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A very small herd-boy, Transkei

 Item — Photograph: 17
Identifier: Photograph 17
Scope and Contents

Photo No.DR.133 Issued by the State Information Office, Pretoria. ; Foto No.DR.133 ; Uitgereik Deur Die Staatsinligtingskantoor, Pretoria. ; 'N baie klein skaapwagtertjie, Transkei. ; 17 ; DR.133 ; SA-87--Verso

Dates: ca. 1935-1977

Abyssinia, 1860s and 1870s

 File — Envelope: 7
Identifier: 7
Abstract

Collection of 10 portraits of important African explorers. Various photographers, 1860s and 1870s.

Dates: 1860s and 1870s

AEC, African location unknown, 1975

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: TL010-XXF-AEC-1970-0001
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The photographs in the William Luke Photograph Collection are, as a general rule, arranged by the country in which the bus is located, the manufacturer of the bus, the decade in which the photograph was taken, and a four-digit number assigned to each photograph. However, photographs in the Collection of buses from Austria and Switzerland are arranged by the country in which the bus is located, whether the bus is a postbus or not, the...
Dates: 1975

[African boy washing bus with hose.  Bus has "Zwelitsha Bus Service" painted on it.]

 Item — Photograph: 2
Identifier: Photograph 2
Scope and Contents

Title supplied by cataloger, no information provided on image to transcribe. ; 2 ; SA-72--Verso

Dates: ca. 1935-1977

AFRICAN COMMUNITY CENTRE, 1947-03-13

 Item — paper: 315
Identifier: Paper 315
Scope and Contents

1 ; GH-304 -- Verso

Dates: 1947-03-13

Album II

 Record Group — Group: 28, Album: 2
Identifier: 28-2
Abstract

Contains numerous snapshots of the building of the German East African railway

Dates: Circa 1905-1907

Album III, Circa 1905-1914

 Record Group — Group: 28, Album: 3
Identifier: 28-3
Abstract

Photographs of railway construction in German East Africa and African life in German East Africa and in Togo.

Dates: Circa 1905-1914

Album IV, Circa 1905-1914

 Record Group — Group: 28, Album: 4
Identifier: 28-4
Abstract

This album largely contains photographs of a recreational nature; travel, hunting, domestic scenes and African life.

Dates: Circa 1905-1914

[An African women standing, wrapped in a blanket with, with a long smoking pipe.]

 Item — Photograph: 1
Identifier: Photograph 1
Scope and Contents

Title supplied by cataloger, no information provided on image to transcribe. ; Transkei ; Xhosa ; 1 ; SA-71--Verso

Dates: ca. 1935-1977

Au Congo Belge, 1949-12

 Item — Photograph: 9
Identifier: Photograph 9
Scope and Contents Le s/w Kigoma construit en 1914, naviga 10 ans sur le Mississipi.  Acheté en 1924 par un organisme de transports fluviaux de la Colonie, il fut affecté au service des passagers, sur le fleuve Congo et sure le Kasai, jusqu'en 1948.  A cette époque il fut rettiré du service de navigation pour être affecté à une école destinée à former des pilotes, mécaniciens et bateliers indigènes.  La durée des cours est de 2 1/2 ans dont 12 mois de théorie à bord du bateau-école et 18 mois de pratique à...
Dates: 1949-12

Bakoni Chief - Sekhukhuneland Frank Maserumule

 Item — Photograph: 28
Identifier: Photograph 28

Bay bombardment, Circa 1910

 Item — Group: 46, Envelope: 1
Identifier: 46-1
Abstract

Photograph of a bay during or after bombardment from sea.

Dates: Circa 1910

Bilder aus Deutsch Ost-Afrika, Circa 1905-1914

 Record Group — Group: 28, Album: 1
Identifier: 28-1
Abstract

Mostly photographs of landscapes and village life; some portraits of Europeans.

Dates: Circa 1905-1914

Blankenberg Motor Bodies, Leyland, South Africa, 1955

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 61
Identifier: TL010-SA-BRI-1950-0003
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The photographs in the William Luke Photograph Collection are, as a general rule, arranged by the country in which the bus is located, the manufacturer of the bus, the decade in which the photograph was taken, and a four-digit number assigned to each photograph. However, photographs in the Collection of buses from Austria and Switzerland are arranged by the country in which the bus is located, whether the bus is a postbus or not, the...
Dates: 1955

Bloemfontein, South Africa, Starting 1978

 Item — Box: 11, Folder: 101
Identifier: TL010-SA-MIS-1970-0002
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The photographs in the William Luke Photograph Collection are, as a general rule, arranged by the country in which the bus is located, the manufacturer of the bus, the decade in which the photograph was taken, and a four-digit number assigned to each photograph. However, photographs in the Collection of buses from Austria and Switzerland are arranged by the country in which the bus is located, whether the bus is a postbus or not, the...
Dates: Starting 1978

Bombardment of Zanzibar, 1896

 Record Group — Album: 58
Identifier: 58
Abstract

Series of 17 original photographs recording the aftermath of the British bombardment of Zanzibar in August 1896.

Dates: 1896

British East Africa, Between 1900 and circa 1920

 Record Group — Carton: 8
Identifier: 8
Abstract

Group of 5 albums recording colonial life and native life. 1900 to circa 1920. The subjects vary from album to album, several of which appear to have been compiled for Inglis’s mother.

Dates: Between 1900 and circa 1920

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

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Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies 103
Northwestern University Transportation Library 59
 
Subject
Buses--South Africa 37
Africa, East--Description and travel 12
Transkei (South Africa) 12
Dirt roads 10
Men 10
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Landscapes 9
Mamelodi (Pretoria, South Africa) 9
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Mombasa (Kenya)--Description and travel 7
Zanzibar--Description and travel 6
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Buses--Africa 5
German East Africa--Description and travel 5
Johannesburg (South Africa) 5
Meadowlands (Soweto, South Africa) 5
Women 5
Xhosa (African people) 5
Africans--German East Africa 4
Bagamoyo (Tanzania) 4
Children 4
Egypt--Description and travel 4
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Africa, Southern--Description and travel 3
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Animals--Africa, Eastern 3
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Europeans--Africa, East 3
Europeans--German East Africa 3
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Johannesburg (South Africa)--Maps 3
Kenya--Description and travel 3
Nile River--Description and travel 3
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Suez Canal (Egypt) 3
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Uganda--Description and travel 3
World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Africa, East 3
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Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)--Description and travel 2
Europeans--Africa, East--Social life and customs 2
German East Africa--History, Military 2
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Karamojong (African people) 2
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Men, White 2
Mountains 2
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Railroads--German East Africa 2
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Transvaal (South Africa) 2
Woodshops 2
Africa 1
Africa--Politics and government--1945-1960 1
Afrikaans language 1
Agricultural high schools--South Africa--Tsolo 1
Agriculture--Africa, East 1
Agriculture--Africa, Eastern 1
Animals--Africa, Southern 1
Armbands 1
Automobiles--Cleaning 1
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Barns 1
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British Leyland Motor Corporation 15
Busaf (Firm) 15
Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft 7
Marcopolo (Firm) 6
Inglis, Lidy 5
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Arnoux, Hippolyte 3
Hicks-Beach, Susan Evelyn, 1878-1965 3
Orléans, Hélène d', Princess of France, 1871-1951 3
Prencke, Paul 3
Uganda Railway 3
Wissmann, Hermann von, 1853-1905 3
Young, William D., active 1890-1920 3
A. C. Gomes & Son 2
Deutsch-Ostafrikanische Gesellschaft 2
Great Britain. Army 2
Great Britain. Army. East African Force 2
Great Britain. Army. King's African Rifles 2
Hodgson, Geo. H. (George H.) 2
Howard, W. S. 2
King, G. R. 2
Van Hool (Firm) 2
Wangemann, J. 2
Alba, Jacobo Stuart Fitz-James y Falcó, duque de, 1878-1953 1
Associated Equipment Company 1
Baker, Florence, Lady 1
Baker, Samuel White, Sir, 1821-1893 1
Berger, Arthur, 1871-1946 1
Binks, H. K. (Herbert Kay), -1971 1
Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 1
Cameron, Verney Lovett, 1844-1894 1
Caxton P & P Co. 1
Coutinho Bros. 1
Coutinho, Felix 1
DAF (Firm) 1
Dobbertin, Walther 1
Duhaga II, King of Bunyoro, 1882?-1924 1
E.G. Wood (Firm) 1
Elliott & Fry 1
Emin Pasha, 1840-1892 1
Figueira, D. V. 1
Girouard, P. C. (Percy Cranwill), Sir, 1867-1932 1
Grant, James Augustus, 1827-1892 1
Hamilton, R. W. (Robert William), 1867-1944 1
Hino Jidōsha Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha 1
J.B. Coutinho 1
Kayser, Paul, 1845-1898 1
King, Horatio Nelson, 1828-1905 1
Leggett, Ada, 1864-1959 1
Leggett, Edward Humphrey Manisty, Sir, 1871-1947 1
Livingstone, David, 1813-1873 1
Lobo, Alfred 1
London Stereoscopic Company 1
Lord, A. R. P. de (A.R. Pereira) 1
MAN Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH 1
Marchand, Jean-Baptiste, 1863-1934 1
Maull & Co. 1
Mayall, J. E. (John Jabez Edwin), 1813-1901 1
Newton & Co. (London, England) 1
Park, E. N. 1
Perbandt, C. von (Conradin) 1
Pereira de Lord Brothers 1
Piscicelli, Maurizio, 1871-1917 1
Portland, Ferdinand William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1888-1980 1
Raphael Tuck & Sons 1
Schirmer, F. J. H. Erich 1
Speke, John Hanning, 1827-1864 1
Standard P & P Works 1
Stanley, Henry M. (Henry Morton), 1841-1904 1
Sturtz, J. 1
Tyler Apparatus 1
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