Photograph of a shallow stone quarry with hundreds of workers using hand labour to break the stone and porters carrying away the best on their heads. In the foreground are mainly Sikh men cutting the blocks, and African men behind are working as labourers. A European man in the centre of the image is acting as overseer. Original manuscript caption: Stone Quarry nr Pangani Village Nairobi 1913.

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Stone quarry near Pangani

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Photo credit: © Bristol Archives/UIG / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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