Ol foto, stamp ɛn fim · 1896–1960
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Bɔku pan dɛn ya na kɔlonial ɔfisa, mishɔnari ɛn fɔrina dɛn mek dɛn. Di nem ɛn di tɔk we de wit dɛn kɔmɔt na di kɔlɛkshɔn dɛn, ɛn sɔm kin gɛt di aydia ɛn wɔd dɛn fɔ da tɛm de. Wi sho dɛn as istri, nɔto se wi gri wit dɛn. Na kɔmpyuta put di det, di tɛm ɛn di kayn fɔ ɛni foto, so sɔm go rɔng. If yu ɔ yu fambul de insay wan foto, if na yu gɛt di rayt fɔ wan, if sɔntin rɔng, ɔ if yu tink se wan foto nɔ fɔ de ya, tɛl wi tru daverosetholley.com.
Photographs
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The Cotton Tree, Bungalow Train 1910s
The Mountain Railway's 3.30 p.m. train waiting at Cotton Tree Station, photographed by Freetown's own Lisk-Carew Brothers studio.
Lisk-Carew Brothers, Freetown · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
The Lisk-Carew Bros. studio, Freetown 1938
Many of the city's early photographs and postcards were made here.
Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Market day on Sackville Street 1915
Sir Kenneth James Beatty · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Freetown rooftops 1915
Sir Kenneth James Beatty · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Kroo Town Road 1911
William H. Heard · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
A building on the waterfront c. 1911
CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Bai Bureh 1898
The Temne leader of the 1898 Hut Tax War, photographed as a prisoner by Lieutenant Arthur Greer of the West India Regiment.
Lieutenant Arthur Greer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Troops embarking at Freetown for Douala 1914
Agence Rol · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Outside the booking office 7 Nov 1942
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Near Rock Street 7 Nov 1942
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
A Freetown street in wartime 7 Nov 1942
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Cotton Tree Station 1915
The Mountain Railway's “Bungalow Train” at its city-centre station.
Sir Kenneth James Beatty · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Postcards
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"Walls" Refreshment Bar, Charlotte Street c. 1905
From a postcard bought in Freetown in 1905.
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
The stores of Pickering & Berthoud c. 1905
From a postcard bought in Freetown in 1905.
John Atherton · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Congo Bridge, Mountain Railway 1910s
Lisk-Carew Brothers · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
SierraLeoneHofstra2.3 1910s date QS:P,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/8 1915
Photograph: Alphonso Lisk-Carew · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
SierraLeoneP006 1910s date QS:P,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
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 · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
SierraLeoneP008 1910s date QS:P,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
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 · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
SierraLeoneP009 1910s date QS:P,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Lisk-Carew Brothers, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Copyright Sierra Leone: photographs: 50 years after publication. See https://www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/2011-08.pdf · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
SierraLeoneP011 1910s date QS:P,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
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 · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
SierraLeoneP012 1910s date QS:P,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
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 · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
SierraLeoneP013 1910s date QS:P,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
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 · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
SierraLeoneP014 1910s date QS:P,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
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 · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
SierraLeoneP015 1910s date QS:P,+1910-00-00T00:00:00Z/8
Lisk-Carew Brothers, Freetown, Sierra Leone. Copyright Sierra Leone: photographs: 50 years after publication. See https://www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/2011-08.pdf · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Maps
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Plan of Free Town, Public Works Department 1911
Public Works Department, Sierra Leone · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Sierra Leone 1898 1898
E. de P. O'Kelly · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
(1899) Map of South Africa published 1899
Parks H.B. (?- 1936) ; Butcher, Charles Simpson; Lankford, John Anderson, (1874-1946) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
(1899) Map Sierra Leone and Liberia published 1899
Parks H.B. (?- 1936) ; Butcher, Charles Simpson; Lankford, John Anderson, (1874-1946) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Atlas fɔ di Frɛnch kɔloni dɛn: 27 map, rayt-ɔp we de ɛksplen, ɛn indɛks / di Ministri fɔ di Kɔloni dɛn tɛl dɛn fɔ mek am 1902 date QS:P571,+1902-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Atlas des colonies françaises : 27 planches de cartes, texte explicatif, index alphabétique / dressé par ordre du Ministère des Colonies par
Pelet, Paul (1849-1927). Auteur du texte · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Map fɔ Frɛnch Wɛst Afrika / A. Meunier ɛn E. Barralier drɔ am, 1903; Ministri fɔ di Kɔloni dɛn 1904 date QS:P571,+1904-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Carte de l'Afrique occidentale française / dressée par A. Meunier et E. Barralier, 1903 ; Ministère des colonies. Service géographique et de
Meunier, Alexandre (1870-19..? ; géographe). Cartographe Barralier, Emmanuel (18..-19..). Cartographe France. Service géographique des colonies. Cartographe · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Hazell's annual a cyclopædic record of men and topics of the day (1905) (14774799511) 1905
Internet Archive Book Images · No restrictions · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
MandingoMap-1906 1906
by the author and J. W. Addison (not in copyright [2] ) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
MandingoMap-1906 with color 1906
by the author and J. W. Addison (not in copyright [2] ) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
FORBES(1910) 05 Map of Sierra Leone published 1910
Forbes, Edgar Allen (& Photographer) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Txu-pclmaps-oclc-8321160-bathurst (cropped six-gun-battery) 1910/1911
Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Togoland, 1914 2014-02-24 11:32:45
O'Neill, H. C. (Herbert Charles), 1879-1953 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Prints & paintings
Bumboats off Freetown 1941–42
Traders' boats alongside a convoy ship, drawn by the war artist Anthony Gross.
Anthony Gross · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Major Arnold's punitive expedition through Akpara 1897-01-01
Lieutenant Arthur Festing & Charles Joseph Staniland · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
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 · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
HEARD(1910) 02 - A.M.E. Missionary Society, Sierra Leone Annual Conference published 1910
Heard, William H. (William Henry), 1850-1937 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
HEARD(1910) 03 - A.M.E. Seminary, Freetown, Sierra Leone published 1910
Heard, William H. (William Henry), 1850-1937 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
HEARD(1910) 04 - A.M.E. Day School at Senduga, Sierra Leone published 1910
Heard, William H. (William Henry), 1850-1937 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
HEARD(1910) 05 - Choir New Zion A.M.E. Church, Freetown, Sierra Leone published 1910
Heard, William H. (William Henry), 1850-1937 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
HEARD(1910) William H. Heard, A.M.E. Bishop of West Africa published 1910
Heard, William H. (William Henry), 1850-1937 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
HEARD(1911) 03 E.T. Martyn published 1911
Heard, William H. (William Henry), 1850-1937 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
HEARD(1911) 04 H.M. Steady published 1911
Heard, William H. (William Henry), 1850-1937 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
HEARD(1911) 05 J.P. Richards published 1911
Heard, William H. (William Henry), 1850-1937 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
HEARD(1911) 08 I.E. Steady published 1911
Heard, William H. (William Henry), 1850-1937 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Objects & finds
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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 · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Figure of cult of dead label QS:Len,"Figure of cult of dead" label QS:Lpl,"Figura kultu zmarłych" between 1900 and 1971 date QS:P571,+1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P
anonymous · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Handbook to the ethnographical collections (1910) (14783046642) 1910
Internet Archive Book Images · No restrictions · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Salone, Mɛndɛ, mask, bifo 1922, 01 2024-06-20 13:40:11
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Sierra leone, mende, maschera, ante 1922, 01
Francesco Bini · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Salone, Mɛndɛ, mask, bifo 1922, 02 2024-06-20 13:40:47
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Sierra leone, mende, maschera, ante 1922, 02
Francesco Bini · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Alphonso Lisk-Carew Bundoo Girls, Sierra Leone before 1925 date QS:P,+1925-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1925-00
Alphonso Lisk-Carew · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
SierraLeone Hofstra 010 1934
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
SierraLeone Hofstra 013 between 1934 and 1936 date QS:P,+1934-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P131
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
SierraLeone Hofstra 016 between 1934 and 1936 date QS:P,+1934-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P131
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
SierraLeone Hofstra 086 between 1934 and 1936 date QS:P,+1934-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P131
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
SierraLeone Hofstra 149 between 1934 and 1936 date QS:P,+1934-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P131
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
SierraLeone Hofstra 218 between 1934 and 1936 date QS:P,+1934-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P131
Sjoerd Hofstra · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Stamps
Twopence-halfpenny, cancelled at Freetown 1896
Post of British Empire · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
One penny, cancelled at Freetown 1899
Post of British Empire · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
One pound, Edward VII 1903
De la Rue Ltd, London · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Five shillings, centenary of the abolition of slavery 1933
UK Government · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Coronation issue 1953
Her Majesty's Government · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
The Cotton Tree, Freetown, twopence 1956
British Government · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
A Bullom boat, one shilling 1956
British Government · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Cape Lighthouse, halfpenny 1956
British Government · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Whale Bay, York Village, sixpence 1956
British Government · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
1896ca 6d Sierra Leone unused Yv16Ab Mi22c SG37 purple-lake 1896
De la Rue Ltd, London · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
1903ca 2s Sierra Leone unused Yv59 SG83 1903
De la Rue Ltd, London · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
1903ca 5sh Sierra Leone unused Yv60 SG84 1903
De la Rue Ltd, London · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗
Coins
British West Africa penny 1936
Lamashtu2006 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗