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Great Zimbabwe Ruins National Park (national park)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

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Circular building, Zimbabye [sic], 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/110
Scope and Contents

A panoramic view of the walls of the circular ruins with a breech in the centre and thick vegetation growing within the enclosed area. Ellerton Fry and a few companions visited and photographed the Zimbabwe ruins at some period between August 13-19 while the column was resting at Fort Victoria after the trek through the veld.

Dates: 1890
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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Exterior wall (20 ft through at base) Main Temple, Elliptical Temple - Zimbabwe Ancient Ruins, 1900 - 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052D/4
Scope and Contents

Showing part of the outer wall of the Elliptical Building at Great Zimbabwe, decorated with two rows of chevron patterns worked into the stonework near the top.

Dates: 1900 - 1907
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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General view inside the Temple at Zimbabwe, 1954 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052G/12
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Collection of loose prints, most mounted on card and measuring approximately 205 x 150 mm with typewritten captions pasted to the mounts. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Prints 3 and 7 are by Ronald D.K. Hadden and British Overseas Airways Corporation (B.O.A.C.) respectively.

Dates: 1954 - 1967
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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General view of Zimbabwe from the Acropolis. Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/142
Scope and Contents

202 x 151 mm. A view from the Hill ruin looking out over the surrounding countryside, with the Elliptical Building at the right of the print.

Dates: 1925
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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Parallel Passage, Zimbabwe Ruins, Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305E/141
Scope and Contents

152 x 202 mm. A view looking along the curving passage between two high stone walls on the inner face of the outer wall of the Elliptical building at Zimbabwe.

Dates: 1925
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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Part of Circular Wall, Zimbabye [sic], 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052A/111
Scope and Contents

Showing part of the wall with a double row of chevrons patterned into the brickwork near the top. This chevron pattern is found at the south-eastern and north-eastern end of the circular ruins. Photograph taken between August 13th-19th.

Dates: 1890
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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Rainbow Falls, Victoria Falls , 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052G/31
Scope and Contents

A view looking towards the main section of the Rainbow Falls.

Dates: 1950 - 1967
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).