Kenya Colony. Nairobi. Sixth Avenue near the standard bank LOC
1936 Nairobi, Kenya
This view along Sixth Avenue near a branch of the Standard Bank captures part of Nairobi's commercial district, which grew steadily during the 1930s as Kenya Colony's capital and a center of banking and trade in British East Africa.
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