Sierra Collection

The City Hotel, Freetown, Sierra Leone
The City Hotel, Sierra Leone, made famous by author Graham Greene. Now demolished. The hotel was first mentioned in Greenes 1936 book Travel Without Maps

Sierra Leone - Freetown - The Law courts Date: circa 1905

Sierra Leone Freetown
Viewed from the sea. town

Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Fourah Bay College, Mount Aureol, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Founded in 1827 by the Church Missionary Society as an Anglican missionary school, it is the oldest university in West Africa

Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw
Promotional postcard for Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw. First produced at the Royal Court Theatre, 21st May 1905

Boats in Susans Bay, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1920s

William Rowland Peck
WILLIAM ROWLAND PECK English missionary in Sierra Leone Date: circa 1840

Sierra Leone General
Rural scene with elephant

Train in snowsheds, Sierra Nevada mountains, USA
Train passing through snowsheds on the Southern Pacific line Ogden route, Sierra Nevada mountains, California, USA. Date: 1907

Sierra Nevada. Date c1878

Smelting Furnace - Sierra Leone, West Africa
Smelting in a bloomery-type furnace in Sierra Leone, West Africa. circa 1910s

Moyamba, Sierra Leone, Madam Yoko, Chiefs, Colonial Officers
At Moyamba, the capital and largest city of Moyamba District, in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone ( Sierra Leone Colony and Protectorate - British colonial administration) - D.C

Queen Messi of Massa, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Royal transport for Queen Messi of Massa in the Sherbro region of Sierra Leone, West Africa. She was on her way to a political meeting. Her top hat is a sign of her authority. Date: 1922

Sunday morning, Regent, Sierra Leone
Churchgoers walk down the hill from St Charles Church, after Sunday morning service. Regent Village, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1982

Goderich Beach, Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone, Goderich Beach. People crowd on to the beach when the fishing boats return from sea. In 1982 the beach was a busy fishing village

Boy with fishes, Sierra Leone
African boy with handful of five fishes freshly landed on Goderich Beach, Sierra Leone, West Africa Date: circa 1982

Sierra Leone - Gbangbama Devils (Native Jesters). Sierra Leone has a rich cultural history, with a strong presence of traditional local mascots, who (to this day) appear in the form of devils

Sierra Leone, West Africa - Husking of Rice pestle & mortar
Sierra Leone, West Africa - The husking of rice using a pestle and mortar - common traditional domestic scene of food preparation. Date: circa 1910s

Guinea, Benin and Sierra Leone

Kroo Town, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa

Sierra Leone Kroo Town in Freetown probably 1920s

Battle of Somosierra - Pensinsular War
Peninsular War. Battle of Somosierra (Spain). Polish troops fought in the Battle of Somosierra (November 30, 1808), during the Spanish War of Independence

Monastery of Santa Maria. Cloister of the Porteria. Built between 1575 and 1578 in Renaissance style. It is attributed to the master Juan de la Sierra the Elder

Sierra Leone, the Racehorse
Racehorse Sierra Leone had achieved a run of seven races without being unplaced. Also pictured are owner Edward Stanley, Lord Derby (1865-1948), jockey Tommy Weston(1902-1981) and the Hon

Spain, Valencia province. The Albufera lagoon. Engraving by Sierra, 19th century. Cronica General de Espana. Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias. Valencia, 1867. Date: 2018

Spain, province of Valencia. Porta Coeli Charterhouse. Carthusian monastery founded in 1272 by Andreu d'Albalat, confessor to King Jaume I. Engraving by Sierra, 19th century

Spain, province of Valencia, Sagunto. View of the ruins of the Roman Theater. Illustration by Sesma. Engraving by Sierra, 19th century. Cronica General de Espana

Spain, Valladolid. University. Main facade, built between 1716 and 1718 in Baroque style. It was part of the works to enlarge the building of the university

Spain, Zamora. Cathedral. Illustration by Letre
Spain, Zamora. Cathedral. It was founded by King Alfonso VII and consecrated in 1175. Illustration by Letre. Engraving by Sierra, 19th century

Spain, Zamora province, Toro. Collegiate of Santa Maria la Mayor. Illustration by Letre. Engraving by Sierra, 19th century

Spain, Leon. The Basilica of San Isidoro - Romanesque church
Spain, Leon. The Basilica of San Isidoro. Romanesque church built between the eleventh and twelfth centuries. Illustration by Letre. Engraving by Sierra, 19th century

Spain, province of Leon. Castle of Ponferrada. Illustration by Letre. Engraving by Sierra, 19th century. Cronica General de Espana, Historia Ilustrada y Descriptiva de sus Provincias

Beech Baron G-AZDK, with Beech Sierra G-BBXU
Beech 95-B55 Baron G-AZDK (msn TC-1406), with Beech B24R Sierra G-BBXU (msn MC-238), at Eglinton on 7 August 1976. Date: 1976

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor cigarette card. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) British composer of mixed race ancestry. His father came from Sierra Leone & his mother was English

Evelyn Dove by Kay Vaughan. Evelyn Dove (1902-1987) London-born singer & actress. Mixed race daughter of a Sierra Leone barrister & his English wife

Victoria's Memorial Service, Victoria Park, Sierra Leone
Queen Victoria's Memorial - Service held in Victoria Park, Freetown, Sierra Leone on 2nd February 1901. On the day of the late Queen's funeral - services such as this were held all across

Spain. Valley of the Fallen (Valle de los Caidos). 1940-1958. Monumental memorial dedicated by the Franco regime to the dead of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Legionnaires in the front of the Sierra chopping pines and filling sandbags to make barricades against the enemy aviation

SIERRA LEONE UNDERTAKERS
Black humour : The premises of Bungie the undertaker, Sierra Leone, Africa. He is as ready to offer good advice to the living as he is to provide for the needs of the dead! Date: 1930s

Convair 580 N73153 (msn 179), of Sierra Pacific Airlines, in storage pending sale to Kelowna Flightcraft. (Built as a CV-340-60)

Freetown, Sierra Leone
View of Freetown, capital city of Sierra Leone in 1874. 1874

Nomadic Giagas or Gallas, a ferocious, warlike people from Sierra Leone who destroyed the Kingdom of Benguela (Angola), depicted with spears, shields and cudgels

Mandingo dancers dancing a cullunjee
Mandingo women dancing a cullunjee. They wear tall feather hats, painted faces, and grass skirts, and beat time with drums and wooden castanets

Street vendors, Sierra Leone, West Africa. 1892

Evelyn Dove by Macari (Italy). Evelyn Dove (1902-1987) London-born singer & actress. Mixed race daughter of a Sierra Leone barrister & his English wife

Evelyn Dove (1902-1987) London-born singer & actress. Mixed race daughter of a Sierra Leone barrister & his English wife. Trained at the Royal Academy of Music (1917-1919)

Mende men playing Warri, Gold Coast, West Africa
Men of the Mendi (Mende) country playing a game called Warri, Gold Coast (then part of the British Empire, now part of Sierra Leone), West Africa

GRANADA / SIERRA NEVADA
Granada: view of the Sierra Nevada from the Alhambra gardens Date: 1908

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