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Tanzania (nation)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2081 Collections and/or Records:

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War wreck, 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/7/97
Scope and Contents

78 x 51 mm. Two men on the top of a building in Dar es Salaam.

Dates: 1928
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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[Warehouse of Leslie and Anderson, Ltd., Zanzibar], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/35
Scope and Contents

239 x 185 mm. A view showing a group of European, Arab and Swahili employees in Leslie and Anderson warehouse with Chandler (in a white suit and carrying a pith helmet) standing third from the right. In the foreground sacks of copra stand on a large pair of scales.

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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[Warthog], 1910 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/89
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Collection of miscellaneous monochrome postcards of scenes in German East Africa (now Tanzania). The cards are issued by Walther Dobbertin, Dar es Salaam and Tanga (76-79, 81-87), C. Vicenti, Dar es Salaam (88, 90), The Standard P. and P. Works, Nairobi and Mombasa (91), the remainder unknown.

Dates: 1910 - 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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/47
Scope and Contents

Showing two Warusha men. The caption continues: 'these two warriors showed me all the likely places where crocodiles were. Arusha Chinia [i.e. Arusha Chini]'.

Dates: 1934
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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/87
Scope and Contents

Showing a Warusha woman with a number of goats. A caption below the photographs reads: 'The Wahwavi and Warusha copy Masai in dress'.

Dates: 1934
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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/95
Scope and Contents

Showing three women seated on the ground.

Dates: 1934
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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/96
Scope and Contents

Showing a woman in front of a thatched house.

Dates: 1934
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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/97
Scope and Contents

Showing a woman carrying a large bunch of bananas on her head.

Dates: 1934
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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/98
Scope and Contents

A head and shoulders portrait of a woman.

Dates: 1934
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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/99
Scope and Contents

A full-length portrait of a woman.

Dates: 1934
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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/100
Scope and Contents

A portrait of a woman from the waist up.

Dates: 1934
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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Warusha, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/101
Scope and Contents

A portrait of a woman from the waist up.

Dates: 1934
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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[Warusha boy], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/53
Scope and Contents

Showing a boy holding a small snake. The caption reads: 'This snake became entangled in my legs when I was bathing in the furrow'.

Dates: 1934
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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[Warusha girl], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/55A
Scope and Contents

A professional photograph of a Warusha girl. The photograph is signed 'G. Eric Matson'.

Dates: 1934
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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[Warusha girls], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/55B
Scope and Contents

A professional photograph of two Warusha girls. The photograph is signed 'G. Eric Matson'.

Dates: 1934
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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[Warusha man], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/51
Scope and Contents

Listening to gramophone. The caption reads: 'This was the first time he had heard the gramaphone [sic]. (Warusha)'.

Dates: 1934
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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[Warusha mother and child], 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/54
Scope and Contents

Shown lying down resting. The caption reads: 'A typical scene outside any native hut at midday. (Warusha)'.

Dates: 1934
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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Warusha. (Note heavy chain girdle), 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/55
Scope and Contents

Showing a Warusha girl.

Dates: 1934
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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Washing clothes, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/30
Scope and Contents

151 x 107 mm. A view showing Swahili women washing clothes and bathing in a country pool.

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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Washing day, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/2/23
Scope and Contents

115 x 140 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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Washing day in Zanzibar - no hot water is used, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/2/22
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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Wasumba, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304M/48
Scope and Contents

A head and shoulders portrait of a Wasumba child.

Dates: 1934
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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Wasumbwa girl in ceremonial dress, Tabora, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/74
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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Wasumbwa woman with necklace, Tabora, 1930 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/73
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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Water channel and Sigi River, Amani, 1900 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/40
Scope and Contents

113 x 89 mm. Showing the metal viaduct running across the Sigi River to the slackwater dam, with African labourers in the foreground.

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).