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WW2 poster, Back Them Up! Showing a British tank attack in the Western Desert. Date: 1940s
East Africa - Eritrea - Massawa - The Governors Palace Date: circa 1931
Nigeria - A Yoruba Grocer Date: circa 1920s
Algiers, Algeria - Harbour ViewThe harbour viewed from the lighthouse, Algiers, Algeria - close to the Admiralty. Date: circa 1910s
Angraecum sesquipedale, Madagascan orchidThis species of orchid was used by Darwin to prove his theories of evolution. Illustration from The British Museum (Natural History) by Peter Whitehead and Colin Keates, 1981
Poster advertising the British Empire Exhibition, held at Wembley between April and October 1924. With special instructions not to miss the Gold Coast section. 1924
Pretoria travel posterTravel poster encouraging visits to Pretoria in South Africa. Two stylishly-dressed tourists stand on the steps of the Union Buildings and look about
Poster advertising Union Castle Mail Steamship CompanyPoster advertising the Union Castle Mail Steamship Company Limited, South African Royal Mail Service. Donald Currie & Co, Managers
Moroccan Harem - three women of the Harem seated on a fine carpet with a young child and surrounded with lush plants and octagonal Mother-of-pearl inlaid table and comfortable cushions
Egypt - Old Egyptian men at prayer
Moroccan dancerExotic Moroccan Dancer and entourage of backing clappers!
British Empire Marketing Board poster - Takoradi HarbourNative Chiefs in Palaver, Takoradi Harbour in Ghana, West Africa. Native chiefs meeting a British official or governor of the area during a period when large parts of Africa still formed part of
Morocco - Marrakesh - The Entrance to the BazaarsMorocco - Marrakesh - Entrance to the Souks
Moroccan Woman of the MountainsA Moroccan Woman of the Mountains with her young son asleep in a sling made out of the same material as her sarong-style skirt
South African Cricket Team 1935South African Cricket Team visiting England 1935 where they defeated England in the Tests
Stripping the bark from the barkcloth tree, Uganda. Barkcloth making is an ancient craft of the Baganda people who live in the Buganda kingdom in southern Uganda
West Indian MusiciansMarimba boxes feature in popular Calypso bands, Jamaica, West Indies. Date: 1960s
Algeria - Oran - Rue d Arzew. Date: circa 1910s
Tunisian Beauty showing plenty of frontA beautiful Tunisian Moorish woman who decided to forgo the usual lacing up of ones bodice for a more Summery open-air look... Date: circa 1909
Encephalartos horridus, Eastern Cape blue cycadA watercolour illustration of the Eastern Cape blue cycad (Encephalartos horridus), native to South Africa. Original artwork part of the James Yates (1789-1871)
Pietermaritzburg seen from Worlds ViewThe view from Worlds View, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Date: circa 1930s
Sierra Leone - Freetown - The Law courts Date: circa 1905
Poster advertising trips to Uganda, Pearl of Africa, depicting four springbok. 20th century
Advert for Castle LagerAdvertisement for Castle Lager featuring two Scottish soldiers in kilts - Sure we can take it....any " given" quantity
Rhinos attack a LionCurse of the Great White Rhino. Two rhinos charge and attack a Lion. Pen and Ink (with wash) preliminary sketch by Raymond Sheppard
The Marine Drive, Cape Peninsula, South AfricaThe South African Corniche : a motoring paradise - the Marine Drive, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
Surf riding at Muizenburg on the Cape CoastA contrast to the grey days at home: surf-riding at Muizenburg, the Queen of Cape Coast Watering Places. A universal summer pastime of the South African coastal resorts, surf-riding
Mossel Bay posterTravel poster for Mossel Bay in South Africa, advertising safe bathing, excellent golf, unsurpassed fishing, and illustrated by a sandy beach scene with three ladies in bathing costumes enjoying
Poster advertising Union Castle cruises for South Africa, East Africa and around the African coast
Poster advertising the British India Line to East AfricaPoster advertising cruises on the British India Line to East Africa. Departures are from London and Marseilles to Mombasa, Tanga, Zanzibar, Dar Es Salaam and Beira
The pier at Entebbe, Uganda - Lake VictoriaThe pier at Entebbe, Uganda on the shore of Lake Victoria with the steam ferryboats Clement Hill (on left) which was in service between 1906-36 and either the Winifred or Sybil (on the right)
A family of lionsWatercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith of a family of lions in sub-Saharan Africa
Mary Henrietta Kingsley, traveller and writer, in her canoe on the Ogooue (Ogowe) River in Gabon, West Central Africa, in 1896
Mungo Park reaches Kamalia, AfricaThe Scottish explorer Mungo Park reaches Kamalia in Mandingo (Mandinka, Mandinko) country, West Africa
The Victoria Falls, by Thomas BainesThe Victoria Falls from the Narrow Neck near the Eastern Headland of the Outlet, by Thomas Baines(1820-1875). Date: circa 1860s
Khadidja, Exotic Dancer with Veil - AlgeriaKhadidja, Exotic Dancer with Veil (barely!) - Algeria. Date: circa 1910s
Madimba - Congo - Pipe-smoking ladyA rather powerful looking lady from the Congo, smoking a pipe and carrying a large wicker basket on her head. She is the wife of the Chief of the Mpongo Tribe of Kibweta, Madimba, Congo, Africa
Mali, Africa - Young women from TimbuktuMali, Africa - Two young women from Timbuktu Date: circa 1910s
Zagazig - Egypt - Railway Station Interior Date: circa 1906
Dressing Fante Ladys hair - Sekondi, Gold Coast, AfricaDressing a Fanti (Fante) Ladys hair - Sekondi, Gold Coast, West Africa (modern Ghana). Date: circa 1910s
Ibadan Gate - Nigeria, West AfricaIbadan Gate No.4 and Iwo Gate - Nigeria, West Africa Date: circa 1905
Beach Hostelry, Fedala (Mohammedia), MoroccoBeach Hostelry, Fedala (Fedhala, now Mohammedia), Morocco. Date: circa 1930
Proconsul africanusAn illustration of the extinct primate, Proconsul africanus. Like Dendropithecus, they mostly lived in tropical forests in East Africa during the Miocene about 50 million years ago
Mali, Africa - Two women from Timbuktu Date: circa 1910s
Dinka warriors - Bor District, South Sudan (Upper Nile)circa 1910s
Giant Baobab Tree - Congo, Central Africa. Date: circa 1906
Algiers, Algeria - Waterfront BoulevardsAlgiers, Algeria - Les Boulevards et les Coteaux (the slopes/ramps) de Mustapha Superieur. Date: circa 1920s