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Pwani (region)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 470 Collections and/or Records:

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Zanzibar Arabs, 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/7
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. The date 30th April 1937 is stamped on the reverse of this print.

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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Zanzibar Arabs, 1930 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/7B
Scope and Contents

160 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'Note the influence of east and west: Turban, 'Kanzu' (long white garment), sandals and sword from the east; Jackets and umbrella from the west.'

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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Zanzibar Arabs in dress ancient and modern, 1930 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/35
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).
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Zanzibar Cathedral - Women and children leaving an early morning service for Africans, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/63
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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Zanzibar city, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/20
Scope and Contents

210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'A picture looking over the stone town from the east side. The Cathedral is in the middle distance right hand side and the large building on the left waterfront is Seyyid Barghash's Palace the Bet-el-Ajaib (Beit-el-Ajaib).'

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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Zanzibar City from the east, 1930 - 1950

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

210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'This picture shows the old stone town of Zanzibar and the harbour ringed by coral islands. In the centre lies the Cathedral built on the site of the former slave market.'

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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Zanzibar clove industry, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/9
Scope and Contents

215 x 165 mm. The caption continues: 'The cloves are harvested in bunches and before drying the buds are separated from the 'stems.' This process is seen in the picture. The bunch of cloves is held in the right hand and the buds are brushed off against the palm of the left.'

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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Zanzibar cloves, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/38
Scope and Contents

120 x 165 mm. The caption continues: 'This is the stage at which they are harvested. They are the flower buds of the clove tree just before bursting into blossom.' Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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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Zanzibar cloves are packed in matting bags and sent to destinations in all parts of the world, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/3/7
Scope and Contents

180 x 160 mm. The man in the picture is stencilling 'London' as the port of destination for this batch of cloves.

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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Zanzibar. Destemming the buds, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/21
Scope and Contents

140 x 90 mm. Postcard.

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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Zanzibar. Destemming the buds, 1933 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/23
Scope and Contents

140 x 90 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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Zanzibar, details of inflorescence, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/1/13
Scope and Contents

90 x 135 mm. Postcard.

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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Zanzibar Harbour from door of British Consulate, 1860-08-17 - 1860-09-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047C/2
Scope and Contents

104 x 47 mm (both sections of stereo print). A view looking along the Zanzibar waterfront with dhows moored just off shore.

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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[Zanzibar Harbour from Usagara House], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/20
Scope and Contents

102 x 60 mm. A view from Chandler's house, looking over the roof tops towards the harbour. The island on the horizon is probably Bawe Island.

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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[Zanzibar Street], 1920 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3047B/4
Scope and Contents

77 x 131 mm. Underexposed. A view looking along a narrow, unidentified Zanzibar street. The building at the right, with a heart-shaped sign over the door, is the Africa Hotel. With a brief letter to his son Michael on the back of the print.

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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[Zanzibar Street Scene], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/86
Scope and Contents

260 x 207 mm. A view looking along an unidentified street in Zanzibar, with more substantial buildings in the foreground leading on to thatched huts beyond.

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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Zanzibar Swahili, 1930 - 1964

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

160 x 210 mm. Photograph stamped on the reverse with 'Photograph on loan. Dorien Leigh Ltd.'

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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Zanzibar, the main street and shopping centre, 1930 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/49
Scope and Contents

55 x 55 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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[Zanzibar waterfront], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/94
Scope and Contents

194 x 144 mm. A view looking along a beach towards a settlement of thatched huts, probably in Zanzibar. With a fisherman standing beside his dugout in the foreground.

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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[Zanzibar waterfront], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305D/95
Scope and Contents

193 x 144 mm. A view from the harbour looking towards a waterfront settlement, with dhows at anchor in the foreground.

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).