Lot 370v
2
September 9, 2018
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370 •(MOMBASA, KENYA)
Album with 24 rare and accomplished photographs by Wm. D. Young chronicling the impact of British colonialism on the inhabitants of Kenya's oldest city,
With scenes of villagers at work, stucco buildings lining Main Street, a 2-part panorama from English Point, grand residential homes, and newly contructed institutions like the Police Station, hospital, and British Consulate. Printing-out paper prints, the images measuring 6x8 inches (15.2x20.3 cm.), in window mounts, each with a caption, in ink, on mount recto. Oblong 4to, green leathertte; with Young's printed label and an inscription and date on the front pastedown. 1902
[1,200/1,800]