Zanzibar Island (island)
Found in 561 Collections and/or Records:
Learning to be a sailor - Zanzibar harbour, 1930 - 1950
160 x 210 mm.
['Learning to be sailors'], 1930 - 1950
210 x 160 mm.
Leitch photographing me, 1920 - 1927
59 x 103 mm. A view showing Leitch (presumably a colleague of Chandler's) pointing a camera. In the foreground are spread out piles of drying copra.
Letter from George Putnam in Zanzibar, 1969
A typescript copy of a letter from Putnam to his brother John, 8 July 1849, describing a voyage to East Africa in the 'Emily Wilder' and a meeting with his brother Horace (2 pages). There is an accompanying note by D.H. Simpson, R.C.S. Librarian, March 1969, providing background information (1 page).
Livingstone's House, Zanzibar, 1930 - 1950
210 x 160 mm.
Livingstone's house, Zanzibar, 1910
235 x 190 mm. A view showing the dilapidated three storey building lived in for some weks by Livingstone before setting out on his final expedition in 1866. Next to the house stand native houses of thatch and wattle. The building is situated on the northern side of the town east of the Creek on what was later Hollis Road.
Loading a Muscat dhow for departure at sunset, 1933 - 1947
160 x 205 mm.
Loading bales of cloves for export, 1933 - 1948
150 x 125 mm.
Loading cloves at Zanzibar, 1933 - 1948
165 x 210 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'
Loading cloves at Zanzibar, 1933 - 1948
125 x 165 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'
[Loading cloves onto a lighter], 1933 - 1948
155 x 200 mm.
Loading copra on lighters, Zanzibar, 1900 - 1910
105 x 83 mm. A view from a wharf looking down on a lighter loaded with roped sacks of copra.
Luddah Damjee, 1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25
94 x 85 mm (one section of stereo print). Showing Luddah Damjee seated on a stone step in front of a carved Zanzibar door. Damjee (d. 1871), a Bhuttia Hindu from Cutch, was the Zanzibar Customs Master. Beneath the print Grant refers to him as 'The Custom Master of Zanzibar the Rothschild of Eastern Africa'.
Main entrance, Usagara House, 1920 - 1927
61 x 102 mm. View showing the carved Arab doorway of Chandler's house in Zanzibar.
Main Street, Zanzibar, 1930 - 1950
160 x 220 mm. The caption continues: 'A part of the main street of Zanzibar where, in many places, it is not possible for two cars to pass each other.'
Making an outrigger canoe, 1930 - 1950
210 x 160 mm.
Making merry on the Mnazi Mmoja at the conclusion of the feast of Ramadan, 1900 - 1910
106 x 85 mm. A view showing crowds in the Recreation Park in the south eastern part of Zanzibar Town with men and women seated in a wooden 'big wheel' in the foreground.
Making palm leaf baskets (in which most produce is transported to town), 1930 - 1950
210 x 160 mm.
Malinoi - Zanzibar, 1930 - 1950
210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'A photograph of the place where hostilities must have started. The street and square adjoin the offices of the produce Inspector. The picture shows some of the Arab houses which surround the square and local shops protecting their wares from the afternoon sun.'
[Man picking cloves], 1930 - 1950
160 x 210 mm.
[Man stood on frame, harvesting cloves], 1930 - 1950
160 x 210 mm.
[Man using a donkey to transport bales of produce], 1933 - 1948
160 x 210 mm. Presumably cloves.
Manga Arab copra maker, 1952 - 1964
160 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'This type of Arab very largely carries on business as a small roadside or plantation shopkeeper. In many cases this business is run in conjunction with that of copra drying.'
Manga Arabs passing our verandah, 1936-12-29
60 x 60 mm.
'Mangapwani: one of the many beautiful beaches in Zanzibar.', 1930 - 1950
135 x 135 mm. Newspaper cutting. The caption continues: This beach was once the haunt of slave raiders. It's name means "The beach of the Arabs." There are two stories on the reverse of the cutting, which are: 'British children oversea [sic], Bill to appoint legal guardians' and 'Self-help among newspapers, Publication in spite of air raids.'