A small brown album containing photographs measuring 135 x 85 mm, plus four index prints. There are handwritten annotations in the album or on the reverse of the photographs. Subjects include scenes of Treetops (safari lodge) and big game, the Gerra River Nyeri, the wedding of St. John Shaw and Mary Roe, the family's bungalow and garden, Silver Jubilee celebrations at the Nyeri Club in 1935, children thatching with banana leaves, a holiday in Mombasa, views of Mount Kilimanjaro, Free Town, Mombasa, Bamberri Beach, native fish traps, drying fish and Fort Jesus.
Album of family photographs taken in Kenya 1934-1936
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- ReferenceGB 115 RCS/Y3046G
- Dates of Creation1934-1936
- Language of MaterialEnglish .
- Physical Description47 item(s) 47 images
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
Donated in person to the Royal Commonwealth Society Library in Cambridge by Mrs. Jean Graves, 20th June 2002. Mrs Graves acquired the album as part of a job lot from a saleroom. She does not know who took the photographs.
Note
Includes index.
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