Photographs of the East African Campaign 1915-16

This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library

Scope and Content

Collection of twenty-nine 60 x 60 mm modern copy negatives (no prints) selected from an album compiled by J.H. Furniss R.A.F (also the photographer). The material relates to air and naval activity against the German battleship 'Konigsberg' in Zanzibar and German East Africa during 1915-16, with other general scenes from the German East Africa Campaign. Copy negatives made by John Falconer, May 1985.

Access Information

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Loaned by Brian Furniss, County Planning Officer, Gloucester.

Note

Includes index.

Other Finding Aids

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Conditions Governing Use

good condition

Additional Information

This collection level description was entered by MJC and WS using information from the original typescript catalogue.

DateText: The negatives are modern copies of images taken between 1915 and 1916..

Falconer, John, b 1951, Curator of photographs, British Library