Coutinho and Sons
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Laying the foundation stone of the Sultan’s new bungalow at Chwaka, April 22 1900, 1900-04-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/33
Scope and Contents
255 x 207 mm. A view showing a group of Arabs and Swahilis gathered around the foundation stone while Joseph Thomas Last (c. 1849-1933), Commissioner for Slavery in Zanzibar 1897-1905, reads the opening address. The figure facing Last across the foundation stone is probably the Liwali of Chwaka. Photograph by J.B. Coutinho. See also Y30468D/86. The ceremonies are reported in detail in The ‘Zanzibar Gazette’ for April 25 1900.
Dates:
1900-04-22
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Uganda railway locomotive]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/301
Scope and Contents
100 x 75 mm. A view showing a locomotive steaming through forest land (possibly the Mau Forest). Photograph by Coutinho and sons, Zanzibar.
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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