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Image Not Available for The bicycle is not merely a vehicle for pleasure in southern Nigeria. This bride and groom had to cycle 70 odd miles from the church to a town called Aguta. The bride wore her wedding dress all the way, sitting on the carrier. From the lantern on the bicy
The bicycle is not merely a vehicle for pleasure in southern Nigeria. This bride and groom had to cycle 70 odd miles from the church to a town called Aguta. The bride wore her wedding dress all the way, sitting on the carrier. From the lantern on the bicy
Image Not Available for The bicycle is not merely a vehicle for pleasure in southern Nigeria. This bride and groom had to cycle 70 odd miles from the church to a town called Aguta. The bride wore her wedding dress all the way, sitting on the carrier. From the lantern on the bicy

The bicycle is not merely a vehicle for pleasure in southern Nigeria. This bride and groom had to cycle 70 odd miles from the church to a town called Aguta. The bride wore her wedding dress all the way, sitting on the carrier. From the lantern on the bicy

Creator Dorien Leigh
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 20.6 x 17.8 cm (8 1/8 x 7 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
    Object number2002/5745
    LocationNot currently on display

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    Image Not Available for Rock climbing is hardly a thing to be done unless one does it for pleasure and for some, there are few greater pleasures than scaling a perpendicular rock in this manner.
    Rock climbing is hardly a thing to be done unless one does it for pleasure and for some, there are few greater pleasures than scaling a perpendicular rock in this manner.
    Dorien Leigh
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for At Uzuakoli, Nigeria, there is a large leper camp containing over 1,000 sufferers. This picture shows a street of houses in the colony. In each house lives a person with leprosy. The street looks cleaner and smarter than the average native village.
    At Uzuakoli, Nigeria, there is a large leper camp containing over 1,000 sufferers. This picture shows a street of houses in the colony. In each house lives a person with leprosy. The street looks cleaner and smarter than the average native village.
    Dorien Leigh
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Cows have the freedom of the road in sleepy Foynes and life there is not affected at all by the fact that it is the starting point for the transatlantic flights; very few of the inhabitants even know the way to the airport.
    Cows have the freedom of the road in sleepy Foynes and life there is not affected at all by the fact that it is the starting point for the transatlantic flights; very few of the inhabitants even know the way to the airport.
    Dorien Leigh
    c. 1937
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Children from the Bakonjo, a primitive tribe who live in the bamboo forests of the Rwenzori Mountains (formerly called the Ruwenzori Range).
    Children from the Bakonjo, a primitive tribe who live in the bamboo forests of the Rwenzori Mountains (formerly called the Ruwenzori Range).
    Dorien Leigh
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Chatting together at the entrance are Squadron-Leader G.E. Godsave, who is in charge of all training, particularly navigation, at Imperial Airways, and Mr. Maurice P. Riordan (left) who is a "shipping and tourist agent".
    Chatting together at the entrance are Squadron-Leader G.E. Godsave, who is in charge of all training, particularly navigation, at Imperial Airways, and Mr. Maurice P. Riordan (left) who is a "shipping and tourist agent".
    Dorien Leigh
    c. 1937
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for In spite of all the perils, this young mountainer feels rock climbing is the greatest sport in the world.
    In spite of all the perils, this young mountainer feels rock climbing is the greatest sport in the world.
    Dorien Leigh
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Pub life goes on as usual, for the village is not affected at all by the proximity of the airport. Here a local gentleman enjoys a glass of beer at the pub which is in the hotel which also houses the I.F.S. airport authorities office.
    Pub life goes on as usual, for the village is not affected at all by the proximity of the airport. Here a local gentleman enjoys a glass of beer at the pub which is in the hotel which also houses the I.F.S. airport authorities office.
    Dorien Leigh
    c. 1937
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Traffic in Foynes is practically non-existant; an occasional horse-cart, for the rest - cows.
    Traffic in Foynes is practically non-existant; an occasional horse-cart, for the rest - cows.
    Dorien Leigh
    c. 1937
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Umbrellas in the army. Hardly the costume one would expect of a warlike officer of the Nepalese army.
    Umbrellas in the army. Hardly the costume one would expect of a warlike officer of the Nepalese army.
    Dorien Leigh
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Always to be impure has been this one's lot throughout life. The hardest work is given him, the least pay.
    Always to be impure has been this one's lot throughout life. The hardest work is given him, the least pay.
    Dorien Leigh
    1934
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Village life goes on unchanged; Michael Hanley, timber worker, and his old horse go on carrying timber as though such things as transatlantic flights did not exist.
    Village life goes on unchanged; Michael Hanley, timber worker, and his old horse go on carrying timber as though such things as transatlantic flights did not exist.
    Dorien Leigh
    c. 1937
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Performing Budgerigars (Australian Love Birds). The performance starts with the team of nine birds under the trainer's opera hat. At the sound of the fiddle, the birds emerge through a hole in the crown of the hat.
    Performing Budgerigars (Australian Love Birds). The performance starts with the team of nine birds under the trainer's opera hat. At the sound of the fiddle, the birds emerge through a hole in the crown of the hat.
    Dorien Leigh
    1930s
    Photograph
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