Collection search - Amelia B. Biss (nee Johnstone) album, May 1940 to May 1941

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Amelia B. Biss (nee Johnstone) album, May 1940 to May 1941

Hierarchical level:

File

Date:

1940-1941.

Reference:

R2268-217-9-E, Volume number: 334

Type of material:

Photographs

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

4728044

Context of this record:

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Irene Spry fonds

Biss and Spry family albums and portraits

Amelia B. Biss (nee Johnstone) album, May 1940 to May 1941
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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1940-1941.

Place of creation:

Kenya

Extent:

287 photographs : b&w.

Language of material:

English

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The file comprises the photograph album of Irene Spry's mother, Amelia Bagshaw Biss, from May 1940 to May 1941. It holds her photographs, primarily taken in Africa, and prints of her children's families. The subjects include her grandchildren Robin Spry and Gillian Macdonald; Evan E. Biss; Anne Macdonald; Evan A. Biss in military police uniform; the wedding of Evan A. Biss and Trudie Isaac, 1941; Mary Barrow; Bernice Hirschman; Shirley Nicholson; Lynn Ginsberg; Mrs. and Mr. Trotter; Peter Koinange; Nairobi city council, including Evan E. Biss and the mayor, Lady Delamere; flooding at Nairobi; Kikuyu; Limuru Girls School; and a vacation cottage in Surrey.

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MSS1958

Source:

Private
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Graphic (photo)

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Volume [R2268]

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334 File number 4

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