Zanzibar Island (island)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 561 Collections and/or Records:
Item
View from verandah of bungalow at Ambwani [Mbweni], 1920 - 1927
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/37
Scope and Contents
102 x 60 mm. A view looking over the palm trees towards a curving beach. Mbweni lies about three miles south of Zanzibar Town and formerly housed a Mission community.
Dates:
1920 - 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[View of harbour from Usagara House], 1920 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/28
Scope and Contents
62 x 40 mm. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'View of Harbour from F.C.'s House'.
Dates:
1920 - 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[View of Roman Catholic Cathedral from Usagara House], 1920 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/25
Scope and Contents
62 x 40 mm. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'View from Chandler's house top. Cathedral spires'.
Dates:
1920 - 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[View of the joist of an outrigger canoe], 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3/23
Scope and Contents
190 x 165 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Views in Zanzibar, circa 1900-1910, 1900 - 1910
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A
Scope and Contents
Contains loose prints by A.C. Gomes and Sons (unless otherwise specified) measuring approximately either 200 x 150 mm or 140 mm, and captioned on the reverse. Captions composed for this catalogue are enclosed in square brackets. Photographs show good views of the scenery, agriculture and races of Zanzibar.
Dates:
1900 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Wanyamweris, 1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047C/4
Scope and Contents
105 x 50 mm (both sections of stereo print). Showing a group of enslaved persons from the Ruwenzori Mountains (Mountains of the Moon). Grant's note beneath the print reads: ''Wanyamweris' or natives from the Country of the Moon - heads shaved except a moon shaped and very short patch on top of the head - the centre one only wears a headdress (a ring of standing out zebra mane) very muscular, tall, fine men - a throatlet of 3 cornered or moon shaped ivory is suspended by thread round neck...
Dates:
1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Warehouse of Leslie and Anderson, Ltd., Zanzibar], 1920 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/35
Scope and Contents
239 x 185 mm. A view showing a group of European, Arab and Swahili employees in Leslie and Anderson warehouse with Chandler (in a white suit and carrying a pith helmet) standing third from the right. In the foreground sacks of copra stand on a large pair of scales.
Dates:
1920 - 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Washing day, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/2/23
Scope and Contents
115 x 140 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Washing day in Zanzibar - no hot water is used, 1930 - 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/2/22
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Waterfront scene, Zanzibar], 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/102
Scope and Contents
221 x 171 mm. A view from a harbour showing waterfront buildings at an unidentified location with the towers of two mosques visible in the background.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Waterfront, Zanzibar, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/6
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Welcom Munticalo Clob, 1930 - 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/9/14
Scope and Contents
Newspaper cutting. The photograph is accompanied by the text: 'A rival to Monte Carlo Sporting Club this inscription appears on a palm-thatcher's roadside native coffee-shop in the island of Pemba, Zanzibar Protectorate. Photo by Mr. Fergus Wilson. This photograph has been awarded a prize of one guinea.'
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Woman harvesting cloves], 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/28
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Woman harvesting cloves], 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/29
Scope and Contents
160 x 210 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Woman harvesting cloves], 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/30
Scope and Contents
160 x 210 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
[Woman harvesting cloves], 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/31
Scope and Contents
160 x 215 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
[Woman harvesting cloves], 1930 - 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/32
Scope and Contents
160 x 210 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Woman picking cloves], 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/41
Scope and Contents
160 x 210 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Women making mats at Kizimicazi, 1930 - 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3/11
Scope and Contents
130 x 155 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
[Women making mats at Kizimicazi], 1930 - 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3/12
Scope and Contents
85 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Women picking cloves from the ground (the higher branches are usually harvested by men and boys), 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/42
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
[Young girl picking cloves], 1930 - 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/43
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Item
[Young girl picking cloves], 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/49
Scope and Contents
225 x 170 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Young helpers at clove harvest, 1933 - 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/1
Scope and Contents
205 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'Women and children all help in the urgent business of clove harvest. Here are some children sitting on the concrete drying floor separating cloves from stems.'
Dates:
1933 - 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Sub-Series
Zanzibar, 1930 - 1950
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1
Scope and Contents
Photographs of local people, farming, fishing and craft-making activities and daily life in Zanzibar. Captions have been reproduced as found.
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).