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Manzini (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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First Agricultural Show, Bremersdorp, 1911-06

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30546A/42
Scope and Contents

208 x 147 mm. Showing spectators gathered under a makeshift awning in the exhibition ground. Bremersdorp (now known as Manzini) was named after one Albert Bremer who in 1887 opened a store there. From 1890-1902 (when it was succeeded by Mbabane) Bremersdorp was the administrative centre of the country.

Dates: 1911-06
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 village of Bremersdorp, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30546A/43
Scope and Contents

207 x 151 mm. Showing a horse team pulling a cart along a track in the foreground, with the scattered farms and houses of Bremersdorp visible on the hill beyond.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
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).