1929 photographs

Photographs taken during Alexander Sandilands' missionary work in Bechuanaland [Botswana]. Dates and numbers written on the reverse of the photographs by Ian Sandilands relate them to incidents in Alexander Sandilands' 1929 correspondence (see MS380813/2/3): "Crossing a car on the pontoon [bridge] a...

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Order number: MS 380813 Box 3
Date(s) of creation: Jan 1929-Nov 1929
Level: File
Format: Archive           

Order number: MS 380813 Box 3
Summary: Photographs taken during Alexander Sandilands' missionary work in Bechuanaland [Botswana]. Dates and numbers written on the reverse of the photographs by Ian Sandilands relate them to incidents in Alexander Sandilands' 1929 correspondence (see MS380813/2/3): "Crossing a car on the pontoon [bridge] at Maun"; "Glimpse of the Chobe River at Kavimba"; unidentified view of road; Maun mission compound; brick making at Maun mission compound; views of the Sandilands' car while travelling in the bush; landscape view, Goha Hill in distance; Sandilands' car at Maun mission compound; saw pit at Maun mission compound; Alexander Sandilands seated at typewriter; church at Kanye [?]; Alexander and Doris Sandilands standing beside car; groups of Europeans, including "Mr Lange", "Mrs Lange", "Mr Lewis", "Mrs Lewis", "Miss Hale" and Doris Sandilands; group of Africans in front of wagon; "School children, Maun"; unidentified view of African children; Doris Sandilands seated in front of car in bush; view of Thamalakane River; gauze room [nursery] at Maun mission compound.
Extent: 31 photographs
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by SOAS, University of London
Language: English
Finding aids: Handlist available
Related material: For Alexander Sandilands' 1929 correspondence, see MS380813/2/3
Format: Archive