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105 x 80 mm. A view looking along Main Street with Zanzibari women carrying loads on their heads in the foreground. At the left of the print can be seen the sign of A.C. Gomes, the photogrpaher of this collection. Main street runs from north to south at the western end of Zanzibar Town.

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142 x 85 mm. A view looking north along Main Street with commercial premises lining the road and the Post Office (built 1906) on the right.

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160 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'In many parts the main street of Zanzibar is only wide enough to allow the passage of a single motorcar. The streets thus narrow and twisting afford shade from the hot sun during most hours of the day. Veiled Arab women are seen in the foreground. Their eastern dress contrasts curiously with their European footwear of latest design.'

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160 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'Many parts of this, the principal street of the city, are only wide enough to allow the passage of a single motorcar.'

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210 x 160 mm. A view of a body of water. The caption continues: 'The huge dam at Malya, headquarters of the Sukumaland Development Scheme. But for this dam this area would be without water in the dry season. The plain provides for a large central dam every ten miles.'

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210 x 160 mm. View of a dam. There are birds sat along the pier.

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160 x 210 mm. A prominent sign reads:' S.R.Faleiro, high class tailoring and outfitting.'

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129 x 78 mm.

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Collection of five monochrome postcards (original photographs) of Dar es Salaam views. Published by Mahmood's Radio Service, Dar es Salaam.

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143 x 85 mm. A view showing crowds of people in carnival clothes lining a flight of steps at Wete on the north west coast of Pemba Island. The islanders are awaiting the visit of the British Agent Consul General.

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73 x 51 mm. An exterior view of the Leslie and Anderson warehouse in Zanzibar. Exact location unknown, but probably situated near the northern waterfront.

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135 x 77 mm. 'Exide battery on Buick box body car after being swept off the car and mostly demolished in passing over a broken down culvert in Tanganyika. One cell was completely destroyed, the other two damaged, and the whole of the acid spilled. The remaining two cells were filled with ditch water, wiring improvised and the car driven 40 miles to the railway' (taken from a note on the back of RCMS 20/2/8/1/34).

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Showing the car and people on the ferry.

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110 x 155 mm. The caption continues: 'Colonel Stanley with H.H. Sir Khalifa Bin Harub, G.C.M.G., G.B.E., Sultan of Zanzibar.'

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180 x 165 mm. The caption continues: 'The state drive. H.H. Sir Khalifa Bin Harub G.C.M.G., G.B.E., with the British Resident Sir Richard Rankine K.C.M.G.'

Scope and Contents From the Series: A series of British Official photographs (Crown Copyright Reserved). Numbers 419, 428, 434 and 439 all have the following typewritten caption on the reverse:'Sisal in Tanganyika.At the outbreak of World War II the important continental market of the Tanganyika sisal growers fell away and the industry found itself a 'surplus producer'. To preserve the industry and the only source of sisal in the Empire the British government decided at the end of 1942 to purchase a stockpile of...

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226 x 171 mm. A view showing the Sultan and A.S. Rogers, both wearing white uniforms, outside one of the exhibition sheds.

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228 x 174 mm. A view looking down onto the Residency drive and towards the lawn and buildings. A crowd of guests await the arrival of the Sultan who with his mounted escort is riding along the drive. The figure seated beside him is probably A.S Rogers. This ‘At Home’ took place at 5pm on the day of the Sultan’s coming of age and was attended by leading figures from the European, Arab and Indian communities, ‘Zanzibar Gazette’ June 14th 1905.

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227 x 172 mm. A view looking down from the temporary lighthouse beside the Beit el Ajeib onto the scene in front of the Palace. A long line of carriages waits to pick up the Arab dignitaries standing by the front entrance and around the Sultan, who is seated in the first carriage. The nature of the occasion is unidentified but it would be after the Sultan’s coming of age, since only the Zanzibar flag is outside the palace.

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141 x 85 mm. Showing Seyyid Khalifa Bin Harub of Zanzibar 1911-1960, seated in an official landau. A photograph taken near the beginning of his reign. A note on the reverse in pencil reads : The present Sultan vide [illegible] litter [?].

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150 x 205 mm. The caption continues: 'The Sultan of Zanzibar, an enlitend (enlightened?) ruler, has allowed photographs to be taken of his wife, his son, his home and of religious celebrations which have been unprocurable hitherto. Picture shows: His Highness Khalifa 11, the Sultan of Zanzibar photographed in the Baraza or main reception room of the palace, a long narrow room lined with gilt mirrors and furnished with gilt couches upholstered in scarlet plush.'

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Showing an African youth standing beside a pile of sisal brushed and separated ready for export. The typewritten caption on the reverse reads 'Tow is baled as a separate product'.

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210 x 160 mm. A view from the road, over a cleared area, of distant mountains. Wilson also includes technical specifications on the reverse of this image: 'Rollieflex. 1/1000 sec. f 11. Kodak Verichrome medium yellow green filter.'

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105 x 165 mm.

Scope and Contents 210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'The tall building with the tower - The Beit-el-Ajaib (House of Wonders) was built in 1883 by Seyyid BarGash (Sultan 1870-1888). In the foreground bales of cloves are being loaded into lighters for export. The clove industry of Zanzibar was established during the reign of Seyyid Said Bin Sultan (Ruler of Oman and Zanzibar 1804-1856). Seyyid Said moved his residence from Oman to Zanzibar in 1882. The islands of Zanzibar and Pemba now supply 80% of the...