Colony and protectorate · 1896–1960
Usay pipul bin de liv: strit, makit, os, chɔch ɛn mɔsk, ɛn di vilej dɛn ɔp kɔntri.
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The Lisk-Carew Bros. studio, Freetown 1938
Many of the city's early photographs and postcards were made here.
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Freetown rooftops 1915
Sir Kenneth James Beatty · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Kroo Town Road 1911
William H. Heard · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
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
From a postcard bought in Freetown in 1905.
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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 ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
FORBES(1910) 03 Freetown, the United Bethren Home published 1910
Forbes, Edgar Allen (& Photographer) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Government House, Freetown, Sierra Leone circa 1910
Cliché C. F. A. O. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho pipul we nɔ wɛr klos. Bɔku ol foto lɛk dis, na pɔtho dɛn tek am (kolonial ɔfisa, misɔnari ɛn travula dɛn), ɛn wi nɔ kin no if di pipul dɛn bin gri.
Bush Huts, Sierra Leone Lisk-Carew postcard, c. 1905–1920s
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeoneP009
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 ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dis foto sho pipul we nɔ wɛr klos. Bɔku ol foto lɛk dis, na pɔtho dɛn tek am (kolonial ɔfisa, misɔnari ɛn travula dɛn), ɛn wi nɔ kin no if di pipul dɛn bin gri.
Kennema, Sierra Leone , now Kenema, Sierra Leone Lisk-Carew postcard, c. 1905–1920s
Di titul we i bin gɛt: SierraLeoneP013
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 ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
HEARD(1911) 03 E.T. Martyn published 1911
Heard, William H. (William Henry), 1850-1937 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
HEARD(1911) 04 H.M. Steady published 1911
Heard, William H. (William Henry), 1850-1937 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
HEARD(1911) 05 J.P. Richards published 1911
Heard, William H. (William Henry), 1850-1937 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
HEARD(1911) 08 I.E. Steady published 1911
Heard, William H. (William Henry), 1850-1937 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Mano vilej, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Landscape, village
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Insay wan Mɛnde tɔŋ, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Village, house
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Bari, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Os: lɔng os wit tach, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Os wit tach, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Rawnd os ɛn lɔng os, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Rawnd os wit pent na di bɔtɔm, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Rawnd os dɛn wit ay tach, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Os dɛn na wan lɛn, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Skwe os ɔnda rawnd rof, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Rawnd os, Mɛnde kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A road through the Kissi country, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Road, landscape
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A Kissi town in its landscape, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Landscape
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Tɔŋ fɛns, Kisi kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Landscape, staket
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Rawnd get na tɔŋ fɛns, Kisi kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Staket, grind
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Insay wan Kisi tɔŋ, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Village, house
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Rawnd os dɛn insay wan Kisi tɔŋ, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House, village
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Bari, Kisi kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Rawnd os dɛn wit tach, Kisi kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Dɛn de bil os: di stik wɔl ɛn di rof stik dɛn, Kisi kɔntri, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A boy with an iron bar of Kissi money, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Boy, village, hut
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
A roofed grave in the middle of a Kissi town, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Village, hut, man
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Di rod we de go na Blama, 1930–31 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Road, village
Bolinder, Gustaf Wilhelm · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Os bilda dɛn, Fritɔŋ (Lisk-Carew poskad) 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Building, house
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Susan's Bay, Freetown (Lisk-Carew postcard) 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: House, harbour, vy
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Panguma (Lisk-Carew poskad) 1930
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Berg, village, people
Lisk-Carew, Alphonso · Public domain (CC0) · Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Bo, Sierra Leone c 1944 (3133798557) 2008
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Bo, Sierra Leone c 1944 (3134620528) 2008
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Rubber, Sierra Leone c 1944 (3134619538) 2008
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Bast fibre sample Collected 1930–31
Di titul we i bin gɛt: Materialprov, bast, sample
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Matezia]., material [for producing of carpet] Collected 1930–31
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Roller Collected 1930–31
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Freetown-Central wharf c. 1900
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Freetown-Gibraltar wharf c. 1900
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Freetown-Kissy Road c. 1900
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Freetown-Mamy c. 1900
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Freetown-Wilberforce Street c. 1900
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Lisk-Carew postcard Acrobats and Magicians c. 1905–1920
Alphonso Lisk-Carew · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Usay i kɔmɔt ↗ · Tɛl wi bɔt dis foto
Men with cattle, pulling a cart with an incinerator on it. P c. 1911
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Wooden building on a river; to be used as a public toilet in c. 1911
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Wooden building on swampland in Bonthe, Sierre Leone. Photog c. 1911
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