Mounted photographs, 1911-1912
File
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 17 / B10 (items 1-25)
Black and white mounted photographs captioned as follows:
- (1) view of Noqui, Portuguese Congo, below Matadi
- (2) flotilla of tiny canoes, Baringa beach, upper Congo
- (3) path through gorge and village on sea shore, St. Paul de Loanda
- (4) lighthouse on rock, near Cape Verde, group of islands
- (5) sunset at Cape Lopez, shewing [sic] river steamer of Ogowé
- (6) Benguella pier whence slaves are shipped to Cocoa Islands
- (7) rowing boat pulling hard against the current above the Devil's Cauldron, lower Congo. Forced to abandon journey and return down stream
- (8) Lada bathing in Juapa River
- (9) one of the narrowest portions of main Congo. Same volume of water 20 miles wide at Stanley Pool. No soundings at this point at one mile
- (10) telegraph posts on banks of Kasai River, near Kwamouth
- (11) women washing in river at Novo Redondo, Angola
- (12) palm trees on banks of Kasai River
- (13) the beach at Yalemba, Stanley Falls District
- (14) palm growing on banana spit, mouth of the Congo
- (15) South African liner, on which Mr. and Mrs. Harris travelled, detained at Madeira to load extra coal on account of the strike
- (16) South African liner, detained to take on coal at Madeira, owing to coal strike
- (17) backwater near Lobito Bay, the home of flocks of flamingos
- (18) lome and pier, Togoland
- (19) boats carrying repatriated "servicaes" ashore at Novo Redondo from S. S. Zaire
- (20) Novo Redondo, showing the old slave route on the left
- (21) woman catching shells with basket in surf. Shells exported from Loanda for decorative work
- (22) landing stage and Bay of Principe with highest peak in distance
- (23) loading palm kernels, Cabinda
- (24) taking skins on board the S. S. Zaire at San Thiago, Cape Verde Islands
- (25) loading palm oil at Batanga
Dates
- Creation: 1911-1912
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 17 / B10 (items 1-25)
Repository Details
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