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Zanzibar (inhabited place)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 726 Collections and/or Records:

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Swahili dancers, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/36
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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
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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
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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/42
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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 dancers, Zanzibar, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/40
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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 from Zanzibar, 1930 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/6A
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/3
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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).
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Swahili girls

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/9
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110 x 87 mm. A head and shoulders studio portrait (in profile) showing two Swahili girls with pots balanced on their heads. This is a cropped portion of a larger print.

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

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/13
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109 x 88 mm. A studio portrait of four gaily dressed Swahili girls arranged in a group. The girl in the centre holds open a decorated umbrella.

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

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/14
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109 x 87 mm. A studio portrait of two Swahili girls wearing turbans and decorated robes.

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

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/15
Scope and Contents

108 x 85 mm. A studio portrait showing the four girls seen in Y30468E/13, but in a different arrangement.

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 man and girls, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468E/8
Scope and Contents

108 x 80 mm. A studio portrait of a Swahili man, wearing a fez and uniform jacket standing between two 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 women drawing water at a well, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/2/10
Scope and Contents

165 x 195 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse (three times) with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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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Swahili women drawing water at a well, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/2/10A
Scope and Contents

160 x 195 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse (twice) with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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).