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Tanga (inhabited place)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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1. Tanganyika Territory [i.e. Tanzania]. Drying sisal fibre on a plantation, in the Tanga District, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC GEA/29
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse continues 'Sisal fibre is produced from the plant Agave sisalana and is used mainly for the manufacture of rope and binder twine. In 1923 it was the premier export crop of Tanganyika and this export was valued at £367,228'.

Dates: 1924
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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[Elephant grass on Handeni - Korogwe Rd], 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/8/1/33
Scope and Contents

106 x 157 mm. Tony Gladstone and an African with a car.

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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Group portrait of Tanga Locomotive Shed Staff, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469L/1/3
Scope and Contents

190 x 100 mm. Photograph taken during Chief Mechanical Engineer W.E. Bulman's tour in 1963. It features four rows of men: the first seated, the second standing (including Bulman), with the final two rows standing upon the sides and roofs of a locomotive and rolling stock.

Dates: 1963
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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Magila Church, 1905 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 25/2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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.

Dates: 1905 - 1948
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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Satwant Singh Suman on the footplate of his locomotive in Tanga., 1952 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469L/1/9
Scope and Contents

150 x 115 mm.

Dates: 1952 - 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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Staff at Tanga Locomotive Shed, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469L/1/2
Scope and Contents

180 x 115 mm. Group portrait including from left to right: locomotive drivers Satwant Singh Suman and Karnail Singh, locomotive inspector Yunge Mwansale, locomotive driver M.J. Din, and firemen Lazaro Kimangu and William Mandioro.

Dates: 1963
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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Tanga, 1900 - 1917

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469F/LS/57
Scope and Contents

Kaiserliches Pst-Atm.

Dates: 1900 - 1917
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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Tour of Tanga Locomotive Shed, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469L/1/1
Scope and Contents

175 x 120 mm. The print features W.E. Bulman, Chief Mechanical Engineer, with R.A. Wadham, District Mechanical Engineer on his right, and the Shed Master, F. Delle-Fogile, on the left, posed in front of rolling stock.

Dates: 1963
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).