Central Africa. Early Photographs

Original photographs include: S.S. Good News on Lake Tanganyika with A.J. Swann [Alfred James Swann, Marine] on board; late Alex Carson [Alexander Carson, engineer] of the London Mission on board S.S. Good News; S.S. Good News, Lake Tanganyika, with two men including Alex Carson superintending repai...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds, Box 30
Date(s) of creation: c.1880s-c.1890s
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.04.08.03.02
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scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/Africa/Odds, Box 30
callnumber CWM/LMS/04/08/03/02
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/04/08/03/02
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prefix_number 02
title Central Africa. Early Photographs
scb_date_creation c.1880s-c.1890s
scb_level File
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scb_extent 20 items
format Archive
description Original photographs include: S.S. Good News on Lake Tanganyika with A.J. Swann [Alfred James Swann, Marine] on board; late Alex Carson [Alexander Carson, engineer] of the London Mission on board S.S. Good News; S.S. Good News, Lake Tanganyika, with two men including Alex Carson superintending repairs in the dry dock; Swann's tent; studio portrait of 3 men associated with the Central Africa Mission, Dunn [James Dunn], Swann [Alfred James Swann] and Brooks [Arthur Brooks], 1882; 'LMS comrades' [Central Africa Mission]; 'Willoughby [William Charles Willoughby] with natives', c.1882-1883; Kambole; Mirambo. Also includes postcards and printed images, including image from newspaper entitled 'The lifeboat on its way from Zanzibar to Ujiji', c.1890; Zigua Village; a tobacco field near Zomba; 'Pioneers in 1882'; 'Native porters at Kalungas, B.C.A.'
scb_access_status Open
language English
language_search English
scb_scripts_material Latin
scb_file_number 2
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0004.0008.0003.0002