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Zanzibar--Description and travel

 Subject
Subject Source: Lcnaf

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

African photographs, Zanzibar, 1906

 Record Group — Album 63
Identifier: 63
Abstract

Album of original and commercial photographs compiled by Francis William Hardie of Haddington, Scotland. Various photographers (includes A. C. Gomes and Coutinho Bros.), circa 1906.

Dates: 1906
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

British East Africa, Rhodesia, & South Africa : Vol. III : a photographic record of an African journey, 1910

 Record Group — Group 10, Album: 3
Identifier: 10-3
Abstract

Photographs from travels through Zanzibar, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Victoria Falls. Includes a series of photographs taken at Cecil Rhodes' gravesite.

Dates: 1910
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs / British East Africa, Rhodesia, & South Africa : a photographic record of an African journey

Dar es Salaam, Circa 1896-1908

 File — Envelope 12
Identifier: 12
Abstract

Group of 9 original photographs of Dar es Salaam. Unidentified photographer, circa 1896-1900.

Dates: Circa 1896-1908
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

East Africa

 File — Envelope 76
Identifier: 76
Abstract

Group of 7 original photographs of undetermined origin. Several of the photographs are labeled in pencil on the back, identifed as Mombasa or Zanzibar. Based on the clothing worn by Europeans in the photos, they were taken in the late 1890s or early 1900s.

Dates: 1860-1960; Majority of material found within 1880-1920
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

Erinnerung an Deutsch-Ost-Afrika, 1890-1892

 File — Group 29, Folio: 1
Identifier: 29-1
Abstract

Portfolio of original photographs of East Africa entitled, ‘Erinnerung an Deutsch-Ost-Afrika’, 1890-2. A highly important, early record of the German presence in East Africa and Zanzibar and, in particular, the military stations they established in what became German East Africa.

Dates: 1890-1892
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs / German East Africa

German East Africa

 Record Group — Carton 29
Identifier: 29
Abstract Portfolio of original photographs of East Africa entitled, ‘Erinnerung an Deutsch-Ost-Afrika’, 1890-2. With a small box of contemporary military visiting cards and some correspondence in German, plus a small circular silver print (10 cm. in diameter) of a German passenger ship, identified on the wooden frame, ‘D.O.A.L., Kanzler’. A highly important, early record of the German presence in East Africa and Zanzibar and, in particular, the military stations they established in what became German...
Dates: 1860-1960; Majority of material found within 1880-1920
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

German East Africa & Zanzibar, 1895-1900

 Class — Box 30
Identifier: 30
Abstract

Dr. Oskar Baumann's photographs from German East Africa and Zanzibar, 1895-1898, and a booklet, Dr. Oskar Baumann : ein Nachruf .

Dates: 1895-1900
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

Ost-Afrika, 1895-1898

 File — Group 30, Envelope: 1
Identifier: 30-1
Abstract

Dr. Oskar Baumann's photographs from German East Africa and Zanzibar, 1895-1898.

Dates: 1895-1898
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs / German East Africa & Zanzibar

Reise-Erinnerungen, Circa 1880-1900

 File — Album 73
Identifier: 73
Abstract

Superb album of 72 original photographs of Zanzibar and German East Africa.

Dates: Circa 1880-1900
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

Sansibar und Deutsch-Ost-Afrika, Circa 1900

 Record Group — Album 57
Identifier: 57
Abstract

Album of original photographs of German East Africa and Zanzibar.

Dates: Circa 1900
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

Scrapbook. Pictures of people and places at home & abroad. African and other photographs., 1860s and 1870s

 Record Group — Album 34
Identifier: 34
Abstract

Personal scrapbook entitled, ‘Pictures of people and places at home and abroad. African and other Photographs’. 1860s and 1870s. Only a portion of the contents is related to Africa and the rest relates to Europe, including postcards and a few photographs.

Dates: 1860s and 1870s
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

South Africa to Egypt via the East African Coast Zanzibar and Aden, late 1890s

 Record Group — Album 6
Identifier: 6
Abstract

Large album, labeled Africa to Egypt via the East African Coast Zanzibar and Aden. Various photographers, late 1890s.

Dates: late 1890s
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

Tippu Tib and Zanzibar views, Circa 1880s-1890s

 Record Group — Album 59
Identifier: 59
Abstract

Portfolio of 12 original photographs taken in Zanzibar circa 1880-1900.

Dates: Circa 1880s-1890s
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

Zanzibar, 1908-1913

 Class — Carton 56
Identifier: 56
Abstract

3 albums of original photographs of Zanzibar and the voyage from London, 1908-1913. Photographer identified as Alfred Evans Brown ("A.E.B."), a British civil servant who served as Acting Vice Consul in Zanziber from 1910-1911.

Dates: 1908-1913
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

Zanzibar, Circa 1900

 File — Album 60
Identifier: 60
Abstract

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

Dates: Circa 1900
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

Zanzibar, Circa 1900

 File — Envelope 61
Identifier: 61
Abstract

Group of 10 original photographs of people and scenes of Zanzibar. Gomes & Co., circa 1900.

Dates: Circa 1900
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

Zanzibar, Late 1890s

 File — Envelope 62
Identifier: 62
Abstract

Group of 17 original photographs of native people and topographical views. Coutinho Brothers, late 1890s.

Dates: Late 1890s
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

Zanzibar, Circa 1890

 File — Box 65
Identifier: 65
Abstract

Portfolio of 27 fine studio portraits and scenes in Zanzibar. Unidentified photographer, circa 1890.

Dates: Circa 1890
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

Zanzibar, Circa 1940s

 File — Envelope 69
Identifier: 69
Abstract

A group of ten original photographs of Zanzibar street scenes. A.R.P. De Lord, circa 1940s.

Dates: Circa 1940s
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs

Zanzibar, 1905

 Class — Carton 72
Identifier: 72
Abstract

Album and 2 envelopes of original photographs of Zanzibar. Unidentified photographers, 1905.

Dates: 1905
Found in: Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies / 037, Humphrey Winterton Collection of East African photographs