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150 x 205 mm.

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105 x 155 mm. Wrestlers perhaps.

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140 x 193 mm. A view looking eastwards along the road leading to the Beit-el-Ajeib, with columns of soldiers marching along the street from the palace towards the photographer.

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115 x 110 mm.

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62 x 40 mm.

Scope and Contents 105 x 47 mm (both sections of stereo print). Beneath the print, the caption continues ' who has accompanied Capt. Speke during 2 expeditions in Central Africa'. A Yao born in about 1820, he was enslaved when a child, sold at Kilwa, taken to India by his master (hence his name Bombay) and released on his death. He was serving in the Sultan of Zanzibar's Baluchi guard garrisoning Chokwe when in February 1856 he was recruited for Burton and Speke's expedition to discover the source of the...

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102 x 60 mm. A view showing sacks of copra stacked on a cart standing in a Zanzibar square. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'Shipment MA and Co 'Grantully Castle' brought to shore in manhandled carts. Porter lifting sack to carry to beach. Alli and Abdulrasal office in background'.

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160 x 210 mm.

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210 x 160 mm.

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205 x 160 mm.

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115 x 120 mm.

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210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'Each year, for many centuries, a regular caravan of dhows comes down the east coast of Africa from the ports of Southern Arabia and the Persian Gulf. Arriving with the north east monsoon in January they return with the south west monsoon in May.'

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160 x 210 mm. Originally the caption read 'Indian girls ...', but has been scored out and replaced with 'Muslim'.

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77 x 136 mm. View showing the carved Arab doorway of Chandler's house, Usagara House, in Zanzibar. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'The nasty patch is where (? illegible word) board hangs but I took it down for the purposes of this act'.

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210 x 160 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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160 x 210 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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210 x 160 mm.

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60 x 65 mm.

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65 x 65 mm.

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60 x 101 mm. A view showing the premises of the National Bank of India at the south-western corner of Main Street. The bank moved into these specially built premises in 1905.

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59 x 101 mm. A blurred print showing a row of thatched houses on the road side. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'I moved the camera'.

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200 x 160 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse (three times) with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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215 x 165 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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170 x 120 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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150 x 205 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse (twice) with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'