African Collection (page 126)

Belgian Congo - Market at Kabinda
A native Central African market at Kabinda, Congo

Southern Africa - Lesotho (formerly Basutoland)
Lesotho (formerly Basutoland), Southern Africa - a traditional village

Ivory Coast - Abidjan
River crossing at Abidjan, Ivory Coast with a railway carriage crane, ready to unload arriving cargo

Zagnanado, Benin (formerly Dahomey)
Wonderfully-decorated old Royal house at Zagnanado, Benin (formerly Dahomey), West Africa

Hut Tax War, Sierra Leone
A good specimen of a taxed hut, the subject of the Hut Tax War, an insurrection by the native population in pockets of Sierra Leone

Spahis, 1915
Reading a comunique to the Spahis, Recy, near Chalon, Marne on the French front during World War I in July 1915

Izmir, Turkey - Wrestling match
A wrestling match between African and a Turkish professional wrestlers at Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey - posted from the Russian Post office to Lyon from Smyrna by a French tourist

Rolling a Palm Oil Cask - Nigeria

Ghana - Fish Drying Kilns

View of stamer, traps and dead hippo / Livingstone expedition
View of Dr. David Livingstones steamer, the Lady Nyassa which he had built in Britain and shipped over in sections, with a dead hippopotamus, caught by traps, in the foreground

Livingstones steamer in sections at Birkenhead
The steam launch, Lady Nyassa, funded entirely by Livingstone, is seen being loaded, in sections, at Birkenhead from where it will journey to the Zambesi in Africa

Pier at Cape Town, South Africa
Promenade Pier at Cape Town, South Africa

Egypt - Boulaq, Cairo - Market
The market at Boulaq (also spelled Bulaq) - a district of Cairo, Egypt. It neighbours Downtown Cairo, Azbakeya, and the River Nile

Egypt - The Citadel
A line of wonderful old taxi cabs parked below the imposing fortifications of the Cairo Citadel

Egypt - Alexandria - Mahmoudieh Canal
Egypt - The Mahmoudieh Canal, the water highway between Alexandria and the River Nile

Egypt - Rod el Farag - Pot Factory
A Pottery at Rod el Farag, Cairo, Egypt

Casablanca, Morocco
Casablanca - Before the bombardment of the Moroccan Campaign. On 30th July 1907, 9 Europeans (including 5 French) Port Employees were killed

Morocco - Street Sweepers
Road Sweepers in Morocco, connected by a rope (to prevent them sweeping the same patch twice)

An English Church - Port Said, Egypt

Suez - Railway Station - Egypt

Egypt - Basket Makers
Basket Makers - Egypt

Football Team at Guercif, Morocco. Seemingly an early incarnation of beach football!

Egypt - Cairo - Al Ashraf Mosque
Egypt - Cairo - Sultan Al Ashraf Barsbay (Barsbey) Mosque

Port Said - The Native Quarter

Entrance to the Prison, Rabat, Morocco
The Prison Gate - Rabat, Morocco. The fine arched entrance has been bricked up for its new role for keeping those within, firmly within!

Seasonal Greetings card (Christmas) from Egypt
Christmas Wishes from Egypt to a Dear Mother with a scene of the banks of the River Nile with boats (feluccas and dhows) moored up on the riverbank

Morocco - Marrakesh - Ben-Youseff Mosque

Lady Water Carriers, Port Said Egypt

Sudanese Bichereen girls
Two Sudanese Bichereen girls

The Pyramid of Djoser (Zoser), or step pyramid, part of the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest of the city of Memphis. It was built for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser by his Vizier Imhotep

Casablanca - Morocco - View of the Harbour
View of the Harbour, Casablanca, Morocco with shipping lying off the ciast awaiting the given slot to moor up

Bedouin Man - Sinai, Egypt. Egyptains call the Sinai Peninsula the " Land of Fayrouz"

Egypt - Noontide rest in the Oasis

Basha Menebhi returning from midday prayers
Morocco - Mogador (Essaouira) - Basha Menebhi returning from midday prayers at the Mosque

Egypt - Open Air Restaurant and Water Seller
An open Air restaurant in Egypt and a water seller / carrier

Ber-Rechid, Morocco - Gourbi Huts
Traditional Arab huts / shelters (Gourbi) at Ber-Rechid, Morocco made out of reeds

Morocco - Marrakesh - Tombs of the Saadien Kings

Egypt - Port Said - Statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps
Egypt - Port Said - Inauguration of a Statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps. Ferdinand Marie, Vicomte de Lesseps, GCSI (1805 - 1894) was the French developer of the Suez Canal

Morocco - Marrakesh - Khemis Gate
The Bab Khemis - Khemis Gate - at Marrakesh, Morocco

Egypt - Cairo - Kasr-el-Nil Bridge
Egypt - Cairo - the Pont de Ghazirah (a bridge over the Nile) and a street scene in the city

Sudan - Upper Reaches of the Nile

Egypt - Cairo - Donkey Ride
Two women (from a local indigenous tribe) take a donkey ride with their young children

Egypt - Fresh Water Reservoirs - Port Said

Egypt - Cairo - The Citadel and village
Arabian Village set under the imposing walls of the Citadel, Cairo, Egypt

Tetuan - Morocco - Partial View of the town

Egypt - Cairo - Kasr-el-Nil Bridge and Girl
Egypt - Cairo - The entrance to the Pont de Ghazirah - a bridge over the Nile at Cairo built by a French Ironworks. When Egypt became British, the two statues of the (very English) lions were added

Egypt - Rue du Commerce
Commercial Street - Port Said, Egypt

Egypt - Port Said - The Franz Joseph Quay

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