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120 x 85 mm. A side on view of the fishing boat seen in Y30468B/16, with the Zanzibar waterfront in the background.

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82 x 82 mm. glass slides. The collection includes slides by Miss Margaret Laing, who served in CMS hospitals in Ngora/Ongino and Kumi, Uganda, during 1929-48. Items 17-23 are by Laing and 24-28 are probably hers as well.

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205 x 151 mm. A view looking towards the northern water front of Zanzibar from the sea. At the left of the print the twin spires of the Roman Catholic Cathedral can be seen and at the right the old consulate building.

Scope and Contents 602 x 145 mm. Panoramic view composed of three joined prints. A view from the harbour looking south towards the waterfront of the Zanzibar Town. To the left of centre stands the Beit Al Ajeib ('House of Wonders') with the Sultan's Palace to the right. The Beit Al Ajeib was built for Seyyid Barghash, Sultan of Zanzibar 1870-1888, in 1883, for ceremonial rather than residential purposes. In 1886 when Sayyid Khalid briefly usurped the throne the waterfront was bombarded: the clocktower...

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The print is initialled 'SA'.

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145 x 85 mm. A view showing Africans poling a long wooden boat from the beach at Zanzibar.

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72 x 43 mm. A view looking out towards the harbour crowded with dhows and other shipping. Photographer unknown. Mr Wigglesworth in pencil on reverse.

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104 x 47 mm (both sections of stereo print). A view looking along the Zanzibar waterfront with dhows moored just off shore.

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102 x 60 mm. A view from Chandler's house, looking over the roof tops towards the harbour. The island on the horizon is probably Bawe Island.

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82 x 82 mm. glass slides. The collection includes slides by Miss Margaret Laing, who served in CMS hospitals in Ngora/Ongino and Kumi, Uganda, during 1929-48. Items 17-23 are by Laing and 24-28 are probably hers as well.

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158 x 203 mm. This picture shows the Zanzibar Opposition delegates. From left to right: Sheikh Hasnuu Makame Mwita, Sheikh Othman Shariff Musa, Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume, Sheikh Aboud Jumbe Mwinyi and Sheikh Abdulla Kassim Hanga.

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155 x 203 mm. This picture shows the Zanzibar Government delegates. From left to right: Sheikh Abadhar Juma Khatib, Sheikh Salim Kombo Saleh, Sheikh Maulidi Mshangama Haji, Sheikh Al Muhsin el Barwani, Sheikh Mohamed Shamte Hamadi (the Prime Minister), Sheikh Juma Aley and Sheikh Ahmed Abdul Rahman Edarus Baalawy.

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156 x 204 mm. Mr. Duncan Sandys (left), Secretary of State for the Colonies, talking with Sir Hilton Poynton, Permanent Secretary of the Colonial Office, before opening the Zanzibar Independence Conference in Lancaster House

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82 x 82 mm. glass slides. The collection includes slides by Miss Margaret Laing, who served in CMS hospitals in Ngora/Ongino and Kumi, Uganda, during 1929-48. Items 17-23 are by Laing and 24-28 are probably hers as well.

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143 x 85 mm. A similar view to the preceding plate.

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141 x 84 mm. A view looking along the Zanzibar waterfront with the Customs buildings and sheds in the foreground. The print shows the part of the waterfront seen in the left hand section of Y3047A/1.

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143 x 85 mm. A view looking along the waterfront road with labourers pushing a cart loaded with crates in the foreground. Behind them on the road is the metal hull of a ship (origin unidentified) with the Beit-el-Ajeib largely obscured by palm trees beyond.

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83 x 143 mm. A view showing dhows moored on the beach at Zanzibar.

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77 x 131 mm. Underexposed. A view looking along a narrow, unidentified Zanzibar street. The building at the right, with a heart-shaped sign over the door, is the Africa Hotel. With a brief letter to his son Michael on the back of the print.

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260 x 207 mm. A view looking along an unidentified street in Zanzibar, with more substantial buildings in the foreground leading on to thatched huts beyond.

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151 x 207 mm. A view looking along an unidentified street, probably in Zanzibar. The large white building at the right of the print flies the Union Jack from its mast and has many other flags draped over its façade. Prominent among those is the white ensign and the occasion is probably the visit of a British warship.

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160 x 210 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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55 x 55 mm.

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218 x 151 mm. A fine photograph showing a market scene in Zanzibar with crowds buying and selling wares from baskets laid on the ground.

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277 x 198 mm. A view showing a company of Zanzibar troops on parade in front of a large white building. Exact location unidentified, possibly outside the Sultan’s stables.