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British East Africa, 1900-1920

 Record Group — Group: 8, Album: 1
Identifier: 8-1
Abstract

The Count of Turin’s safari through British to German East Africa.

Dates: 1900-1920
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs / British East Africa

British East Africa & Kenya, Circa 1890s-1930s

 Record Group — Group: 43, Album: 2
Identifier: 43-2
Abstract

An album of postcards, mostly of Mombasa and Nairobi, taken during the early 1900s through 1930s. Some postcards depict major Nairobi streets such as Sixth Avenue, renamed Delamere Avenue (now Kenyatta Avenue), and Government Road (now Moi Road) over the years. Other postcards include photographs of Kikuyu and Kavirondo people dressed in ceremonial garb, and various agricultural concerns, including the growing and processing of coffee and sisal.

Dates: Circa 1890s-1930s
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs / Postcards

East Africa

 File — Envelope: 76
Identifier: 76
Abstract

Group of 7 original photographs of undetermined origin. Several of the photographs are labeled in pencil on the back, identifed as Mombasa or Zanzibar. Based on the clothing worn by Europeans in the photos, they were taken in the late 1890s or early 1900s.

Dates: 1860-1960; Majority of material found within 1880-1920
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

East Africa Protectorate, Circa 1899-1902

 Record Group — Carton: 21
Identifier: 21
Abstract

Original photographs, compiled during the construction of the Uganda Railway.

Dates: Circa 1899-1902
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

Mombasa, 1902-1906

 Record Group — Album: 41
Identifier: 41
Abstract

R.W. Hamilton's album of original photographs of Mombasa. Unidentified photographer, 1902-1906.

Dates: 1902-1906
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

Mombasa, 1900

 File — Album: 42
Identifier: 42
Abstract

Album of original photographs of Mombasa by William D. Young, 1900.

Dates: 1900
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

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Young, William D., active 1890-1920 2
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Hamilton, R. W. (Robert William), 1867-1944 1
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