| Title |
General Photographs of Bechuanaland (Botswana) |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y30549B |
| Creator |
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Central Office of Information |
| Covering Dates |
1960–1965 |
| Extent and Medium |
29 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 by the Central Office of Information. The prints measure approximately 205 x 155 mm and have typewritten captions on the reverse.
Received by the Royal Commonwealth Society on 14th October 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 Bechuanaland (Botswana), Y30549B |
| 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 numbers 151-152.
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| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Botswana |
| Central Office of Information |
| RCS/Y30549B contains: |
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1
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General view of Serowe. 203 x 157 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'tribal capital of the Bamangwato. It is one of the four villages in the Protectorate with a population of more than 10,000. This photograph was taken from the Khama Memorial above Serowe'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Good condition.. |
July 1960 |
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2
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The Council Chamber, Serowe. 202 x 156 mm. Showing the small single storey council chamber at Serowe.
Good condition.. |
Aug. 1963 |
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3
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Housing for clerks and other Government employees at Serowe, tribal capital of the Bamangwato Reserve. 204 x 156 mm. Showing a row of small government houses with a family working on a vegetable patch in the foreground. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Good condition.. |
July 1960 |
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4
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A watering point at Serowe. 203 x 155 mm. Showing villagers filling metal drums at a Serowe watering point with a bullock team pulling a large barrel of water in the background. The caption on the reverse reads 'Water is pumped from bore-holes - of which there are several in the village'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Good condition.. |
July 1960 |
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5
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General view of Moshaneng Asbestos Mineworks, Kanye. 203 x 157 mm. A view from the top of a hill of excavated earth looking down onto the asbestos mine buildings.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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6
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Bagging asbestos at Moshaneng Mine, Kanye. 156 x 204 mm. Showing asbestos from a conveyor belt being loaded into sacks.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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7
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Installing new machinery at Bamalete Manganese Mine, [illegible word]. 188 x 156 mm. Showing African workers operating pipe bending machinery with factory buildings and plant in the background.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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8
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Cattle and herdboy at watering place at Setekwana, on the fringe of the Kalahari Desert. 203 x 155 mm. Showing an African boy driving cattle along a track. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Good condition.. |
July 1960 |
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9
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Cattle Ranch, Molopo. 157 x 152 mm. Showing rows of penned cattle beside a road, with hills in the distance. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Good condition, apart from small ink stain.. |
May 1960 |
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10
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Dressing carcasses in the flaying room at Lobatsi Abbatoir. 198 x 157 mm. Showing workers clearing a row of cattle carcasses.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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11
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Carcases and workers in the abattoir at Lobatsi. 156 x 205 mm. Showing two Africans beside a carcass in the flaying room at Lobatsi Abbatoir. The caption on the reverse reads 'This abattoir is of the U.K. Colonial Development Corporation's two major development schemes in the Protectorate - the other being an agricultural and ranching scheme in the Chobe Crown Lands'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Good condition.. |
July 1960 |
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12
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Inside Sashi Tannery, Serowe. 201 x 156 mm. Showing a worker feeding a length of hide into machinery at Sashi Tannery.
Good condition, apart from small ink stain.. |
Aug. 1963 |
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13
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A worker at the Mahalapye [i.e. Mahalatswe] Agricultural Experimental Station, which was set up in 1947. 156 x 198 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'Maize, sorghum, millet, beans and cotton are grown. Maize is the favourite food in Bechuanaland, but sorghum is the crop best suited to the droughty climate. Shown here is a field of sorghum, with plants covered by envelopes to control pollination'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Good condition.. |
July 1960 |
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14
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The old and the new at Mahalapye [i.e. Mahalatswe] Agricultural School. 203 x 157 mm. Showing two horse-drawn ploughs at work beside one drawn by a tractor.
Good condition.. |
July 1963 |
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15
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A crop of bullrush millet, a traditional crop, on the Mahalapye [i.e. Mahalatswe] Agricultural Experimental Station, which was established in 1947. 204 x 156 mm. Showing an African examining a plant in a field of Bullrush millet. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Good condition.. |
July 1960 |
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16
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An African farm on the Bangwaketse Reserve. 204 x 156 mm. Showing a cultivated field (? maize) with two African women standing in the foreground, and rounded hills in the distance. The caption on the reverse reads 'Before working with the Agricultural Department the farmer grew only sorghum, but now grows maize, millet, beans, sunflowers, sweet sorghum, pumpkins and water-melons. The tribal land system decrees that all land belongs to the tribe, but the Chief permits members to farm sections of it for an indefinite period. Up to 300 acres may be allotted to those paying hut tax, after the age of about 20'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Good condition.. |
July 1960 |
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17
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Pounding grain sorghum at Kasane. 156 x 201 mm. Showing an African woman in the village square pounding sorghum with a wooden pestle and mortar. Beside her stands a child and two hens.
Good condition.. |
Aug. 1963 |
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18
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Students use blackboards to practice writing and drawing at the Government Teacher Training College, at Lobatsi. 204 x 156 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'This, the only teacher training college in the Protectorate, accomodates a maximum of 100 students, fifty boys and fifty girls. A Colonial Development and Welfare Grant of £40,000 was made towards the establishment of the college'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Good condition.. |
1960–1965 |
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19
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Pupil nurses outside the Sekgoma Memorial Hospital, Serowe. 201 x 156 mm. Showing three pupil nurses standing in front of the hospital entrance.
Good condition.. |
Aug. 1963 |
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20
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Machaneng: Villagers take their place in the lorry which provides a local bus service. 203 x 155 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'The round hut in the background is the Post Office'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Good condition.. |
July 1960 |
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21
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At the village of Mochudi in the Bakgatla Reserve. 204 x 156 mm. Showing a procession of women, led by a chanting man. The caption on the reverse reads 'The procession is announcing a wedding to the 'Kgotla', or general meeting, of the Tribe. A 'Kgotla' is arranged whenever the Chief wants to talk to adult males and (on occasion) to women and children. The Bakgatla tribe is widespread, mostly in the Transvaal'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Good condition.. |
July 1960 |
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22
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In the Bamangwato Reserve: a line of women carrying their babies. 204 x 157 mm. Showing a line of women, with babies on their backs, walking across rocky scrubland in the Bamangwato Reserve. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Good condition.. |
July 1960 |
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23
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Tatitown [?Old Tati]: two children, with huts built by inhabitants in background. 203 x 156 mm. Showing two children standing in the gateway of a brushwood stockade at Tati with circular thatched huts in the background.
Good condition.. |
Aug. 1963 |
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24
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Mashona women with their produce at African Market Square, Francistown. 204 x 156 mm. Showing two Mashona women seated on the ground, with woven goods laid out around them.
Good condition, apart from slight ink stain.. |
Aug. 1963 |
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25
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Road maintenance: A 'bush drag' - a tractor pulling a bush. 204 x 156 mm. The caption on the reverse reads 'This method is used to reduce corrugation and level dirt roads'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Good condition.. |
July 1960 |
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26
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A dug-out canoe near Maun. 155 x 203 mm. Showing an African standing in a dugout on the riverbank or lakeshore near Maun, the tribal capital of the Tswana in north west Botswana.
Good condition.. |
Aug. 1963 |
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27
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Ranching in the Kalahari. 202 x 155 mm. Showing sandy scrubland interspersed with trees and bushes in the Kalahari. The caption on the reverse reads 'Official British mission investigates Bechuanaland's possibilities. An example of bush vegetation on the Kalahari'.
Good condition.. |
1960–1965 |
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28
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A Tsetse fly control point near Maun. 202 x 156 mm. Showing a land-rover parked at a control point, with an official questioning two men beside the vehicle.
Good condition.. |
Aug. 1963 |
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29
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Chobe Game Reserve, Bechuanaland [i.e. Chobe National Park, Botswana]. 203 x 157 mm. Showing a herd of elephants in Chobe Game Reserve. The caption on the reverse reads 'The 4,500-mile Chobe Game Reserve, named after the Chobe River, a main source of the Zambesi River contains a superb variety of wild animals, including many species which are rare or extinct in other parts of Africa'. A more lengthy caption summarises the physical and human geography of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
Good condition.. |
Jan. 1965 |
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