (?a boiler of some sort) inside a factory.
Good condition..

Crossing a river by ferry. 207 x 152 mm. Showing a ferry, loaded with a motor car and a few passengers, being hauled by ropes across an unidentified river. With a girder bridge in the background. Possibly the new rail bridge at Chiromo.
Good condition..

Streambed. 154 x 203 mm. Showing a small stream running along the bed of a steeply banked ravine, with a figure standing in the foreground.
Fair condition, some bends..