Partial sequence of mounted photographs, some with captions

Includes buildings, landscapes, groups, customs, activities (such as dancing, fishing, and cooking), and individuals. Groups include: "native helpers", Kuruman [British Bechuanaland, later South Africa] district; the Industrial School, Hope Fountain, Matabeleland [Southern Rhodesia, later Zimbabwe];...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/Photographs/Box 1
Date(s) of creation: c.1880 - c.1910
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: CWM/LMS/Africa/Photographs/Box 1
Summary: Includes buildings, landscapes, groups, customs, activities (such as dancing, fishing, and cooking), and individuals. Groups include: "native helpers", Kuruman [British Bechuanaland, later South Africa] district; the Industrial School, Hope Fountain, Matabeleland [Southern Rhodesia, later Zimbabwe]; harvest thanksgiving at Selepeng, Bechuanaland Protectorate [later Botswana]. People include: "Mathooagae, native evangelist"; His Honour Ralph Williams [Resident Commissioner of the Bechuanaland Protectorate] at "Kyolla" [?Kgotla, Serowe]; [2nd Lord Selborne, earlier Lord Wolmer]; Lady Selborne [nee Lady Beatrix Cecil]; Chief Khama [III]; [George] Wilkerson; the King's son, Nyamara. Other places and buildings include: Vryburg Town Hall and English Church, South Africa, ?"Somery Shash River", Lake Ngami and Ngamiland [Botswana], Tiger Kloof [South Africa], "Phalapye" [Palapye, Botswana] New English Church, "Kanyi" [Kanye, Botswana] Church, Serowe [Botswana], Mbereshi [Northern Rhodesia, later Zambia].
Previous numbers: A21, A22, A24, A?26, A27, A29, A30, A31, A33, A35
Extent: 31 sepia or black and white prints mounted on 10 cards
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright probably expired
File number: 2
Copies: Several prints are marked up for publication, including Williams, the Selbornes, and Khama, published in The Chronicle (August 1908).
Format: Archive