Most of the Colony of Kenya was photographed in the late 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, and used to compile the Kenyan topographic maps (scale 1:50 000; Series Y731). These maps show the locations of the air photographs and a copy of the photos are held by the Rhodes House of the Bodleian Libraries at the University of Oxford. These photos give a glimpse into historical land cover and land use and can be used to analyse natural and social changes on East African landscapes.
Entrance to Duke Humfrey’s Library reading rooms to examine the basemaps.
Near admissions.
The Tower of the Five Orders.
Rhodes House.
Colin at the Rhodes House garden gate.
Inside Rhodes House.
Some flight path detail for the air photography on a topographic map.
Stereoscope, Made in England.
Esther examining photos of the Amboseli region taken during the 1950s.
Bust of the Rt Hon Cecil J. Rhodes DCL (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902).
Photographs by: Esther Githumbi, Colin Courtney Mustaphi