Zanzibar Island (island)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 561 Collections and/or Records:
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An Indian fruit shop, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/9/2
Scope and Contents
160 x 200 mm. The caption continues: 'The variety and quality of fruit in this shop in the fruit market gives some idea of the fertile productivity of the Zanzibar soils. In this picture can be seen pineapples, oranges, grapefruit, limes, bananas, custard apple, papaws etc. The largest pineapple can be purchased for 6d.'
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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An Indian instructs his son in the art of keeping books, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/5/3
Scope and Contents
150 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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[An Indian pot maker at work], 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3/3
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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An Indian pot maker at work, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3/4
Scope and Contents
160 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'Nearly all domestic water in rural areas is drawn from wells and carried in earthenware pots.'
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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An Indian potter at work, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3/6
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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An Indian shop, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/9/6A
Scope and Contents
165 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'With his varied stock all neatly set out this Indian 'Duka' keeper patiently awaits the next customer.'
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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An Indian wheelwright constructs his cart wheels of local timber, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3/1
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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[Anglican Cathedral, Zanzibar], 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/93
Scope and Contents
195 x 145 mm. A view looking eastwards over the rooftops of Zanzibar town towards the Anglican Cathedral.
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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Another of the buildings at Ambwani [Mbweni], 1920 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/40
Scope and Contents
102 x 60 mm. A view showing the front façade and entrance stairway of the large house at Mbweni established by Miss C.D.M. Thackeray of the U.M.C.A. as a home (housing 70) for formerly enslaved girls training to be mission teachers.
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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A(nother) view of the mosque, 1920 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/14
Scope and Contents
102 x 59 mm. A view showing the white walls and square tower of an unidentified mosque.
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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Arab Dhow crew, 1930 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/22
Scope and Contents
155 x 175 mm.
Dates:
1930 - 1964
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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[Arab doorway, Usagara House], 1920 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/36
Scope and Contents
108 x 158 mm. Mounted on card. A view showing a Swahili servant sitting on the steps in front of the carved Arab doorway of Chandler's house in Zanzibar.
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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[Arab doorway, Zanzibar], 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/4
Scope and Contents
155 x 215 mm. Showing an ornately carved Arab doorway in Zanzibar town. Photograph probably by A.C. Gomes and Sons.
Dates:
1919
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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[Arab doorway, Zanzibar], 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/5
Scope and Contents
148 x 209 mm. Showing an ornately carved Arab doorway in Zanzibar town. Photograph probably by A.C. Gomes and Sons.
Dates:
1919
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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Arab Sheikhs in Zanzibar, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/48
Scope and Contents
140 x 90 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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Arabian dhows assembling at the Zanzibar anchorage, 1933 - 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/10
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: '... awaiting the onset of the south east monsoon to take them home.'
Dates:
1933 - 1947
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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[Arabs on their way to greet H.H. The Sultan on his Silver Jubilee], 1930 - 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/29
Scope and Contents
90 x 130 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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[Arabs on their way to greet H.H. The Sultan on his Silver Jubilee], 1930 - 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/29A
Scope and Contents
90 x 130 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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[Arabs on their way to greet H.H. The Sultan on his Silver Jubilee], 1930 - 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/30
Scope and Contents
115 x 115 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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Arabs on their way to greet H.H. The Sultan on his Silver Jubilee (1937), 1937
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/28
Scope and Contents
160 x 210 mm.
Dates:
1937
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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Areca nut palms, Zanzibar, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047A/21
Scope and Contents
148 x 202 mm. A view showing a woodland path and a small plantation of areca palms with their characteristically straight trunks : 'The nut is sliced, and rolled up in the aforesaid betel nut, with a little slaked lime, a small piece of red colouring matter (katu) and sometimes a piece of tobacco. The 'quid' is then ready for chewing.' (Pearce 1920).
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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A.S. Rogers and the Sultan of Zanzibar at the Exhibition 1905, 1905
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/112
Scope and Contents
80 x 77 mm. Showing A.S. Rogers and the young Sultan standing among a group of uniformed officials at the Zanzibar Exhibition of 1905.
Dates:
1905
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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Asians of East Africa - A Hindu woman carrying water through the narrow streets of Zanzibar City, 1930 - 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/9
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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[Bales of cloves at the wharf], 1933 - 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/3/29
Scope and Contents
165 x 215 mm.
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).
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[Bales of cloves at the wharf], 1933 - 1948
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/3/30
Scope and Contents
220 x 165 mm.
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).