Mounted photographs

Title

Mounted photographs

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 17 / B17 (items 1-20)

Summary

Black and white mounted photographs captioned as follows:

(1) village of Ilinga, where Mr. and Mrs. Harris slept. Home of mutilated lad Impongi. Houses barricaded against nightly prowl of leopards

(2) Catholic schools, built by wealthy Portuguese lady resident in Loanda

(3) large fish caught near Basankusu, upper Congo

(4) missionary's house at Yalemba. Material imported from Europe. Mr. Harris on verandah

(5) ivory at Basoko, main Congo

(6) evening scene in riverside village of Boondi, Aruwimi. Oldest residents saw Stanley pass down from Yambuya to Basoko

(7) "servicaes", graveyard on cocoa roço. San Thomé

(8) Congo state camp at Lisala. Stanley Falls District

(9) loops of vine in Congo forest

(10) cattle rearing on the Aruwimi

(11) railway bridge over Catumbella River, Angola

(12) a loop of a giant vine, Ikelemba forest

(13) section of Lazarette on one of Congo state rubber plantations, Barumbu

(14) agent of Katanga Company, Kasai, on whose grounds Mr. and Mrs. Harris encamped whilst waiting for steamer

(15) Mr. Harris with Stanley's camera

(16) cotton plantation at Catumbella, Angola

(17) Mr. Harris and Rev. Chas. Dodds conversing with state soldiers, near Lisala camp

(18) a wayside station on the Congo railway

(19) general view of farm buildings at Dima, headquarters of Kasai Company

(20) repairing bridge over forest swamp, Kasai – Sankuru District

Date

1911-1912

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box