Album 74
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Group of slaves(?) with Arab men [on board ship]
Item — Album: 74, Page: 19
Identifier: 74-19-2
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.
Swahili women carrying pots
Item — Album: 74, Page: 20
Identifier: 74-20-1
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.
Swahili women carrying pots
Item — Album: 74, Page: 20
Identifier: 74-20-2
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.
African women sorting some kind of crop
Item — Album: 74, Page: 21
Identifier: 74-21-1
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.
African male porters, carrying large bundle on poles, ivory tusks on ground
Item — Album: 74, Page: 21
Identifier: 74-21-2
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.
Album von Zanzibar von Wm. O'Swald & Co.
Item — Album: 74, Page: 1
Identifier: 74-1
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.
Zanzibar 1847
Item — Album: 74, Page: 2
Identifier: 74-2
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 3
File — Album: 74, Page: 3
Identifier: 74-3
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 4
File — Album: 74, Page: 4
Identifier: 74-4
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 5
File — Album: 74, Page: 5
Identifier: 74-5
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 6
File — Album: 74, Page: 6
Identifier: 74-6
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 7
File — Album: 74, Page: 7
Identifier: 74-7
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 8
File — Album: 74, Page: 8
Identifier: 74-8
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 9
File — Album: 74, Page: 9
Identifier: 74-9
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 10
File — Album: 74, Page: 10
Identifier: 74-10
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 11
File — Album: 74, Page: 11
Identifier: 74-11
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 12
File — Album: 74, Page: 12
Identifier: 74-12
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 13
File — Album: 74, Page: 13
Identifier: 74-13
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.
Schiff Albrecht O’Swald im Hafen von Zanzibar, 1858.
Item — Album: 74, Page: 14
Identifier: 74-14
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.
Troops parading in front of Private Palace (prior to construction of the Beit el Ajait)
Item — Album: 74, Page: 3
Identifier: 74-3-1
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.