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Settlers Guide to New Zealand, c 1886
Cover of 'The Settlers Guide to New Zealand' by George Vesey Stewart
San Juan Harbour, Puerto Rico, 1905
Photograph of the harbour and landing place in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Emigration poster, 1888
Government poster providing 'General Information for Intending Emigrants' to Canada, Australasia and South Africa.
Tangier, c 1890
Photograph of a street in Tangier, taken by Edward Douglas Loch, 2nd Baron Loch, while on a mission to Africa.
Souk of Tangier, c 1890
Photograph of a street in the souk of Tangier with the minaret of the grand mosque in background, taken by Edward Douglas Loch, 2ns Baron Loch, while on a mission to Africa.
Washing by Marrakech walls, c 1890
Photograph of people washing in a water hole by the walls in Marrakech.
Representative of Lord Chamberlain's department, Morocco
Photograph of a representative of the Grand Vizier of the Sultan of Morocco, taken during Edward Douglas Loch's visit to northern Africa.
Street scene in Marrakech
Photograph of street scene in Marrakech with Koutoubia Mosque in the background.
Hunters and Masai with a buffalo, Kenya, 1910
Photograph of Lallimullah, a Masai guide, Edward Douglas, 2nd Baron Loch, Henry Guest and another Masai, posing with a buffalo after hunting in the Soet Hills in British East Africa, now Kenya.