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94 x 78 mm. A view showing two white-uniformed figures descending the steps outside the front entrance of the Beit el Ajaib (see Y30468/1). The figure on the right is possibly Basil Shillito Cave, British Agent and Consul-General at Zanzibar from 1904-1909.

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213 x 151 mm. A view showing Basil Cave dismounting from a carriage at the front entrance to the Residency with a guard of honour at attention on the drive. The date and occasion is unidentified. See also plate Y30468C/37.

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230 x 167 mm. A view showing a white-uniformed figure, probably Basil Cave the Consul-General, stepping into a carriage outside the front entrance of the British Residency. A guard of honour lines the drive at the left of the print. A similar view to Y30468C/4 and probably taken on the same unidentified occasion.

Scope and Contents 240 x 190 mm. A view showing Africans loading produce on to the train on the narrow gauge railway at Bububu, five miles north of Zanzibar Town. Bububu is: 'the terminus of a dimunitive railway which plies six or seven times a day to Zanzibar Town. The service is most popular and useful, and is largely used by the native poplation. A special first-class coach is run for the benefit of those passengers from steamers who wish to obtain a glimpse of the island. The railway traverses some of...

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Album of various sized prints, concerned with Sir Walter Buchanan-Smiths service with the Nigeria Regiment in the Cameroons (plates 1-8) and in German East Africa (plates 159-201). The captions are difficult to read as they are written on dark brown paper in black ink.

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205 x 155 mm.

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215 x 165 mm.

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A photograph of footprints in sand. A caption on the album page reads: 'all these taken within a radius of 15 yards. Arushachina [i.e. Arusha Chini]'.

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'342' printed on the reverse.

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102 x 77 mm. Showing a group of Africans erecting the wicker walls of a house.

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54 x 76 mm. The exterior of a building, probably at Zanzibar.

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77 x 53 mm.

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76 x 55 mm.

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77 x 52 mm.

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Mainly 210 x 160 mm. Images of local architecture, including many detailed views of ornate carved doorways.

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This was published in ‘Anzania’ XV (1980), 121-32 and the file includes an offprint.

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210 x 160 mm. Showing spectators. The caption continues: 'View across the arena from underneath one of the raised platforms. Note the legs of women spectators in the foreground. Approximately half the platforms are occupied by women and half by men.'

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210 x 160 mm. Showing spectators around the arena. The caption continues: 'A view of a section of the arena occupied by male spectators. The bull takes in his surroundings.'

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210 x 160 mm. Showing spectators around the arena. The caption continues: 'A view of a section of the arena occupied by male spectators. The bull takes in his surroundings.'

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210 x 160 mm. Showing men stood around or sat on a wooden cage. The caption continues: 'A small wooden stockade protects the 'chorus' of women chanting and clapping their hands to the accompaniment of a 'zomari' (an instrument somewhat resembling an oboe).'

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210 x 160 mm. Showing men stood around or sat on a wooden cage. The caption continues: 'A small wooden stockade protects the 'chorus' of women chanting and clapping their hands to the accompaniment of a 'zomari' (an instrument somewhat resembling an oboe).'

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210 x 160 mm. Showing men stood around or sat on a wooden cage. The caption continues: 'A small wooden stockade protects the 'chorus' of women chanting and clapping their hands to the accompaniment of a 'zomari' (an instrument somewhat resembling an oboe).'

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210 x 160 mm. Showing a seated man playing a wind instrument. The caption continues: 'Sitting inside a small stockade is the 'Zomari' player who produces his bagpipe-like music while the spectators assemble and throughout the bull fight. He is paid three shillings for his services.'

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210 x 160 mm. Showing a bull surrounded by men. The caption continues: 'The bull is brought into the arena by a stout rope around his neck and, as an additional precaution, a further rope attached to a hind leg. He is pulled up against the stockade where the leg rope is removed, and he is thrown whilst the neck rope is also released from the corner of the stockade. The though lying on the ground is now free and on a given signal the matadors leap away from him to commence the fight.'

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210 x 160 mm. Showing a bull surrounded by men. The caption continues: 'The bull is brought into the arena by a stout rope around his neck and, as an aditional precaution, a further rope attached to a hind leg. He is pulled up against the stockade where the leg rope is removed, and he is thrown whilst the neck rope is also released from the corner of the stockade. The though lying on the ground is now free and on a given signal the matadors leap away from him to commence the fight.'