Pith Collection (page 2)

COLONIALISM / LORD CURZON
Lord Curzon of Kedleston with the Maharaja of Rewa and Captain Wigram in the jungle with his bag of tigers. Date: 1903

Snake Charmer - South Africa Date: circa 1920s

English drummer boy, near Colesberg, South Africa
English drummer boy, writing a letter to his mother after the victory at Colesberg, South Africa, during the Second Boer War. Just behind him, two soldiers relax at the entrance to their tent

Colonial passengers in rickshaw, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Colonial passengers in a rickshaw outside Acland House, Colombo Commercial Co Ltd, Lillie Street, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Mayo Gate and Iron Pillar, Delhi, India. circa 1910

Making pith helmets for the German Afrika Korps - WWII
Making Type I pith helmets for the German Afrika Korps - WWII. Insertion of the ventilation cap on the top of the helmet. Date: 1942

King Prempeh Is humiliation, 1896
" One of the Govenors demands made after the Ashanti rebellion was that King Prempeh should make abject submission in accordance with the native custom

Richard Corfield distributing arms at Burao Fort
Richard Corfield, British colonial and leader of the mounted Camel Constabulary, distributing arms to friendlies in Burao Fort, Somalia just before the evacuation

F J Newman, Pretoria Scout Troop, South Africa
F J Newman, Scoutmaster, Pretoria Scout Troop, South Africa

Mari Indus Railway Station, North West Frontier Province (then in British India, now in Pakistan), with soldiers and a GIP military train. Date: circa 1919

Catholic Mission, Abeokuta, Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa. Date: circa 1904

Group photo, British officers, East Africa, WW1
Group photo, British officers, in East Africa during WW1. From left, front row: R E Herring, Dr Jewell and Major Sweeny, all of whom were awarded the MC. 1917

2nd Dragoons Scout, Royal Scots Greys
2nd Dragoons Scout of the Royal Scots Greys, a regiment present at the Relief of Kimberley during the Second Boer War. Date: circa 1900s

Caricature of Sir Garnet Wolseley and Ahmad Arabi
Caricature of Sir Garnet Joseph Wolseley (1833-1913), British army commander, and Ahmad Arabi (Ahmed Urabi or Orabi, Arabi Pasha, 1841-1911), Egyptian army leader

English Colonial District Commissioner, Nairobi, Kenya
G. B. Rimmington - English Colonial District Commissioner, of Baringo County, Kenya, East Africa in his full uniform (plus military medals). Date: 1934

King George V smiling
King George V (1865-1936), smiling broadly while in Egypt in 1912. Date: 1912

Samuel Baker, explorer, and King Rionga
Sir Samuel White Baker (1821-1893), British explorer, exchanging blood with Rionga, an African king, as part of a negotiation. Date: 1869

Group photo, Grand Masters Palace, Valletta, Malta
Group photo in the Neptune Courtyard of the Grand Masters Palace, Valletta, Malta. The men are mostly officers and VIPs. The statue of Neptune is part of a fountain, erected in 1615. Date: circa 1900

Uniform of 7th Queens Own Hussars
A corporal in the uniform of the 7th Queens Own Hussars, complete with sword and riding boots. Date: C.1912

British troops marching to Baghdad, Mesopotamia, WW1
British troops marching to Baghdad, Mesopotamia (now Iraq) during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

German Skutari Detachment inspection, Albania, WW1
The German Skutari Detachment during an inspection of troops, Scutari, Albania, First World War. Date: circa 1914

HMS Firefly, river gunboat, Mesopotamia, WW1
HMS Firefly, a British river Fly-class gunboat, with gun in action in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Captured by the Turks in 1915, and recaptured by the British in 1917

Kermit Roosevelt at Tikrit, Mesopotamia, during WW1
Captain Kermit Roosevelt (1889-1943), a son of the former President of the United States, seen here (left) with others at the recently captured Tikrit, Mesopotamia (now Iraq)

Soldiers in a trench, firing a machine gun, WW1
Soldiers in a trench during the First World War, firing a machine gun with a periscope attachment. Date: 1914-1918

Boer War soldier in South Africa
George Coulson, Imperial Yeomanry, while serving in the Boer War, South Africa. He died of malaria on 7 June 1901. 1890s

Studio photo, young man of Royal Fusiliers, WW1
Studio photo, a young man of the 4/1st City of London Regiment, Royal Fusiliers, seen here in uniform and pith helmet, November 1915. He is Albert Auerbach (1894-1918). 1915

Men and rickshaws, Matheran hill station, India
Men and rickshaws, Matheran hill station, Maharashtra state, India. Date: 1914

Royal Sussex Regiment soldier, Bangalore, India, WW1
Studio portrait, Royal Sussex Regiment soldier, 2/6 Battalion, Bangalore, India, 20 November 1916. Date: 1916

Group photo, British sports team, Quetta, India
Group photo, British sports team, with officers and cup, Quetta, India (now in Pakistan). circa 1930

Dr N P Jewell at Bura Camp, Kenya, East Africa, WW1
Dr N P Jewell at Bura Camp, Kenya, East Africa, during WW1. 1915

Settler with tame waterbuck, East Africa. 1919

Lt Col P W O Gorman, SMO, East Africa, WW1
Lt Col P W O Gorman SMO (right), in East Africa during WW1. 1917

Captain Alexander, 140 IFA, Lindi area, East Africa, WW1
Captain Alexander, 140 IFA (left), Lindi area, East Africa, during WW1. 1917

Group photo, Royal Sussex Regiment football team with ball and two trophies (unknown location). Date: circa 1920

Forecast of fashion for spring 1914
Fashion based on M. Gavaults comedy, Le Mannequin, in Paris, showing actresses Mlle. Ducouret and Mlle. Magde Lanzy are shown in the posed photographs wearing dresses from the play

Ebuhleni School, near Eshowe, Natal Province, South Africa
Teachers and pupils of the Ebuhleni School, at the foot of the Ngoye Hills, near Eshowe, Natal Province, South Africa, a Catholic Mission school founded by an English priest

Wale Street, Cape Town, South Africa. Date: circa 1910

Italy - Promotional postcard for Romano - Philosophy - " A Romano and a dark corner are all I need to pass an agreeable day on holiday!". Date: circa 1930s

HMS Enterprise, anti-aircraft crew, Dar-es-Salaam
HMS Enterprise, Emerald class cruiser, with anti-aircraft gun crew, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa. Date: 1928

Soldier in shabby uniform, East Africa, WW1
Soldier in a shabby uniform, in East Africa during WW1 -- uniforms got into a poor state during campaigns. circa 1917

Officers en route to convalescent home, East Africa, WW1
Officers en route to the Lady Colvile Convalescent Home in Nairobi, East Africa, during WW1. 1917

Covering fire near Salaita, German East Africa, WW1
Covering fire near Salaita, German East Africa, in March 1916, during WW1. The Battle of Salaita Hill took place on 12 February 1916, with a German victory. 1916

Major Harris with Field Ambulance Unit, WW1
Major Harris (seated), with ICFA (Field Ambulance Unit), East Africa, during WW1. 1917

Governor O Brien, Mahe, Seychelles
Governor O Brien outside Government House, Mahe, Seychelles, Indian Ocean. 1914

Visit Egypt advertisement, 1929
Advertisement promoting Egypt as a travel destination with an illustration of a glamorous couple posing against a backdrop of the Sphinx and the pyramids at Giza. Date: 1929

Government officials in a car, India
British colonial government officials in a car, India. Date: 1908

Canadian Pacific cruise passengers with train in India
Canadian Pacific cruise passengers from the Empress of Australia cruise liner, standing in front on a train which offers them a special trip across India as part of their trip. Date: 1929

Caricature of Algernon Syms, actor
Caricature of Algernon Syms (?-1915), actor. 1880

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