281 x 213 mm. A view looking across the lawn and croquet pitch towards the Residency building. Groups of people are standing on the lawn either talking or playing croquet while servants stand in the background. The occasion has not been definitely identified but is possibly connected to the visit of Dr Stuhlmann on February 12th 1905.

232 x 173 mm. A view showing the Residency lawn and buildings, with guests gathered on the grass. The photograph was taken during the ‘At Home’ given by A.S. Rogers on the Sultan’s coming of age. See Y30468/24.

283 x 210 mm. A similar view to Y30468D/1.

232 x 167 mm. A view looking across the croquet lawn towards the Residency buildings, in front of which on the drive, guests are gathering. The date of this event is unidentified.

125 x 96 mm. A view showing guests assembled on the Residency lawn with the building beyond. This is the same Reception as seen in Y30468C/21 although the occasion has not been positively identified.

243 x 186 mm. A view from the Residency balcony looking down onto guests assembled on the lawn during the ‘At Home’ given by A.S. Rogers to celebrate the Sultan’s coming of age. See Y30468/24.

211 x 147 mm. A view showing a group of men and women seated in the shaded part of a garden. The occasion has not been identified.

210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'During their annual visit to East Africa most of the Arabian dhows refit at Zanzibar. Some idea of the size of the large vessels can be gauged from this picture.'

115 x 115 mm.

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62 x 40 mm. A view of Mnazi Mmoja Road.

204 x 144 mm. A view showing a European, wearing a white suit and pith helmet seated in a rickshaw drawn by a uniformed Swahili. This is probably a portrait of R.N. Lyne (1864-1961) who was at the time Director of Agriculture in Zanzibar. He subsequently held posts in Mozambique and Ceylon and published, among other works ‘Zanzibar in Contemporary Times’ (1905) and ‘An Apostle of Empire’ (1936), a biography of General Lloyd Matthews.

75 x 72 mm. A view showing A.S. Rogers and the Sultan in an enclosure during the exhibition. See Y30468D/9.

160 x 210 mm.

144 x 194 mm. A full length portrait of Seyyid Ali bin Said, seated on a throne against a backdrop of a carpet. Seyyid Ali bin Said, the last of the sons of Seyyid Said to sit on the Zanzibar throne, was Sultan from 1890-1893. The British Pretectorate over Zanzibar and Pemba was declared at the beginning of his reign.

122 x 183 mm. A full length portrait of Seyyid Hamed bin Thuwaini, Sultan of Zanzibar 1893 - 1896, seated on a throne.

282 x 208 mm. A view showing the exterior of the single-storied Market Buildings, situated on the west bank of the Creek Canal and opened on August 12th 1904 (see Y30468C/1-3 and 5).

160 x 210 mm.

77 x 51 mm.

103 x 59 mm. A view showing sacks of copra being stacked on Zanzibar beach before loading for shipment. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'MA and Co's shipment being stacked on beach preparatory to loading in lighter'.

272 x 207 mm. Showing a large crowd of gaily dressed Swahili men and women gathered in the Mnazi Mmoja Recreation Park, Zanzibar, to celebrate the festival of Siku Kuu. The caption 'Sicucu natives feast' is written on the print itself, and is numbered '18'.

130 x 130 mm. The caption continues: 'Watercraft of all kinds, gaily decorated, greet the Sultan on his return from Pemba.'

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