Entry

Young, William D, fl 1890-1920, photographer

Gender:

Male

Active Dates:

circa 1890 - circa 1920

Active Area:

Africa (continent)
Asia (continent)
India (nation)
Uganda (nation)
Kenya (nation)
Coast (province)
Mombasa (inhabited place)
Nairobi Area (special area)
Nairobi (inhabited place)

Likenesses:

A photograph of Young's Dempster Studio can be found in Playne's 'East Africa'.

Photographs:

See list of photographs

Publications:

Playne, Somerset (1908-9) 'East Africa (British): its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources'. [London]. [Contains photographs by Young].

Related Entries:

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William D. Young was a railway photographer on the East Indian Railways in the early 1900s. According to Preston, Young photographed the Krishna Bridge circa 1892 and these images were later published in a guide to East Indian Railways (1922). Young went to East Africa in the late 1890s and was employed as a freelance photographer to record the construction of the Uganda Railway 1897-1901. From circa 1899 to circa 1904 Young had a studio in MacDonald Terrace, Mombasa. He moved to Nairobi and had a studio in Victoria Street 1905-07. Young opened Dempster Studio, Nairobi 1908. In 1912 his home address was at Kyamby, where Young farmed. From circa 1919 to the late 1920s Young was manager of the Swift Press, Hardinge Street, Nairobi. Young does not appear in the East African almanacs for 1930.

Sources:

East African Standard (1919), 'The red book: the 'Standard' British East Africa and Uganda handbook and directory'. Mombasa and Nairobi: East African Standard Limited.
East African Standard (1922, 1925 and 1930), 'The red book: handbook and directory for Kenya Colony and Protectorate, Uganda, Protectorate, Tanganyika Territory and Zanzibar Sultanate'. Mombasa and Nairobi: East African Standard Limited.
'Handbook for East Africa, Uganda and Zanzibar' (1905, 1906, 1907). Mombasa.
Playne, Somerset (1908-9) 'East Africa (British): its history, people, commerce, industries, and resources'. [London].
Preston, Ronald (1922), 'The genesis of a colony: pioneering recollections: a personal narrative of events in connection with the construction of the Uganda Railway'. [Nairobi]: [Kenya Graphic].
'The red book: directory of British East Africa, Uganda and Zanzibar' (1909, 1912). Mombasa and Nairobi: The Standard Printing and Publishing Works.
'Uganda handbook'.

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