Mounted photographs
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 17 / B16
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Title
Mounted photographs
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 17 / B16
Summary
44 black and white mounted photographs captioned as follows:
(1) Mr. Harris greeting old chief on Bopoto Beach, upper Congo
(2) steamers Livingstone and Endeavour in Bolengi beach, near Coquilhatville. Upper Congo
(3) canoe with produce on the Aruwimi
(4) canoe laden with produce, Lulanga River. Upper Congo
(5) view of Baringa beach with mission steamer Pioneer at anchor
(6) canoeing on the Aruwimi. Mrs. Harris and native attendants in foreground
(7) railway steamer on Kasai River
(8) canoe carrying produce on Aruwimi River
(9) no caption [Mrs. Harris? in front of palm tree]
(10) leper at Euli, Ikelemba River, upper Congo
(11) no caption [forest scene]
(12) man suffering with elephantiasis
(13) S. S. Lapsley on Kasai River
(14) steamer on Kasai River, carrying to the railhead an agent of the Katanga Company far gone in sleeping sickness
(15) canoe at Baringa racing alongside that carrying Mr. and Mrs. Harris and carriers
(16) taking the anchor of S. S. Antoinette ashore at wooding post above, Tse Modane, Kasai River
(17) view on Kasai River
(18) S. S. Hemptinne on the Kasai River
(19) workshops at Dima, headquarters of Kasai Company
(20) S. S. Berthe, formerly known as S. S. Lapsley, capsized at Kwamouth in 1902, when one white man and twenty natives were drowned
(21) S. S. Wall steaming up Congo River, below Matadi
(22) no caption [tablet of blue and white mosaic in old Dutch church at Loanda, depicting battle with natives [same image as B17, number 40]
(23) no caption [white men and a woman in front of building]
(24) no caption [view of street]
(25) no caption [view of scenery]
(26) no caption [gun-turret? Same location as number 27]
(27) no caption [gun-turret? Same location as number 26]
(28) no caption (three native men)
(29) no caption [men being pushed in sledge?]
(30) no caption [anti-slavery delegation to London?]
(31) no caption [same image as number 30]
(32) no caption [same image as number 30]
(33) no caption [Mr. Harris? sitting in tree]
(34) no caption [anti-slavery delegation to London?]
(35) no caption [view of village and landscape taken onboard a boat, similar to number 37]
(36) no caption [fallen trees with water in background]
(37) no caption [view of village and landscape taken onboard a boat, similar to number 35]
(38) no caption [view of ship on water with oil rigs?]
(39) S. S. Lapsley steaming up the Kasai
(40) the sunken S. S. Matadi at Boma
(41) the S. S. Wall steaming up the Congo
(42) large canoe in which Mr. and Mrs. Harris travelled up the Maringa River
(43) bridge over the lagoon at Lobito Bay
(44) S. S. Livingstone, anchored at Leopoldville
Date
1911-1912
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Archive of the Anti-Slavery Society
Papers of the Anti-Slavery Society (original accession)
Mounted photographs
Mounted photographs
