Mounted photographs

Title

Mounted photographs

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 17 / B10 (items 1-25)

Summary

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

Date

1911-1912

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box