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Title
Governor of Tanganyika attending a ceremony in Njombe, 1925
Date Created and/or Issued
1925-08-23
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk
National Library of Scotland
National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK
The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License.
manuscripts@nls.uk
Description
“Governor of Tanganyika on right beside Mr Anderson, saluted by 500 school children, Njombe, 23 August 1925 - National anthem conducted by teacher in foreground. Iringa Mission, Church of Scotland”. ❧ Exterior view of a large crowd of children saluting the dignitaries standing on the far right of the photograph. A conductor faces the crowd with his baton raised and behind the crowd is a fortified wall and gate. This image belongs to an album of photographs collected by Dr. Stevenson and includes images from India, China and Africa. ❧ Sir Donald Charles Cameron was appointed governor of Tanganyika in 1924 and believed in developing indirect rule and encouraged rapid growth in the education system and African civil service.
Type
image
Format
Photographic prints, 14 x 8.8 cm.
Identifier
impa-a-nls-75638747-1.tif
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78621
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-a-nls-75638747-1.jpg
Subject
Cameron, Sir Donald Charles, colonial governor, 1872-1948
Crowds
School children
Ceremonies
Time Period
1925-08-23
Place
Africa
Iringa
Iringa region
Tanzania
Source
Acc.7548/F/4 [Reference number]
NLS DOD ID: 75638745 [File]

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