Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

Digital Library - Selected African Holdings

University of Southern California

Selected items with African Origination


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USC: University of Southern California · 1918 English

“The Indian battery mules having a roll on a river bank.” Landscape view showing a number of mules and men on a sandy riverbank. The battery was either part of …


USC: University of Southern California · 1918 English

“Another case being carried.” Landscape view showing a stretchered patient being carried over a river. The carriers are part of the Fitzcol that had just seen action at Namirrue and …


USC: University of Southern California · 1918 English

“A tame Koodoo bull at Lumbo – the mainland of P.E.A. near Mozambique.” Portrait of a male Kudu antelope. Lt. Irvine was on board the S.S. Salamis which was transporting …


USC: University of Southern California · 1918 English

“Port. E. African natives. Note old gent on extreme right scratching himself.” Crowd scene showing a large group of indigenous men. They are probably part of a local community encountered …


USC: University of Southern California · 1918 English

“Lt. Macey.” Portrait of a British Army officer who was involved in the Portuguese East Africa campaign and an associate of Capt. Irvine. ❧ This image is from an album …


USC: University of Southern California · 1918 English

“All my staff at DSM. We played football together & we had a good team.” Group portrait of Lt. Irvine sitting amongst the Ugandan medical staff he was working with …


USC: University of Southern California · 1918 English

“A halt in a native garden.” Exterior view showing men sitting outside a thatched hut near trees. The men are part of the 4/4 king’s African Rifles and a Nigerian …


USC: University of Southern California · 1918 English

“Lioness.” Portrait of an indigenous man holding up the head of a dead lioness. This is an example of the big game hunting Capt. Irvine participated in during the campaign …


USC: University of Southern California · 1918 English

“A Nigerian Headman.” Portrait of a man carrying two satchels and wearing a cloth cap. He is associated with a military column consisting of KAR and Nigerian Brigade troops, as …


USC: University of Southern California · 1918 English

“Port Amelia.” Exterior view showing two Dhows transferring troops from ship to shore. ❧ This image is from an album chronicling the war time experiences of Archibald Clive Irvine (1893-1974) …