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107 x 81 mm. Showing a large plantation of palm trees.

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160 x 210 mm.

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141 x 86 mm. Showing a grove of palm trees with a European figure standing in the foreground.

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210 x 160 mm. Showing two people stood outside a white thatched building which has 'Welcom Munticalo Clob' crudely written on the wall.

Scope and Contents 87 x 84 mm (one section of stereo print). A half length portrait of BaronCarl Claus Von der Decken (1833-1865), a bearded figure wearing a similar hat to Corporal Mithalder in print Y3047C/3. Grant's note beneath the print reads: 'Col. The Baron Van [sic] der Decken of the Hanoverian Army now on a journey to explore the Great Lake of Nyassa.'Von der Decken, who was born in 1833, made three journeys into the interior of east Africa in 1860-62. In 1865 he undertook an expedition...

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160 x 210 mm.

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102 x 60 mm.

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49 x 102 mm. A view showing an African at work among piles of coconuts in a drying yard. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'Another yard'.

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167 x 78 mm (both sections of stereo print). A half length portrait of Mithalder taken in the open air. Grant's note beneath the print reads: 'Corporal Adam Nithalder [sic] of the Cape Mounted Rifles commanding detachment of 9 men on Capt. Speke's East African Expon. Been all through the Caffre War [Xhosa Wars] - medal on -, browned complexion -, fine straw hat -, green jacket.'

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105 x 85 mm. A view showing two Africans walking along a tree-lined country lane. Exact location unidentified, but possibly the same as the following print.

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104 x 81 mm. Showing Swahili women walking along a treelined country road.

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195 x 144 mm. Showing a group of Swahili, the women with water pots balanced on their heads, posed in a field against a background of trees.

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Showing men and women making pots, string, fish traps and building fences and boats.

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215 x 155 mm.

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Mainly 210 x 160 mm and 160 x 115 mm. Showing plot clearing, cultivated land, compost and ditch making, and general views of crops growing and being transported by donkey.

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77 x 135 mm. A view looking east along a road showing the Customs House and the Beit el Ajaib. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'Customs House on left'.

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142 x 85 mm. A view showing labourers hauling cartloads of produce (probably sacks of cloves) from the corrugated iron warehouses on the Customs wharf.

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141 x 85 mm. A view showing a group of female Swahili dancers wearing headdresses and bright robes and with their faces painted white.

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210 x 160 mm.

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210 x 160 mm.

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150 x 120 mm.

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120 x 120 mm.

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210 x 160 mm.

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Collection of miscellaneous monochrome postcards of scenes in German East Africa (now Tanzania). The cards are issued by Walther Dobbertin, Dar es Salaam and Tanga (76-79, 81-87), C. Vicenti, Dar es Salaam (88, 90), The Standard P. and P. Works, Nairobi and Mombasa (91), the remainder unknown.

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106 x 83 mm. A view showing a group of Swahili carriers, labourers in the clove plantations, in the foreground with a dhow lying in the mud beyond.