Old photographs, stamps and film · 1896–1960
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Stone tools from rock shelters, nomoli figures turned up in farms, iron smelters, and the ivory carvings Sapi artists made for Portuguese traders in the 1400s and 1500s.
Spinning top of ivory and wax Collected 1930–31
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The slave trade on this coast and the people who came out of it: the captives of Bunce Island and the Amistad, the Black Poor, Nova Scotian and Maroon settlers, and the Liberated Africans freed from slave ships.
BEATTY(1915) Fig26 Sierra Leone, Sherbro Beach, where Hawkins landed for slaves published 1915
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An autobiography (electronic resource)- the story of the Lord's dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the colored evangelist - containing an acco 1921
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Where people lived: streets, markets, houses, churches and mosques, and the villages upcountry.
The Lisk-Carew Bros. studio, Freetown 1938
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Freetown rooftops 1915
Sir Kenneth James Beatty · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Kroo Town Road 1911
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A building on the waterfront c. 1911
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Near Rock Street 7 Nov 1942
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A Freetown street in wartime 7 Nov 1942
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"Walls" Refreshment Bar, Charlotte Street c. 1905
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Bumboats off Freetown 1941–42
Anthony Gross · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
FORBES(1910) 03 Freetown, the United Bethren Home published 1910
Forbes, Edgar Allen (& Photographer) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Government House, Freetown, Sierra Leone circa 1910
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HEARD(1911) 03 E.T. Martyn published 1911
Heard, William H. (William Henry), 1850-1937 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
HEARD(1911) 04 H.M. Steady published 1911
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Rice farms, palm oil and kernels, fishing nets and traps, cooking, shops, mines and markets: the work that fed the country and paid its way.
Market day on Sackville Street 1915
Sir Kenneth James Beatty · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
The stores of Pickering & Berthoud c. 1905
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The "cabbage" from the oil palm, Sherbro (Alldridge, 1901) 1901
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A coconut palm in full bearing, Sherbro (Alldridge, 1901) 1901
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Banana Island, Sierra Leone (West Africa) 1905 (12312269234) 1905
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A dying native industry: weaving fine cloth in a barri at Gigbehma, Tunkia country, 1910 1910
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A mud-walled, thatched store up-country, 1910 1910
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Picking palm kernels, Sierra Leone Lisk-Carew postcard, c. 1905–1920s
Lisk-Carew Brothers, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Copyright Sierra Leone: photographs: 50 years after publication. See http://www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/2011-08.pdf ( · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Reaping rice, Sierra Leone protectorate Lisk-Carew postcard, c. 1905–1920s
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Sir Samuel Lewis's house, with Temne, Mende, Susu and Vai workers, 1916 1916
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Hammock of plain and brown cord Collected by 1928
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A man hoeing the ground, Mende country, 1930–31 1930
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What hands made: country cloth spun and woven on the narrow loom, gara dyeing, baskets, pots, carving and smithing.
Weaving country cloth on a narrow loom, Upper Mende, 1901 1901
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A camwood tree, Upper Mende country (Alldridge, 1901) 1901
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Inside a Mende town: houses and cloth drying, 1930–31 1930
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Inside a smithy, Kissi country, 1930–31 1930
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Putting up a web: laying the warp for the loom, Kissi country, 1930–31 1930
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Round basket with a lid, Sierra Leone peninsula Collected by 1931
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Calabash bowl with a lid, Sierra Leone peninsula Collected by 1931
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Carved calabash with a lid, painted white, Sierra Leone peninsula Collected by 1931
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Calabash spoon Collected by 1931
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Clay pot of coarse ware, Sierra Leone peninsula Collected by 1931
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Plaited tray, Sierra Leone peninsula Collected by 1931
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Round basket with a hinged lid closed by a peg, Mende Collected by 1931
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What people wore and how they wore it: gowns and wrappers, head-ties and hats, hair dressed for the occasion, beads and bangles.
A man in uniform in front of a house, Kissi country, 1930–31 1930
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Bondu girls in full dress, hair dressed high (Lisk-Carew postcard) 1930
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Six-toothed hair comb with burnt-in stripes, collected 1931 Collected by 1931
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Bracelet late 19th or early 20th century
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Necklace of small brown seeds, 3.6 metres long, Vai, collected 1931 Collected 1930–31
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Brass ornamental knife in a fringed red leather sheath, Vai Collected 1930–31
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The things of every day: spoons and bowls, mortars, knives and axes, bags and canes, toys and games.
A side street in Bonthe, Sherbro, with a fruit stall, 1901 1901
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Kinta, a Kuranko town built among boulders, Balia, 1901 1901
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The town of Mabile on the Rokel River, 1910 1910
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A boy with a toy, by a house, Mende country, 1930–31 1930
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Source ↗ · Report this picture
A young woman with her washing bowl (Lisk-Carew postcard) 1930
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Wooden spoon with a burnt-in pattern, Sierra Leone peninsula Collected by 1931
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Flat wooden serving spoon, Sierra Leone peninsula Collected by 1931
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Chewing stick for cleaning the teeth, Sierra Leone peninsula Collected by 1931
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Plaited plate with a small handle, Mende Collected by 1931
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Plaited plate with a rayed pattern, Mende Collected by 1931
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Small plaited bast bag with a lid, Mende, collected 1931 Collected by 1931
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Wooden mortar on a foot, Mende Collected by 1931
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The Sande (Bondo) and Poro societies and their masquerades, nomoli and minsereh figures, and the churches and mosques. Pictures of society matters stay behind a notice, out of respect.
PARKS(1899) Freetown, Sierra Leone. New Mission Church published 1899
Parks H.B. (?- 1936) ; Butcher, Charles Simpson; Lankford, John Anderson, (1874-1946) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
PARKS(1899) Sarah Gorham Mission House, Magbele, Sierra Leone published 1899
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Female Figure (Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Mende or Bullom style, unknown maker) early 1900s
Africa, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Mende or Bullom style, unknown maker artist · Public domain (CC0) · Cleveland Museum of Art · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Figure of the cult of the dead 1900–71
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Minsereh figures of the Yassi society (Alldridge, 1901) 1901
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The installation of the Sokong of Imperri, with Tasso men (Alldridge, 1901) 1901
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HEARD(1910) 01 - A.M.E. Sierra Leone Annual Conference , West Africa published 1910
Heard, William H. (William Henry), 1850-1937 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
HEARD(1910) 02 - A.M.E. Missionary Society, Sierra Leone Annual Conference published 1910
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HEARD(1910) 03 - A.M.E. Seminary, Freetown, Sierra Leone published 1910
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HEARD(1910) 04 - A.M.E. Day School at Senduga, Sierra Leone published 1910
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HEARD(1910) 05 - Choir New Zion A.M.E. Church, Freetown, Sierra Leone published 1910
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HEARD(1910) William H. Heard, A.M.E. Bishop of West Africa published 1910
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Drums, horns, harps and rattles, dancers and drummers, and the bands of the city.
A drummer, Mende country, 1930–31 1930
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Thatched round house with a painted band of triangles, Kissi country, 1930–31 1930
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A group of dancers, Kissi country, 1930–31 1930
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Wilhelm Råberg playing a balangi (xylophone), 1956 1956
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Lidded basket with an openwork band, Sierra Leone peninsula Collected 1930–31
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Dance rattle of wooden discs on a bent cane Collected 1930–31
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Wall ornament of two cut boards with burnt-in pattern, Bullom, collected 1931 Collected 1930–31
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Wall ornament of two cut boards, collected 1931 Collected 1930–31
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A head of guinea corn (sorghum) on its stalk Collected 1930–31
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A head of guinea corn (sorghum) Collected 1930–31
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Ball of raw rubber, a toy Collected 1930–31
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Horn ring with a carved plate, Vai, collected 1931 Collected 1930–31
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Classrooms and Qur'an schools, Fourah Bay College, teachers and students, at home and abroad.
Handbook to the ethnographical collections (1910) (14783046642) 1910
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Dr. Milan Kalous (1936-2017) Teacher, Author, Expert on African History (28371617458) Taken in 1968
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Cloth, collected 1931 Collected 1930–31
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Paramount chiefs and their courts, governors and presidents, independence, parades, rallies and the law.
Fabanna, Paramount Chief of the Vassa country, 1901 1901
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Chief Kai Lundu of Luawa in his gown, 1901 1901
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Sir James Shaw Hay, Governor of Sierra Leone 1888–91 (Alldridge, 1901) 1901
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Sinkunia, Dembella country (Alldridge, 1901) 1901
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A young Upper Mende chief (Alldridge, 1901) 1901
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Charles Anthony King Harman 1904 1904
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A travelling palm-wine seller; Alimami Momo, chief of the Temne in Freetown, 1910 1910
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Kutubu, Paramount Chief of Upper Bambara, with his secretary, Pendembu, 1910 1910
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The installation of the Sokong of Imperri, with Tasso men in their headdresses, 1910 1910
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BEATTY(1915) Fig10 Weaving country cloth published 1915
Beatty, Kenneth James, (Sir); Sierra Leone. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
BEATTY(1915) Fig12 Gbangbama Prison published 1915
Beatty, Kenneth James, (Sir); Sierra Leone. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
BEATTY(1915) Fig14 A natural Bridge on the road to Gbangbama published 1915
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The Hut Tax War, Freetown's harbour in the two world wars, the civil war of 1991–2002 and the soldiers and peacekeepers who came after.
Bai Bureh 1898
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Troops embarking at Freetown for Douala 1914
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Ground crew wheel a Hurricane onto the runway at Hastings airfield c. 1942
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Military Parade Watched by Governor Leslie Probyn 1904–10
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A Mandingo man in war dress covered in gris-gris, each holding a verse of the Koran, 1910 1910
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War fences: the stockades that once ringed most towns, 1910 1910
T. J. Alldridge · Public domain · Internet Archive · Source ↗ · Report this picture
FORBES(1910) 04 Freetown, Officers of the American Navy ashore published 1910
Forbes, Edgar Allen (& Photographer) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
British forces boarding at Freetown to attack the port of Douala (Cameroon): [press photograph] / [Agence Rol] 1914
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BEATTY(1915) Fig21 Freetown, West African Soldiers published 1915
Beatty, Kenneth James, (Sir); Sierra Leone. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
British Expeditionary Force in Freetown, 1919 1919
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War club, Kissi Collected by 1931
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A-Sierra-Leone-regiment-falling-in-for-parade-1939-142355129755 1939
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Hospitals and healers, the Ebola epidemic of 2014–16 and the people who fought it, and the floods and the mudslide of 2017.
The Yassi society's medicine house under a cotton tree (Alldridge, 1901) 1901
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An outhouse (latrine), Mende country, 1930–31 1930
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1952-03-10 Fulton Adam Sierra Leone 001 2023
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Strainer without a handle, Vai Collected 1930–31
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Broom Collected 1930–31
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Oblong basket with a handle, Bullom Collected 1930–31
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Wooden mortar on a low foot, for pounding rice Collected 1930–31
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Spoon Collected 1930–31
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Round plaited sieve for grain Collected 1930–31
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Oblong plaited sieve for grain Collected 1930–31
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Square plaited sieve for grain Collected 1930–31
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Small plaited tray Collected 1930–31
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How people and goods moved: canoes and steamers, the railway (1896–1974), lorries, bridges and the airport.
The Cotton Tree, Bungalow Train 1910s
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Outside the booking office 7 Nov 1942
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Congo Bridge, Mountain Railway 1910s
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Cotton Tree Station 1915
Sir Kenneth James Beatty · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Hammock Bridge, Sierra Leone Lisk-Carew postcard, c. 1905–1920s
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Moa river bridge, Sierra Leone Lisk-Carew postcard, c. 1905–1920s
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A bridge built in the local way, Taiama, 1930–31 1930
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A bridge, Kissi country, 1930–31 1930
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Fishing boats in Freetown harbour (Lisk-Carew postcard) 1930
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Source ↗ · Report this picture
A hammock bridge of lianas (Lisk-Carew postcard) 1930
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A rope bridge on a forest path (Lisk-Carew postcard) 1930
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Pilot Officer J H Smythe of Sierra Leone, a newly-qualified navigator, being instructed in the use of the sextant by an instructor at No. 11 1939–45
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Mountains, rivers, beaches, forests and the animals and birds that live in them.
The Mamba mountain, Bomaru (Alldridge, 1901) 1901
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Tropical foliage: fern-covered trees (Alldridge, 1901) 1901
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River landscape 1930
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The Kissi country, 1930–31 1930
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Bo, Sierra Leone. Washing in a stream. c 1944 (3134620258) 2008
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Rubber Trees, Bo, Sierra Leone c 1944 (3134620086) 2008
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Landscape Photographed 1930–31
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Portraits and gatherings: people photographed by others, most of them still unnamed. If you know someone here, tell us.
Girls-susu-tribe 1944
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Sierra Leone c 1944 (3133799291) 2008
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Silversmith, Sierra Leone, c 1944 (3133797649) 2008
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Dr Kamara (or Amara) with his wife and children, 1956–57 1956
Råberg, Wilhelm [?] · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Source ↗ · Report this picture
My father in Sierra Leone (22171528228) c. 1944
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The coast and the country as mapmakers drew them, from the Portuguese pilots to the surveyors of the colony.
Plan of Free Town, Public Works Department 1911
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Sierra Leone 1898 1898
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Map of A.M.E. mission centres in Sierra Leone and Liberia (1899) published 1899
Parks H.B. (?- 1936) ; Butcher, Charles Simpson; Lankford, John Anderson, (1874-1946) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
(1899) Map Sierra Leone and Liberia published 1899
Parks H.B. (?- 1936) ; Butcher, Charles Simpson; Lankford, John Anderson, (1874-1946) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Atlas of the French colonies: 27 map plates, explanatory text, alphabetical index / drawn up by order of the Ministry of the Colonies 1902
Pelet, Paul (1849-1927). Auteur du texte · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Map of French West Africa / drawn by A. Meunier and E. Barralier, 1903; Ministry of the Colonies, geographical service 1904
Meunier, Alexandre (1870-19..? ; géographe). Cartographe Barralier, Emmanuel (18..-19..). Cartographe France. Service géographique des colonies. Cartographe · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
FORBES(1910) 05 Map of Sierra Leone published 1910
Forbes, Edgar Allen (& Photographer) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Sierra Leone, Reproduced from a map surveyed / and drawn by Sierra Leone Survey Department 1932
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Sierra Leone. Proposed zones of production. 30 miles [=Om. 049 ; 1:1 000 000 environ] / Compiled and drawn by Surveys & Lands Dept, Sierra L 1951
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Kissi pennies, colonial coins and the leone.
British West Africa penny 1936
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Kissi penny: twisted iron money Collected by 1931
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Kissi penny Collected 1930–31
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What the colony and the country chose to put on their letters.
Twopence-halfpenny, cancelled at Freetown 1896
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One penny, cancelled at Freetown 1899
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One pound, Edward VII 1903
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Five shillings, centenary of the abolition of slavery 1933
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Coronation issue 1953
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The Cotton Tree, Freetown, twopence 1956
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A Bullom boat, one shilling 1956
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Cape Lighthouse, halfpenny 1956
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Whale Bay, York Village, sixpence 1956
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1896ca 6d Sierra Leone unused Yv16Ab Mi22c SG37 purple-lake 1896
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1903ca 2s Sierra Leone unused Yv59 SG83 1903
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1903ca 5sh Sierra Leone unused Yv60 SG84 1903
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A small twig, Mende Collected by 1931
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A head of guinea corn (sorghum), Mende Collected by 1931
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Sierra Leone 1944 (3831428280) 2009
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Photograph 1956
Råberg, Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Source ↗ · Report this picture
Bafodia, Sierra Leone (West Africa) 1967 (2636685678) (cropped) 1960
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Skid In the museum by 1900
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