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Tanzania (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2081 Collections and/or Records:

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Sultan’s coach at the Zanzibar Exhibition, August 1905, 1905-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/39
Scope and Contents

211 x 154 mm. A view showing the Sultan’s empty coach in the Exhibition grounds, with a group of European officials in the background.

Dates: 1905-08
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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Sultan's Harem with Tower [Zanzibar], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/87
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243 x 198 mm. A view looking west along the waterfront road towards the Sultan's palace, the Beit-el-Ajeib (not visible), with the hull of a ship (history unknown) mounted beside the road. The lighthouse seen here in front of the Beit-el-Ajeib was damaged in the bombardment of 1896. The Sultan's living quarters the Beit-el-Ajeib being primarily ceremonial rather than residential, were to the rear of the house seen beyond the prow of the ship.

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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Sunset, Dar es Salaam, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/55
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Collection of monochrome postcards (original photographs) of Tanganyika (now Tanzania) scenes. Published by A.C. Gomes and Son, Dar es Salaam.

Dates: 1930 - 1939
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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Swahili class and handicraft, Dar es Salaam, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/69
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Collection of monochrome postcards (original photographs) of Tanganyika (now Tanzania) scenes. Published by A.C. Gomes and Son, Dar es Salaam.

Dates: 1930 - 1939
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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Swahili dancers, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/34
Scope and Contents

212 x 154 mm. A view showing a group of brightly clothed Swahili women dancing and waving sticks, probably in the Mnazi Mmoja Recreation Park during the celebration of Siku Kuu, the ‘Great Day’ at the end of the month of Ramadan.

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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Swahili dancers, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/35
Scope and Contents

215 x 153 mm. A view looking along a row of Swahili women dancers wearing headdresses of leaves and feathers and with their faces painted white. Probably taken 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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Swahili dancers, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/36
Scope and Contents

210 x 150 mm. A view looking down on a group 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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Swahili dancers, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/38
Scope and Contents

214 x 153 mm. A view showing the groups of women pictured in Y30468B/35, arranging in a semi-circle and performing a dance, 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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Swahili dancers, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/39
Scope and Contents

213 x 151 mm. A similar view to Y30468B/38, but with a group of drummers visible in the foreground.

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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Swahili dancers, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/40
Scope and Contents

150 x 205 mm. A full-length portrait of three female dancers wearing feather headdresses, bright clothes and with white-painted faces. These are probably some of the performers seen in the Y30468B/38.

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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Swahili dancers, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/41
Scope and Contents

217 x 142 mm. A view showing a group of Swahili women grouped in a circle performing a dance, probably in the Mnazi Mmoja at Siku Kuu (see Y30468B/34). This group is not wearing the elaborate make-up and clothes seen in the previous prints.

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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Swahili dancers Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/42
Scope and Contents

218 x 154 mm. A view showing a parade of dancers and drummers, 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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Swahili from Zanzibar, 1930 - 1964

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

100 x 150 mm.

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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Swahili girl, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/6
Scope and Contents

105 x 81 mm. A duplicate of Y3046A/26 rephotographed inside a foliage surround.

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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Swahili girl

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/10
Scope and Contents

108 x 89 mm. A duplicate of Y30468B/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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Swahili girl

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/11
Scope and Contents

108 x 80 mm. A view showing the girl seen on the right of Y30468E/4, wearing the same costume and holding a woven fan.

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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Swahili girl, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/12
Scope and Contents

109 x 86 mm. A duplicate of Y30468B/19.

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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Swahili girl, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/19
Scope and Contents

107 x 151 mm. A seated studio portrait of a gaily dressed Swahili girl holding an umbrella. See note to Y3047A/26. Another print of this photograph can be found at Y3046A/12.

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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Swahili girl, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/20
Scope and Contents

147 x 194 mm. A seated studio portrait of a Swahili girl dressed similarly to the girl in Y30468B/19. See note to Y3047A/26.

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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Swahili girl, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/22
Scope and Contents

107 x 152 mm. A seated studio portrait of the Swahili girl seen in Y3047A/26 and probably taken at the same time as the girl is wearing the same clothes. Another copy of the same photograph can be found at Y30468E/10.

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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Swahili girls, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/2
Scope and Contents

108 x 86 mm. A studio portrait showing two gaily dressed Swahili girls with their arms around each other’s shoulders. Their hair is combed in the traditional manner (see Y3047A/27).

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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Swahili girls, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/3
Scope and Contents

106 x 81 mm. A duplicate of Y3047A/27, showing a Swahili girl arranging another’s hair. The picture has been surrounded by a border of foliage and rephotographed.

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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Swahili girls, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/4
Scope and Contents

106 x 81 mm. A studio portrait showing two Swahili girls wearing gala costumes.

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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Swahili girls, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/5
Scope and Contents

108 x 81 mm. Two prints rephotographed inside a foliage surround. One is a duplicate of Y3047A/26, the other shows a group of four Swahili girls.

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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Swahili girls, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/7
Scope and Contents

107 x 81 mm. A duplicate of Y3047A/25, rephotographed inside a foliage surround.

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).