Zanzibar, Circa 1900

File — Envelope: 61

Identifier: 61

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Photographs of the Zanzibar waterfront, posed portraits of Swahili women, and several scenes of camels and pack mules. Two of the photographs also appear in album 63, as noted in the list of contents. All photographs are uncaptioned and the captions listed here have been supplied from the original inventory.

Dates

Circa 1900

Creator

A. C. Gomes & Son (Organization)

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Access

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Extent

10 Photographs (10 loose photographs, various dimensions, none less than 13 cm. or more than 22 cm. in either dimension.) : 10 unmounted silver prints, all but one bearing the Gomes ink stamp on the reverse, various dimensions.