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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

Postcards, Circa 1890s-1930s

 Class — Carton: 43
Identifier: 43
Abstract

Unique collection of 363 postcards of East Africa and Zanzibar. Various photographers, 1890s–1930s.

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

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Africa, East--Description and travel 1
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Kavirondo (African people)--Social life and customs 1
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