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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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Zanzibar Exhibition grounds, Mnazi Mmoja, August 1905, 1905-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/40
Scope and Contents

231 x 170 mm. A view similar to Y30468D/22, showing the flag draped exhibition sheds.

Dates: 1905-08
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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Zanzibar Exhibition Grounds, Mnazi Mmoja, August 1905, 1905-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468D/42
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412 x 144 mm. (two prints joined). A panoramic view of the exhibition grounds in the Mnazi Mmoja with European and African visitors viewing the exhibits and walking on the lawns.

Dates: 1905-08
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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Zanzibar fishing boat, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/16
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150 x 115 mm. (oval print). A view showing a small sailing-canoe filled with two outriggers under full sail off Zanzibar.

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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Zanzibar fishing boat, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/27
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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.

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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Zanzibar fishing boat, 1933 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/10/3/304
Scope and Contents

115 x 160 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 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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Zanzibar Fort and market place, 1905 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 25/4
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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Zanzibar from the sea, 1901 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/2
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1901 - 1904
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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Zanzibar Harbour from door of British Consulate, 1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047C/2
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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.

Dates: 1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25
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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[Zanzibar Harbour from Usagara House], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/20
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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.

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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Zanzibar: house building, 1905 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 25/7
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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Zanzibar Independence Conference opens in London, 1963-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/641
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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.

Dates: 1963-09
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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Zanzibar Independence Conference opens in London, 1963-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/642
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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.

Dates: 1963-09
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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Zanzibar Independence Conference opens in London, 1963-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/643
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1963-09
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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Zanzibar: main street, 1905 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 25/6
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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Zanzibar plantation, 1890 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/92
Scope and Contents

229 x 202 mm. A view showing Africans at work in a small cultivated patch, with a cottage in the background.

Dates: 1890 - 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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[Zanzibar Street], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/4
Scope and Contents

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.

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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Zanzibar street scene [?], 1890 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/21
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1890 - 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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[Zanzibar Street Scene], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/86
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Zanzibar Swahili, 1930 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/6
Scope and Contents

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

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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Zanzibar, the main street and shopping centre, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/49
Scope and Contents

55 x 55 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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Zanzibar Town fruit market, 1890 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/86
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1890 - 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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Zanzibar troops, 1901 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468B/17
Scope and Contents

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.

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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Zanzibar war drums, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468C/47
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206 x 151 mm. A view showing a pair of decorated wooden war drums with leather stretched across top and bottom and a wooden club for beating the implement.

Dates: 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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Zanzibar waterfront, 1890 - 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468A/89
Scope and Contents

216 x 152 mm. A view showing a crowded scene at the western end of the Zanzibar waterfront. Crowds of spectators are gathered in front of the godowns while yet more seem to be arriving by boat. They are evidently awaiting the arrival of a dignitary at Old British Agency Pier, but the occasion has not been identified.

Dates: 1890 - 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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[Zanzibar waterfront], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/94
Scope and Contents

194 x 144 mm. A view looking along a beach towards a settlement of thatched huts, probably in Zanzibar. With a fisherman standing beside his dugout in the foreground.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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).