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Tanzania (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2081 Collections and/or Records:

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Cotton field at Marangu, 1900 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/85
Scope and Contents

113 x 80 mm. Showing three Africans standing in a cotton field. Caption taken from reverse of print.

Dates: 1900 - 1909
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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[Cotton plant in German East Africa i.e. Tanzania], 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/4
Scope and Contents From the File: A booklet containing monochrome photogravure postcards of agricultural and industrial scenes in German East Africa. Published by Walther Dobbertin of Harburg.Each card has the following exhortation in German printed on the reverse: 'Our own colonies, our own overseas provinces are essential to Germany. Germans, remember your colonies!'.The captions to the prints are in a form of cursive gothic script which is difficult to decipher: in some cases, therefore, an approximate...
Dates: 1920
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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[Country lane, Zanzibar], 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/65
Scope and Contents

105 x 85 mm. A view showing two Africans walking along a tree-lined country lane. Exact location unidentified, but possibly the same as the following print.

Dates: 1900 - 1910
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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Country road, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/23
Scope and Contents

104 x 79 mm. A view showing Swahili women walking along a country road in Zanzibar.

Dates: 1901 - 1905
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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[Country road, Zanzibar], 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/71
Scope and Contents

104 x 81 mm. Showing Swahili women walking along a treelined country road.

Dates: 1900 - 1910
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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[Country scene, ?German East Africa], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/97
Scope and Contents

194 x 144 mm. Showing an African boy standing on a small wooden bridge over a stream, with mountains in the distance.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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[Country scene, Zanzibar], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/91
Scope and Contents

195 x 144 mm. Showing a group of Swahili, the women with water pots balanced on their heads, posed in a field against a background of trees.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Country scene, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/43
Scope and Contents

212 x 152 mm. A view looking along a path, probably in a ‘shamba’ or plantation, with palms and other trees in the background.

Dates: 1901 - 1905
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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[Covered market, Dar es Salaam], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/71
Scope and Contents

135 x 78 mm. A view showing a market area beneath a corrugated-iron structure supported on stilts.

Dates: 1920 - 1927
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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Cow and two African men outside tent, 1914 - 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469K/170
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection comprises black and white photographs, mostly 125 x 75 mm or 75 x 125 mm in size, film negatives and glass negatives. Some of the prints from glass plates are smaller, approximately 85 x 65 mm. The prints are good compositions, though some are rather dark, and were listed by Erica Ryan of the National Library of Australia, using, among other sources, the captioned envelopes in which the original negatives had been stored. The provenance of the collection is unclear,...
Dates: 1914 - 1918
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).
 Sub-Series

[Crafts], 1930 - 1950

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3
Scope and Contents

Showing men and women making pots, string, fish traps and building fences and boats.

Dates: 1930 - 1950
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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[Crop under shelter], 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/10
Scope and Contents

215 x 155 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1948
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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[Crowd and plane], 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/1/71a
Scope and Contents

83 x 59 mm. A group of people standing in front of a plane, possibly in Zanzibar.

Dates: 1930
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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[Crowd and plane], 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/1/71b
Scope and Contents

82 x 57 mm. A group of people standing in front of a plane, possibly in Zanzibar.

Dates: 1930
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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[Crowd and plane], 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/9/125
Scope and Contents

77 x 49 mm. A group of people standing in front of a plane, possibly in Zanzibar.

Dates: 1930
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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Crowds in the Mnazi Mmoja at Siku Kuu, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/37
Scope and Contents

292 x 212 mm. A view showing crowds of dancers and spectators, probably in the Mnazi Mmoja at Siku Kuu (see Y30468B/34).

Dates: 1901 - 1905
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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Cultivated crops, 1916 - 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469K/20
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection comprises black and white photographs, mostly 125 x 75 mm or 75 x 125 mm in size, film negatives and glass negatives. Some of the prints from glass plates are smaller, approximately 85 x 65 mm. The prints are good compositions, though some are rather dark, and were listed by Erica Ryan of the National Library of Australia, using, among other sources, the captioned envelopes in which the original negatives had been stored. The provenance of the collection is unclear,...
Dates: 1916 - 1918
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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[Cultivating land], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/4/5
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. Showing young men digging the earth.

Dates: 1930 - 1950
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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[Cultivating land], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/4/5A
Scope and Contents

200 x 155 mm. Showing young men digging the earth.

Dates: 1930 - 1950
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).
 Series

[Cultivation], 1933 - 1948

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/3
Scope and Contents

Mainly 210 x 160 mm and 160 x 115 mm. Showing plot clearing, cultivated land, compost and ditch making, and general views of crops growing and being transported by donkey.

Dates: 1933 - 1948
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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Curious rocks at Ndebwe in Ugogo, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/415
Scope and Contents

160 x 118 mm. Shows groups of Africans and a European on horse back in the foreground. Four copies.

Dates: 1909
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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Curious rocks at Ndebwe in Ugogo, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/GN/415
Scope and Contents

Shows groups of Africans and a European on horseback in the foreground.

Dates: 1909
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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Customs House [and Beit el Ajaib], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/11
Scope and Contents

77 x 135 mm. A view looking east along a road showing the Customs House and the Beit el Ajaib. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'Customs House on left'.

Dates: 1920 - 1927
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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Customs wharf, Zanzibar, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/33
Scope and Contents

142 x 85 mm. A view showing labourers hauling cartloads of produce (probably sacks of cloves) from the corrugated iron warehouses on the Customs wharf.

Dates: 1900 - 1910
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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Cutting the leaves, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/3/4
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. Showing a man using a small knife to cut the leaves from a sisal plant.

Dates: 1948
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).