Photographs of Quentin Grogan, 1911-1916

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One contact sheet; ten negatives. Contents include photographs of:

(item 1) Quentin Grogan on safari in Kenya, 1911
(item 2) Quentin Grogan on safari in Kenya, 1911
(item 3) porters returning home from safari with ivory tusks, c. 1911
(item 4) East African Mounted Rifles setting off to Longido, 1914
(item 5) East African Mounted Rifles in the Longido area, 1914
(item 6) biplane in German East Africa, 1914
(item 7) wrecked German train near Tanga, 1914
(item 8) Irene Sanderson, Grogan's wife, c. 1912
(item 9) Turi: the sawmills at 'The Pagoda', 1915
(item 10) 'The Pagoda': Turi. The Grogans' home (1915-1934) the main Nakuru-Londiani Road, 1916.

Dates

Creation: 1911-1916

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MSS. Afr. s. 2155/2, folder 2

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Quentin Grogan, brother of Ewart Grogan, was a hunter who settled in Turi early in the century, where he ran a sawmill.

Related Materials

Grogan's hunting diaries and memoirs were copied in England for the Kenya National Archives in 1984, as were his photographs, with the kind permission of his daughter, Mrs J. Wasbrough.