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160 x 210 mm.

Scope and Contents 247 x 195 mm. A view showing the Aga Khan stepping onto the Palace Pier from a longboat flying the Zanzibar flag. On the pier itself a welcoming crowd waves banners while at the end of the pier A.S. Rogers stands to meet the Aga Khan. Still in the longboat are Brigadier-General A.E.H. Raikes, who went out to meet the Aga Khan, and dignitaries of the Khofa Ismaili community. The ship the group travelled in from Mombasa, the S.S. ‘Bohemia’, can be seen at anchor in the harbour. The Aga Khan...

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210 x 150 mm. A view showing A.S. Rogers and the Sultan seated in the royal carriage in the Exhibition grounds in the Mnazi Mmoja park.

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210 x 152 mm. A view showing three carriages and a mounted escort standing in the exhibition grounds in the Mnazi Mmoja.

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148 x 100 mm. A view showing A.S. Rogers and an aged Arab posing for a photograph in the Exhibition grounds. The Arab is possibly Varras Remtulla Hemani, the leader of the Khoja Shia Ismaili community.

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73 x 123 mm. A view showing A.S. Rogers and an unidentified lady standing on a pillared verandah (at the British Residency).

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244 x 186 mm. A view looking down from the Residency balcony onto the lawn where guests are gathering for the reception held to celebrate the coming of age of Sultan Seyyid Ali bin Hamoud. See Y30468C/24.

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239 x 190 mm. A view looking down onto the residency lawn where guests are gathered in groups. A.S. Rogers can be seen in the centre foreground.

Scope and Contents 263 x 215 mm. A view showing European, Arab and Indian residents of Zanzibar seated in a flag-draped room, presumably for the musical evening given by J.R. Smith and the staff of the ETC which is reported in the ‘Zanzibar Gazette’ for March 1st 1905. A.S. Rogers, in informal clothes, sits at the head of the gathering. No other figures have been identified. The entertainment consisted of songs and music followed by ‘Crazed’ a ‘musical trifle… rendered in faultless style and real artistic...

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217 x 146 mm.. A view showing crowds of spectators at the Athletic Sports which concluded the celebrations of the Sultan’s coming of age. The order of events and the results can be found in the ‘Zanzibar Gazette’ for June 28th 1905.

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102 x 79 mm. A view showing a group of competitors at the Sports days.

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245 x 180 mm. A view showing a seated row of spectators at the celebratory sports with Arab dignitaries seated in the foreground and Europeans beyond.

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242 x 183 mm. A view showing crowds of spectators gathered round the racetrack at the celebratory sports days.

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212 x 151 mm. A view, similar to Y30468D/8, showing spectators at the sports days held to celebrate the Sultan’s coming of age.

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50 x 75 mm. Photograph of a drawing of a three quarter length portrait of young girl. There is text on the reverse of the print, written in Arabic.

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209 x 151 mm. A view looking along the rear balcony of the British Residency, showing the carved balustrades and decorative wrought-iron work and with a chair in the foreground. Beyond the balcony the gardens and harbour can be seen. See Y30468C/30.

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165 x 215 mm.

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220 x 165 mm.

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160 x 210 mm.

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210 x 160 mm.

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160 x 160 mm.

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165 x 105 mm.

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160 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'This is a sight common in Zanzibar. The bunches of fruit are packed onto a wooden framework beneath which is a small wooden box for cash receipts. Natives walk many miles to town thus loaded with bananas.'

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110 x 110 mm. A handwritten caption on a piece of paper accompanying the image reads: 'Baobab trees; a familiar sight in areas of East Africa so dry that trees have developed their own method of storing moisture. Notice the bare, stony appearance of the ground, and the bare outcrops of rock on the distant hill.'