Zanzibar Island (island)
Found in 561 Collections and/or Records:
Clove harvest, 1930 - 1950
210 x 160 mm. Showing a man making a basket. The caption continues: 'An African clove picker starts the day's work by making himself a large basket, called a 'Pakacha', out of the fronds of a nearby palm tree.'
Clove harvest [Young girl picking cloves], 1930 - 1950
160 x 210 mm.
Clove industry of Zanzibar, 1933 - 1948
210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'Marking matting bags for export. More than 10,000 tons of cloves are exported annually to all parts of the world.' These cloves are destined for London.
Clove inflorescences, 1930 - 1950
160 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'These are borne at the ends of the branches and the clove of commerce is the dried unopened bud.'
[Clove plantation], 1930 - 1950
210 x 160 mm.
[Clove plantation], 1930 - 1950
210 x 160 mm. Roadside clove trees.
[Clove plantation], 1930 - 1950
195 x 120 mm.
[Clove plantation], 1930 - 1950
210 x 160 mm. A road, or path, lines with clove trees.
Clove plantation, 1930 - 1950
210 x 160 mm. A road lined with clove trees.
Clove plantations, 1930 - 1950
200 x 150 mm. Men walking along a tree lined road. There is a truck some way behind them. The caption continues: 'The clove tree attains a height of thirty to forty feet in Zanzibar and considerably more in Pemba Island. Many of the roads pass through fine clove plantations and afford the visitor a very good view of the industry.'
Clove shambas on the road between Zanzibar Town and Chwaka, 1900 - 1910
84 x 107 mm. A view looking along a road lined with the clove trees of a plantation (shamba). Chwaka lies on the east coast of Zanzibar on almost the same line of latitude as Zanzibar Town.
Cloves, 1930 - 1950
120 x 165 mm. There is a Dorien Leigh Limited 'Photograph on loan' stamp on the reverse.
Cloves, 1933 - 1948
160 x 120 mm. The two captions on the reverse read: 'After the buds are all separated from the stems the produce of each picker is measured and he receives wages accordingly to the amount of his work.' and: ' The brass measure employed is called a 'Pishi' - a full pish of green clvoe buds weighs about four pounds.' Photograph stamped on the reverse (twice) with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'
Cloves drying on a 'Sakafu', Zanzibar 1933-48, 1933 - 1948
165 x 105 mm.
Cloves drying on mats and also on a large concrete drying floor, 1933 - 1948
215 x 165 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'
Cloves drying on mats and also on a large concrete drying floor, 1933 - 1948
215 x 165 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'
Cloves drying on mats and also on a large concrete drying floor, 1933 - 1948
205 x 165 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'
Cloves export, 1933 - 1948
165 x 175 mm. The caption continues: ' When dry the cloves are brought to town for sale and export. For this latter purpose they are packed in large bags made from the fibre of the date palm. The man in this picture stencils ports of destination in all parts of the world almost every week.' The cloves in this image are destined for London.
[Cloves export to London), 1933 - 1948
160 x 215 mm. The man in the picture is stencilling 'London' as the port of destination for this batch of cloves.
[Cloves market and Beit el Ajaib], 1920 - 1927
62 x 40 mm. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'Cloves market and Govt offices. Ordinary trolley used for all produce'.
Cloves ready for shipment outside Smith Mackenzie's office, 1920 - 1927
102 x 60 mm. A view showing sacks of cloves stacked next to rowing boats on Zanzibar beach, with Smith Mackenzie's offices (formerly the English Consulate) in the background.
Cloves spread out to dry, 1933 - 1948
160 x 120 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'From Photo-Union Studio house, 8, Berwick Street, London W.1.'
Coastal dhows in Zanzibar harbour, 1933 - 1947
165 x 215 mm.
[Coconut farming], 1933 - 1948
From 90 x 80 mm to 210 x 155mm. Images showing the growing, picking, husking, drying and baling of coconuts.
Coconut palms on the Makunduchi road, 1930 - 1950
160 x 190 mm.