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Tanzania (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2081 Collections and/or Records:

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[A Muscat dhow], 1933 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/15
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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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[A Muscat dhow], 1933 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/38
Scope and Contents

110 x 160 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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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A Muscat dhow, 1933 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/40
Scope and Contents

150 x 120 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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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A Muscat dhow in Zanzibar, 1933 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/26
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'Some idea of the size of these great sailing vessels, which have changed little in the past twenty centuries, can be gained from this picture. Such dhows call in for repairs to Zanzibar before their return journey with the south west monsoon each year.'

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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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A Muscat dhow on the stocks in Zanzibar, 1933 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/23
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'These giant dhows usually put into Zanzibar for repairs prior to their return journey to Muscat at the end of their annual visit to the East African coast.'

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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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[A Muscat dhow on the stocks in Zanzibar], 1933 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/24
Scope and Contents

115 x 120 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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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A Muscat dhow setting sail from Pemba, 1933 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/39
Scope and Contents

150 x 150 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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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A narrow portion of the main street of the old town, Zanzibar, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/33A
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm.

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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A native authority grain store, 1930 - 1950

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

210 x 160 mm. Showing a white building for storing grain. The caption continues: ' ... where supplies of grain, contributed by all, are held against periods of food shortage.'

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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A native dance, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/21
Scope and Contents

180 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'These magnificent headdresses seen at a native dance are made from turkey feathers mounted on beautiful beadwork foundations. Notice the way in which the performers whiten their faces by the use of fine cerial flour.' A further handwritten caption partially obscured by the above identifies this occasion as H.H. the Sultans Silver Jubilee.

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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A part of the Bazaar, Zanzibar, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/53
Scope and Contents

85 x 140 mm. A view looking along a narrow street in the Bazaar Quarter.

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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A picturesque fruit shop, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/9/1
Scope and Contents

165 x 160 mm

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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A portion of the famous 'pink terraces', 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/12/9
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'The famous 'pink terraces' of Zanzibar. In some cases, these 'chimneys' show a sheer drop of 150 -200 feet.'

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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A primary reading class, 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/GN/201
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of loose prints, lantern slides and glass negatives. The prints mostly relate to Westgate’s earlier work, but there are a few from the 1930s, including nos. 426-454 of visits to South Africa and African islands, all processed in February 1936. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation. Many of the lantern slides and glass negatives are uncaptioned and...
Dates: 1904 - 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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A reception at the British Agency, Zanzibar, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/57
Scope and Contents

139 x 85 mm. A view showing a group of Arab Sheiks in front of the British Residency in Zanzibar. The figure at the head of the group is probably the Sultan Seyyid Khalifa Bin Harub, Sultan of Zanzibar 1911-1960.

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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A sailor, 1930 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/20
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'off one of great Arab Dhows on their annual trade visit to the ports of East Africa, from the Persian Gulf and the ports of Southern Arabia.'

Dates: 1930 - 1964
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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A sample of grade one cloves, Zanzibar 1933-1948, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/5
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'First grade cloves. Note that all cloves have 'heads'. There are in fact the main parts of the flower bud (a mass of stamens enclosed in small bracts). If the clove bud opens before it is picked and dried then the clove will have lost its 'head' and the quality of the sample reduced.'

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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[A section of fence - a fish trap - in the shallows], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3/16
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm.

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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A ship's boat, Zanzibar, 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/3/319
Scope and Contents

165 x 210 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1964
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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A sisal grower and his African assistant examine newly planted bulbils in an estate nursery, 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011U/423
Scope and Contents

The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'These will be replanted in fields after nine to twelve months growth'.

Dates: 1945
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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A small rest house in a remote part of a mission district… built for the service of a missionary who itinerates, at Sagala, 1900s, 1900 - 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/184
Scope and Contents

160 x 119 mm.

Dates: 1900 - 1917
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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A snake charmer with his black cobra in Pemba Island, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/23
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm.

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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[A snake charmer with his black cobra in Pemba Island], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/24
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm.

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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[A snake charmer with his black cobra in Pemba Island], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/25
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm.

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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[A snake charmer with his black cobra in Pemba Island], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/26
Scope and Contents

110 x 160 mm.

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).