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The Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs: 1860-1960

The website for the Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs: 1860-1960 was created in order to increase access to the materials in the collection, which includes of 7,610 photographs, 230 glass lantern slides, and various other materials

WINTERTON IN THE CLASSROOM

The Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African Photographs: 1860 - 1960 is an excellent resource for use in school settings. Teachers can incorporate the images into lesson plans for a broad range of subjects including African history, European history, cultural studies, social studies, photography, creative writing, literature.

In addition to a suggested lesson plan, this site also provides galleries of selected photographs topically organized aids in the selection of photographs, background information regarding the cultural context of African colonial photographs, and links to K-12 support for teaching about Africa as well as additional African photograph websites.