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EAP1143/1
- Record Id:
- 032-003477744
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003477744
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100099182766.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1143/1
- Title:
- Uganda Railway photos circa 1901 (Kenya and Uganda)
- Scope & Content:
-
Collection of photographs from the Nairobi Railway Museum, taken circa 1901 before and during the construction of the Uganda railway which run through present day Kenya and Uganda.
Extent: The sample photographs are taken from two albums both titled Uganda Railways 1901.
Condition of original material: Some photos are fading but most are still intact within the albums.
Custodial history: All the photographic material belongs to the Nairobi Railway Museum which is a subsidiary of the state cooperation - Kenya Railways. Over the years Kenya Railways has previously operated under the names Uganda Railway and East African Railways and Habours.
Publisher(s): Uganda Railways/Kenya Railways.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Kenya-Uganda Railway Line Project
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003477744", "parent" : "#", "text" : "EAP1143/1: Uganda Railway photos circa 1901 (Kenya and Uganda)" },{ "id" : "040-003477745", "parent" : "032-003477744", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1: Uganda Railways 1901" },{ "id" : "041-003477746", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/1: Wahimbwas at Fort Ternan" },{ "id" : "041-003477747", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/2: Wasari people of Kasangunga" },{ "id" : "041-003477748", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/3: Kakanaga hills from Wasari Point Kasagunga" },{ "id" : "041-003477749", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/4: Native dance. Rongo Kavirondo" },{ "id" : "041-003477750", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/5: Uketch chief of Kasagunga" },{ "id" : "041-003477751", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/6: On Suri Point rocks. Karunugu" },{ "id" : "041-003477752", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/7: Ubbo chief of Kadem" },{ "id" : "041-003477753", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/8: Men of Kadem" },{ "id" : "041-003477754", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/9: Leaving Yangachi camp. Kadem" },{ "id" : "041-003477755", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/10: Chief of Rusinga's sons and daughter. Mbita passage" },{ "id" : "041-003477756", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/11: Sunga hill. Rusinga" },{ "id" : "041-003477757", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/12: Mbita passage south side" },{ "id" : "041-003477758", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/13: Mbita passage from north side" },{ "id" : "041-003477759", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/14: Girls of Rusinga" },{ "id" : "041-003477760", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/15: Mbita passage south side" },{ "id" : "041-003477761", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/16: Marriageble girls race. Rongo." },{ "id" : "041-003477762", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/17: 'Ugada'. Sultan of Kisumu" },{ "id" : "041-003477763", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/18: A Kisumu crowd at P.Florence" },{ "id" : "041-003477764", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/19: Tobacco field. Nyera.Kisumu" },{ "id" : "041-003477765", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/20: Camp at Kisowu. Nandi" },{ "id" : "041-003477766", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/21: Boys Race. Rongo.Kavirondo" },{ "id" : "041-003477767", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/22: Rusinga Islanders" },{ "id" : "041-003477768", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/23: Entebbe market" },{ "id" : "041-003477769", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/24: Hauling up dhow. Port Alice" },{ "id" : "041-003477770", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/25: Cattle at Port Alice" },{ "id" : "041-003477771", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/26: Telegraph station. Entebbe" },{ "id" : "041-003477772", "parent" : "040-003477745", "text" : "EAP1143/1/1/27: Cattle at Port Alice" },{ "id" : "040-003477773", "parent" : "032-003477744", "text" : "EAP1143/1/2: Uganda Railways 1901" },{ "id" : "041-003477774", "parent" : "040-003477773", "text" : "EAP1143/1/2/1: Wakikuyu kraal" },{ "id" : "041-003477775", "parent" : "040-003477773", "text" : "EAP1143/1/2/2: Wakikuyu kraal" },{ "id" : "041-003477776", "parent" : "040-003477773", "text" : "EAP1143/1/2/3: Masai Women" },{ "id" : "041-003477777", "parent" : "040-003477773", "text" : "EAP1143/1/2/4: Lumbwa people in 1890" },{ "id" : "041-003477778", "parent" : "040-003477773", "text" : "EAP1143/1/2/5: Rongo camp near Kitoto store" },{ "id" : "041-003477779", "parent" : "040-003477773", "text" : "EAP1143/1/2/6: Wahimbwas at Fort Ternan" },{ "id" : "041-003477780", "parent" : "040-003477773", "text" : "EAP1143/1/2/7: Wahimbwas at Fort Ternan" },{ "id" : "041-003477781", "parent" : "040-003477773", "text" : "EAP1143/1/2/8: Wahimbwas at Fort Ternan" },{ "id" : "041-003477782", "parent" : "040-003477773", "text" : "EAP1143/1/2/9: Sample album page" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003477744
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- EAP1143/1/1 : Uganda Railways 1901
EAP1143/1/2 : Uganda Railways 1901
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- 032-003477744
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1143/1
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 36 TIFF images
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP1143-1
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1896
- End Date:
- 1906
- Date Range:
- c 1901
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- East Africa Protectorate [Kenya]
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Access is for research purposes only
- Custodial History:
- Material in this collection was created as part of the EAP1143 The Birth of a Nation: preserving records on the Kenya-Uganda railway line project.
- Former External References:
- Row 4, Shelf 2: HISTORICAL KENYA/ UGANDA RAILWAYS 1901
- Source of Acquisition:
- Received from project holder Ms Chao Maina, December 2019 (accession record EAP1143/1)
- Arrangement:
- All albums within the archive have been arranged alphabetically according to the classification of events in which they depict. The albums titled "Uganda Railway 1901" are under the category "HISTORICAL KENYA".,,,Railway Museum staff responsible for arrangement
- Administrative Context:
- EAP1143/1 was funded by the Endangered Archives Programme. It created digital copies of records located in The original material is located in Nairobi Railway Museum.
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies are also held by the Nairobi Railway Museum
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located at the Nairobi Railway Museum, Kenya
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)