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Zanzibar, Circa 1900

 File — Album: 60
Identifier: 60

Scope and Contents

Photographs include scenes of people and buildings in and around Zanzibar. A list identifying plates has been tipped inside the front cover. Where the list of captions used the abbreviation "do." to indicate repeated text, the full text has been included here.

Dates

  • Circa 1900

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

To inquire about access to this collection, please contact the Herskovits Library at africana@northwestern.edu.

Extent

1 album (1 album, 50 p., plus one loose print, 18 x 23 cm.) : Small oblong quarto (18 x 23 cm.), containing 51 silver prints, each measuring 12 x 16 cm., with a printed list of plates tipped in on the front pastedown; contemporary dark green cloth covers, with a later printed label to the spine; minor wear to extremities of boards.

Abstract

Album of original photographs of Zanzibar. Coutinho Bros., circa 1900.

Library Details

Part of the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies Repository

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