| Title |
General Photographs of Basutoland (Lesotho) |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y30547A |
| Creator |
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Central Office of Information; Unknown |
| Covering Dates |
1963–1964 |
| Extent and Medium |
25 images in 1 file; Good condition. |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
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| Content and context |
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A collection of loose prints mostly measuring 205 x 155 mm. The collection consists of 21 photographs by the Central Office of Information and four from an unknown source (no. 4-6 and 9). The prints are captioned on the reverse.
Received by the Royal Commonwealth Society on 13th December 1965.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, General Photographs of Basutoland (Lesotho), Y30547A |
| Further information |
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Indexed
This collection level description was entered by KS using information from the original typescript catalogue.
This collection is available on microfiche: Africa, fiche number 150.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Lesotho |
| South Africa |
| Central Office of Information |
| RCS/Y30547A contains: |
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1
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Prime Minister Chief Lebua Johnathon on steps of his country house. 109 x 155 mm. A full length portrait of Prime Minister Jonathan (1914-1987) standing at the entrance to his country house. Jonathan had been Prime Minister of Lesotho since 1965, until ousted in 1986.
Good condition.. |
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2
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Exterior, post office at Maseru. 205 x 154 mm. A view from the street showing the front façade of the post office at Maseru, capital of Lesotho, with a row of cars parked in the foreground.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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3
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Exterior, post office at Maseru. 203 x 155 mm. A view from the street showing the front façade of the post office at Maseru, capital of Lesotho.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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4
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Maseru Winter, 1964. 128 x 80 mm. Showing an unidentified stone building set in a landscape of deep snow. The building (with the Union Jack flying from a mast in front of the house) is possibly the British Residency. The snowfall of the winter of 1964 was the heaviest in living memory in Maseru.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1964 |
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5
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Maseru Winter, 1964. 126 x 77 mm. Showing a snow covered brick bungalow at Maseru.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1964 |
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6
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Maseru Winter, 1964. 157 x 109 mm. Showing a small church in Maseru covered in snow.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1964 |
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7
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Maseru Winter, 1964. 205 x 153 mm. Showing the Roman Catholic Cathedral at Maseru in a landscape of snow.
Fair condition, slight ink-staining on print.. |
1964 |
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8
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Children from St. Bernadette's school with Catholic Cathedral, Maseru, in background. 189 x 155 mm. Showing two girls from St Bernadette's School studying a book, with the Roman Catholic Cathedral in the background.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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9
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Maseru Winter, 1964 - the heaviest snowfall in living memory. 205 x 155 mm. Showing the snow covered driveway entrance to a house in Maseru.
Creator: Unknown.
Good condition.. |
1964 |
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10
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University of Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland [now the University of Lesotho]. 156 x 108 mm. Showing the buildings of the three-nation university at Roma. Originally the Pins XII Catholic University College, the non-denominational university came into existence on January 1 1964. With the change of name of two of the participating states, it later became the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (U.B.L.S.). The Roma Campus was nationalized in October 1975 and thenceforward became the National University of Lesotho.
Good condition.. |
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11
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A drummer in the band of the Maseru Police Training School. 186 x 153 mm. A close up portrait of a drummer holding his sticks and wearing a leopard skin tunic.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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12
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A member of the guard of honour at Maseru Police Training School. 157 x 204 mm. A head and shoulders portrait of a member of the guard of honour on parade.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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13
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Sisters at the entrance of Butha Buthe [i.e. Butha-Buthe] Mission Hospital. 153 x 179 mm. Showing three nuns standing at the entrance of the Butha Buthe Mission Hospital in northern Lesotho, with a range of hills in the background.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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14
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A sister with a patient in a ward of Butha Buthe [i.e. Butha-Buthe] Mission Hospital. 200 x 157 mm. Showing an African sister standing beside a patient's bed in the mission hospital.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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15
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Soil erosion prevention. 150 x 109 mm. Showing trenches being dug and strengthened at an unidentified location.
Good condition.. |
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16
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Building a new road near Malea-Lea Bridge. 205 x 155 mm. Showing an African Public Works Department bulldozer driver loading earth onto a lorry.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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17
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Public Works Department labourers built [sic] a new road at Malea-Lea Bridge. 157 x 204 mm. Showing an African worker operating a pneumatic drill while another removes broken pieces of rock from the hole thus made.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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18
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Public Works Department labourers build a new road at Malea-Lea Bridge. 204 x 156 mm. Showing three Public Works Department labourers placing explosive on partially cleared land.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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19
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Cattle and herder in the Blue Mountain [i.e. Thaba Putsoa] Pass area. 205 x 157 mm. Showing a young shepherd herding cattle along a hill track in western Lesotho.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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20
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Village scene. 204 x 156 mm. Showing a village square bordered by stone and mud huts, with a group of young lambs in the foreground.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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21
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Carrying water to a mountain village. 207 x 154 mm. Showing a young girl carrying a metal bucket on her head with the thatched stone huts of the village beyond and mountains in the distance.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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22
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Drying wool at Mt Moorosi, near Quthing. 205 x 156 mm. Showing an African farmer tying lengths of wool to a barbed wire fence.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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23
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Basuto horsemen in traditional costume. 150 x 107 mm. Showing a group of Basuto men on horseback wearing brightly patterned woven cloaks. The reverse of the photograph bears the stamp of the Public Relations Officer, Agricultural Department, Maseru.
Good condition, apart from small ink stain.. |
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24
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Dancing at Matsieng. 243 x 164 mm. Showing a tribal dance in progress at Matsieng ('the place of Letsie's people'), the royal capital of Lesotho founded by Letsie I (1811-91).
Good condition.. |
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25
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General view of the border gate between Basutoland [i.e. Lesotho] and South Africa. 182 x 153 mm. A view from the South African side of the border looking through the gates to Lesotho.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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