Skip to main content

Zanzibar (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 726 Collections and/or Records:

 Item

A dhow from Cutch, 1933 - 1947

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/2
Scope and Contents

200 x 215 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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).
 Item

A dhow from Muscat, 1933 - 1947

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/3
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'This picture gives some idea of the beautifully ornamented poops of the Arabian dhows which visit East Africa each year with the monsoon.'

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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).
 Item

[A dhow from Oman], 1933 - 1947

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/6
Scope and Contents

215 x 165 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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).
 Item

A dhow from Oman, 1933 - 1947

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/8
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'This picture shows typical rigging of a Muscat dhow. The main mast is about sixty feet high whilst the overall length is about one hundred feet.'

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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).
 Item

[A dhow in sail at sunset], 1933 - 1947

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/35
Scope and Contents

200 x 160 mm

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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).
 Item

[A dhow in sail at sunset], 1933 - 1947

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/36
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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).
 Item

[A dhow sailing by the shore], 1933 - 1947

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/43
Scope and Contents

85 x 135 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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).
 Item

A dhow sailor from Muscat, 1933 - 1947

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/20
Scope and Contents

130 x 130 mm. Head and shoulders portrait.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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).
 Item

[A dhow under repair], 1933 - 1947

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/18
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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).
 Item

A dhow under repair, 1933 - 1947

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/19
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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).
 Item

A game of 'Bao', 1930 - 1950

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/4
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'This is almost the African equivalent of draughts. The board has thirty-two saucer shaped depressions and the game is played with large round seeds the size of a bean.'

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).
 Item

[A game of Bao], 1930 - 1950

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/5
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 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).
 Item

A giant Baobab tree at the fishing village of Kizimkazi (S.E. Zanzibar), 1930 - 1950

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/12/19
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'The girth of this tree may be compared with the figures standing beside it and the coconut palms.

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).
 Item

A girl's school, 1930 - 1950

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/5/4
Scope and Contents

205 x 160 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).
 Item

A group of Zanzibar Arabs, 1936 - 1937

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/7A
Scope and Contents

165 x 215 mm. The caption continues: 'These Arabs came into town for the Silver Jubilee celebrations of H.H. The Sultan. The Arab with an umbrella in his right hand has his long sword (with the hilt showing) under his left arm.' The Sultan's Silver Jubilee is identified in other photographs both as 1936 and 1937.

Dates: 1936 - 1937
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).
 Item

[A man making sections of fence for a fish trap], 1930 - 1950

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3/14
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 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).
 Item

[A man making string], 1930 - 1950

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3/13
Scope and Contents

110 x 110 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).
 Item

[A man making string], 1930 - 1950

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3/13A
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 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).
 Item

[A man on a beach whittling a long stick], 1930 - 1950

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3/15
Scope and Contents

105 x 105 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).
 Item

A mangrove swamp - note the aerial roots which support the plants in tidal swamps, 1930 - 1950

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/12/4
Scope and Contents

205 x 155 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).
 Item

A member of the Hadimu tribe which is amongst the indigenous peoples of Zanzibar, 1930 - 1964

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/1A
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).
 Item

A Muscat dhow, 1933 - 1947

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/9
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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).
 Item

A Muscat dhow, 1933 - 1947

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/11
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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).
 Item

[A Muscat dhow], 1933 - 1947

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/15
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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).
 Item

A Muscat dhow, 1933 - 1947

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/40
Scope and Contents

150 x 120 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1947
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).