Tanzania (nation)
Found in 2081 Collections and/or Records:
[A Muscat dhow], 1933 - 1947
160 x 210 mm.
[A Muscat dhow], 1933 - 1947
110 x 160 mm.
A Muscat dhow, 1933 - 1947
150 x 120 mm.
A Muscat dhow in Zanzibar, 1933 - 1947
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.'
A Muscat dhow on the stocks in Zanzibar, 1933 - 1947
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.'
[A Muscat dhow on the stocks in Zanzibar], 1933 - 1947
115 x 120 mm.
A Muscat dhow setting sail from Pemba, 1933 - 1947
150 x 150 mm.
A narrow portion of the main street of the old town, Zanzibar, 1930 - 1950
160 x 210 mm.
A native authority grain store, 1930 - 1950
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.'
A native dance, 1930 - 1950
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.
A part of the Bazaar, Zanzibar, 1900 - 1910
85 x 140 mm. A view looking along a narrow street in the Bazaar Quarter.
A picturesque fruit shop, 1930 - 1950
165 x 160 mm
A portion of the famous 'pink terraces', 1930 - 1950
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.'
A primary reading class, 1904 - 1910
A reception at the British Agency, Zanzibar, 1900 - 1910
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.
A sailor, 1930 - 1964
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.'
A sample of grade one cloves, Zanzibar 1933-1948, 1933 - 1948
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.'
[A section of fence - a fish trap - in the shallows], 1930 - 1950
210 x 160 mm.
A ship's boat, Zanzibar, 1933 - 1964
165 x 210 mm.
A sisal grower and his African assistant examine newly planted bulbils in an estate nursery, 1945
The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'These will be replanted in fields after nine to twelve months growth'.
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
160 x 119 mm.
A snake charmer with his black cobra in Pemba Island, 1930 - 1950
160 x 210 mm.
[A snake charmer with his black cobra in Pemba Island], 1930 - 1950
160 x 210 mm.
[A snake charmer with his black cobra in Pemba Island], 1930 - 1950
160 x 210 mm.
[A snake charmer with his black cobra in Pemba Island], 1930 - 1950
110 x 160 mm.