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Album von Zanzibar von Wm. O'Swald & Co., 1850s-1890s.
Record Group — Album: 74
Identifier: 74
Abstract
The O’Swald album was apparently compiled to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Company in Zanzibar, celebrated in June 1899. The album brings together photographs, water-colors and other material assembled over the preceding fifty years.
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Page 15
File — Album: 74, Page: 15
Identifier: 74-15
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Page 16
File — Album: 74, Page: 16
Identifier: 74-16
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Page 17
File — Album: 74, Page: 17
Identifier: 74-17
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Polo Club: W. Buchanan, E. Harworthy, Wm. O’Swald Jr., E. Grallert, F. Ottens, Lt. H. Cutfield
Item — Album: 74, Page: 18
Identifier: 74-18
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Page 19
File — Album: 74, Page: 19
Identifier: 74-19
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Page 20
File — Album: 74, Page: 20
Identifier: 74-20
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Page 21
File — Album: 74, Page: 21
Identifier: 74-21
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Women sorting crop
Item — Album: 74, Page: 22
Identifier: 74-22
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Watercolour (20 x 30 cm) of Zanzibar waterfront with the O’Swald building at centre.
Item — Album: 74, Page: 23
Identifier: 74-23
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Isa Bin Seliman, John Witt, Sardick Bin M’larrack
Item — Album: 74, Page: 24
Identifier: 74-24
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Salt print of makuti roofs
Item — Album: 74, Page: 25
Identifier: 74-25
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Salt print of Zanzibar harbour
Item — Album: 74, Page: 26
Identifier: 74-26
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Large table laid for formal dinner, Europeans standing, two African servants seated on floor
Item — Album: 74, Page: 27
Identifier: 74-27
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Salt print of rooftops, near Inkunazurii
Item — Album: 74, Page: 28
Identifier: 74-28
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Salt print of Malindi Alley between old houses
Item — Album: 74, Page: 29
Identifier: 74-29
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Posed portrait of a Zanzibari of high rank, possibly Muniam Kuu, King of Wahadimie who lived at Dunga’
Item — Album: 74, Page: 30
Identifier: 74-30
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Strand-Bild von Zanzibar, Tender Adler. Herrn F. Oswald, von Von Dambrowski, Lieutenant zur See
Item — Album: 74, Page: 31
Identifier: 74-31
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Waterfront, native buildings.
Item — Album: 74, Page: 32
Identifier: 74-32
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.
Waterfront (tower under construction or damaged by bombardment?)
Item — Album: 74, Page: 33
Identifier: 74-33
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The Hamburg-based trading house of William O’Swald & Co. established an agency in Zanzibar in June 1849, having made earlier enquiries about East Africa’s commercial possibilities in 1844 and again in 1847. At the time, there was a very profitable trade in transporting cowrie shells from Zanzibar to West Africa where they were used as currency. By the mid-1850s, O’Swald together with the other German trading houses, Hertz and Hansing & Co., were despatching over twenty ships a year...
Dates:
1850s-1890s.