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Main Street Zanzibar

 Item — Album: 59, Page: 4
Identifier: 59-4

Scope and Contents

From the Record Group:

Photographs include a portrait of Tippu Tib, the Zanzibar slave and ivory trader, and various landmark buildings in Zanzibar. The inventory lists the photographs without indication of the pages on which they appear; pages have been indicated here. The inventory-supplied captions have been provided here along with those which appear on the pages.

Dates

  • Circa 1880s-1890s

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Record Group:

English

Conditions Governing Access

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

Extent

From the Record Group: 1 album (1 album, 10 p., 37 x 26 cm.) : Small folio (37 x 26 cm.), containing 12 albumen prints, some with captions; recent half morocco, buckram sides, gilt lettering to spine.

Physical Description

Photograph 1

General

Number in inventory: 6

Library Details

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

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