Pwani (region)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 470 Collections and/or Records:
Item
A Muscat dhow on the stocks in Zanzibar, 1933 - 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/23
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'These giant dhows usually put into Zanzibar for repairs prior to their return journey to Muscat at the end of their annual visit to the East African coast.'
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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[A Muscat dhow on the stocks in Zanzibar], 1933 - 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/24
Scope and Contents
115 x 120 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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A narrow portion of the main street of the old town, Zanzibar, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/33A
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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A native dance, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/21
Scope and Contents
180 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'These magnificent headdresses seen at a native dance are made from turkey feathers mounted on beautiful beadwork foundations. Notice the way in which the performers whiten their faces by the use of fine cerial flour.' A further handwritten caption partially obscured by the above identifies this occasion as H.H. the Sultans Silver Jubilee.
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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A picturesque fruit shop, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/9/1
Scope and Contents
165 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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A portion of the famous 'pink terraces', 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/12/9
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'The famous 'pink terraces' of Zanzibar. In some cases, these 'chimneys' show a sheer drop of 150 -200 feet.'
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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A sailor, 1930 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/20
Scope and Contents
160 x 210 mm. The caption continues: 'off one of great Arab Dhows on their annual trade visit to the ports of East Africa, from the Persian Gulf and the ports of Southern Arabia.'
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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A sample of grade one cloves, Zanzibar 1933-1948, 1933 - 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/8/1/2/5
Scope and Contents
210 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'First grade cloves. Note that all cloves have 'heads'. There are in fact the main parts of the flower bud (a mass of stamens enclosed in small bracts). If the clove bud opens before it is picked and dried then the clove will have lost its 'head' and the quality of the sample reduced.'
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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[A section of fence - a fish trap - in the shallows], 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3/16
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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'A street in old Zanzibar', 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/42
Scope and Contents
105 x 160 mm. The caption continues: 'Even the main street in Zanzibar city is so narrow that it is only possible for one car to pass at a time in certain parts.'
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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A Swahili boy makes himself a boat, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/10/12
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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A typical coastal village, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/52
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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A typical Cutch dhow undergoing repairs in Zanzibar harbour, 1933 - 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/1
Scope and Contents
160 x 210 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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A typical 'Duka', 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/9/7
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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A typical fishing village on the south east coast, 1930 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/31
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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A typical 'Manga' Arab copra maker, 1952 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/2A
Scope and Contents
160 x 210 mm.
Dates:
1952 - 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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A typical 'Shirazi' fisherman and cultivator from the east coast of Zanzibar, 1930 - 1964
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/30
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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A venerable old Arab Sheikh, 1930 - 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/12
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).
Item
A venerable old Arab Sheikh, 1930 - 1964
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/11/12A
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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A view of Funguni Spit, Zanzibar, 1930 - 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/1/5
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
[A woman sitting outside her hut working with pots], 1930 - 1950
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/3/2
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
[A Zanzibar dhow], 1933 - 1947
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/7
Scope and Contents
210 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).
Item
A Zanzibar dhow, 1933 - 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/13
Scope and Contents
160 x 210 mm. These dhows ply between Zanzibar and Pemba and the East African mainland. The covering of palm leaf thatch is to protect the crew and cargo during the rains.'
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).
Item
[A Zanzibar dhow], 1933 - 1947
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/16
Scope and Contents
210 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).
Item
[A Zanzibar dhow], 1933 - 1947
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/6/1/4/17
Scope and Contents
110 x 115 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).