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150 x 211 mm. A view looking along an avenue lined with clove trees on a government plantation. The figure in the background wearing white uniform is R.N. Lyne, Director of Agriculture. This photograph is used as an illustration in ‘An Apostle of Empire’, R.N. Lyne (1936).

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103 x 59 mm. A view showing the Beit el Ajaib from the waterfront.

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125 x 140 mm.

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217 x 150 mm. A view showing a parade of officials marching past the front of the Beit el Ajaib with a military guard of honour in the background. The date and occasion have not been identified. The figure at the head of the second group is possibly Edward A.W. Clarke (1860-1913), who became Agent and Consul General for Zanzibar and German East Africa in 1909.

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215 x 153 mm. A similar view to Y30468B/7 showing the tail-end of the parade, with three Arabs in the foreground and two unidentified Europeans behind.

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214 x 156 mm. A similar view to Y30468B/7. No figures in the parade have been identified.

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215 x 154 mm. A view showing a group of officials leaving the Beit el Ajaib after the Baraza. The two leading figures are probably Portuguese officials.

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277 x 201 mm. A view showing Indian cavalry marching past the front entrance of the Beit el Ajeib. They are led by an unidentified Indian officer and a European officer, possibly General Raikes. The occasion has not been identified.

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160 x 210 mm.

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227 x 168 mm. A view showing a mixed group of European and Arab dignitaries standing at the roadside and probably awaiting the arrival of the Sultan. Location and date unknown, possibly at the Mnazi Mmoja recreation ground.

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104 x 68 mm. A similar view to Y30468D/14.

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86 x 72 mm. A view showing a group of spectators at the finishing line at the celebration Athletics Sports. See Y30468C/42.

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246 x 146 mm. A view, similar to Y30468D/3, showing some of the principal guests at the Exhibition standing beneath a thatched shelter. Identified figures are the Sultan, standing next to A.S. Rogers and Basil Cave.

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55 x 80 mm. Beit el Ajaib, the Sultan's Palace, is also known as the 'House of Wonders.'

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160 x 210 mm.

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170 x 232 mm. A view showing part of a hallway at the British Residency, with pillars, potted plants and an overlooking gallery.

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210 x 160 mm.

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160 x 210 mm.

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Mostly 210 x 160 mm. Wilson provides detailed information about clove farming on the back of some of these photographs.

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160 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'Cloves grow on the tips of the branches of the clove tree. The harvest on the lower branches is gathered by women and children whilst most of the climbing is done by men.'

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160 x 210 mm .

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165 x 215 mm.

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210 x 160 mm.

Scope and Contents 205 x 150 mm. The caption continues: 'Seated on the right of the Sultan at the back is the British Resident Sir Vincent Glenday and on the Sultan's left seated at the back is Admiral Sir Charles Woodhouse C in C East Indies. On the Sultan's right standing is Colonel A. Bell, Commissioner of Police and on his Highness's left standing is the Sultan's Private Secretary Mr. Phillip Pullicino. Seated at back on Colonel Bell's right is Major E. Dutton Chief Secretary.' There is a 'Copyright...

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Published and unpublished works on African history written by Gray, accompanied by research notes from archives and secondary sources.