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Pwani (region)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 470 Collections and/or Records:

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[Detailed view of cloves], 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/18
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 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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[Detailed view of cloves], 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/24
Scope and Contents

150 x 120 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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[Details of inflorescence], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/12
Scope and Contents

120 x 120 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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[Details of inflorescence], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/19
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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Dhow sailor, 1930 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/21
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 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).
 Sub-Series

[Dhows], 1933 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4
Scope and Contents

Various views of Arabian and Muscat dhows, at sea or in the harbour.

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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Dhows at anchor awaiting the southeast monsoon to return to the southern ports of Arabia, 1933 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/44
Scope and Contents

205 x 160 mm.

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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Dhows awaiting the onset of the southwest monsoon to return to Muscat Home, 1933 - 1947

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/41
Scope and Contents

160 x 105 mm.

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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[Domestic activity], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/2
Scope and Contents

Scenes showing people (mostly women) fetching and carrying water and preparing grain. Only eight of the twenty-seven images (those which are captioned), are described below.

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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Double outrigger canoes assembling for a race, 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/17
Scope and Contents

230 x 105 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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Drying Cloves, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2
Scope and Contents Views mostly of cloves being laid out to dry. Wilson provides information about clove farming on the back of some of these photographs: "Young helpers at clove harvest. 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.""Clove pickers sitting beside a large concrete drying floor ('Sakafu') where the clove buds are spread out to dry in the sun. In good...
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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Drying cloves, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/3
Scope and Contents

215 x 155 mm. The caption continues: ‘The cloves are spread out thinly on concrete floors or on mats in the sun. Under good weather conditions they are dry in four or five days. They turn from a pink green colour to the familiar dark brown.' Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'On loan' by both Dorien Leigh Ltd.' and also 'The Mansell Collection.'

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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Drying cloves, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/14
Scope and Contents

215 x 165 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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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Drying cloves, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/25
Scope and Contents

205 x 155 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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[Drying cloves on concrete 'Sakafu'], 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/19
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 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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Drying cloves - stripping picked cloves prior to drying, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/4
Scope and Contents

165 x 120 mm. The caption continues: 'Clove pickers sitting beside a large concrete drying floor ('Sakafu') where the clove buds are spread out to dry in the sun. In good sunny weather this may be achieved in four days. In cloudy or rainy weather it will take longer and the uality may be affected.' Photograph stamped on the reverse (twice) with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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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[Drying copra], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/53
Scope and Contents

135 x 78 mm. A view showing copra drying on the flat roof of a house. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'More copra can be seen drying in background on the roofs'.

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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[Drying copra], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/54
Scope and Contents

135 x 78 mm. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'Drying on the flat roof of HB's house. Tarpaulin at sides drawn over at night or in rains'.

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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[Drying copra], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/55
Scope and Contents

135 x 78 mm.

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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[Drying copra], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/45
Scope and Contents

135 x 78 mm. A view showing copra drying in the sun in front of a corrugated-iron warehouse. In the foreground Leitch is taking a photograph. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'More drying'.

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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[Drying copra], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/46
Scope and Contents

135 x 78 mm. Chandler having his photograph taken among the drying copra. The reverse of the photograph is annotated: 'Zanzibar copra King. Je ne pense pas. This is on the roof of HB'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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[Drying copra], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/47
Scope and Contents

59 x 103 mm. Very blurred. A view showing an African standing among drying copra.

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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Drying copra on the roof of HB's house, 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/48
Scope and Contents

103 x 59 mm. A view showing copra spread out to dry on the enclosed courtyard on the roof of HB's house. HB remains unidentified.

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).
 Sub-Series

[Education and Medicine], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/5
Scope and Contents

Images of child and adult education and an African medicine man at work.

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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[Empty petrol tins], 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/37
Scope and Contents

160 x 105 mm. The caption continues: 'A very popular use for empty petrol tins is for 'thatching' the roofs of native type houses. The roof is put on with considerable skill.'

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).