Two goats on a street in Bambana, Sierre Leone. Photograph, c. 1911.
- Date:
- 1911
- Reference:
- 29707i
- Pictures
About this work
Publication/Creation
1911
Physical description
1 photograph : photoprint, silver gelatin ; sheet 8.3 x 13.3 cm
Lettering
old Bambana
The lettering is hand-written in black ink on the mount
Notes
Contained in an album of photographs describing conditions of hygiene in West Africa. The album was presented to Sir William John Simpson (1855-1931) by R.H. Kennan, and probably by Simpson to the Wellcome Institute in 1911. Simpson, knighted in 1923, was Professor of Hygiene at Kings College, London, and lectured on hygiene at the London School of Tropical Medicine, 1898-1923. He investigated plague and health conditions in many countries
Reference
Wellcome Collection 29707i
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores