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Photo 1116/6
- Record Id:
- 040-003377857
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003176789
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100045742775.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 1116/6
- Title:
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Crofton Collection: Album of Zanzibar views. Photographer(s): Gomes, A.C. and others
- Scope & Content:
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Photograph album containing 127 prints, the majority good clear snapshots of Zanzibar, including street scenes and architecture. The album also includes a few larger, professional quality photographs, some if not all from the studio of A. C. Gomes
These photographs form part of the collection of Denis Hayes Crofton, Indian Civil Service, and his father Richard Hayes Crofton, Colonial Civil Service, Hong Kong and Zanzibar.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003176789
040-003377857 - Is part of:
- Photo 1116 : Crofton Collection: Photographs of Hong Kong, China Ceylon and Zanzibar.
Photo 1116/6 : Crofton Collection: Album of Zanzibar views. Photographer(s): Gomes, A.C. and others - Contains:
- Photo 1116/6(1) : [View of Stone Town Harbour, Zanzibar, with the Beit-al-Ajaib in the distance]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(2) : [View of the Beit-al-Ajaib, Stone Town, Zanzibar]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(3) : [View of a white washed building in Stone Town, Zanzibar]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(4) : [View of two ships moored in Zanzibar Harbour]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(5) : [View of a street and buildings, Stone Town, Zanzibar]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(6) : [Market stalls selling bananas in a long covered porch]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(7) : [A fruit and vegetable stall with market sellers, Stone Town, Zanzibar]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(8) : [Aerial view of a river and buildings with the sea in the distance]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(9) : [Man walking on a path with palm trees]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(10) : [Ruined building with overgrown columns]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(11) : [Cloves being laid out to dry on mats in the open air]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(12) : [View of a harbour front]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(13) : [British Residency building, Zanzibar]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(14) : [Tree lined road, Zanzibar]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(15) : [Thatched buildings on the waters edge]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(16) : [View of the sea from inside a cave]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(17) : [Whitewashed multi-storey building, Zanzibar]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(18) : [A fruit bearing tree]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(19) : [View of a street with shops, Zanzibar]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(20) : [View of the Beit al-Ajaib and godowns with a dhow on the water in front]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(21) : [Donkey drawn cart on a road with thatched buildings]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(22) : [Thatched buildings]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(23) : [Path through palm and clove trees]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(24) : [Ornately carved doorway]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
Photo 1116/6(25) : [View through a stone archway to a narrow street lined by white buildings]. Photographer(s): Unknown.
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- 032-003176789[0006]/040-003377857
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 1116
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Unspecified
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Techniques:
- Gelatin Silver Print
Photograph
Photographic Print - Start Date:
- 1930
- End Date:
- 1932
- Date Range:
- c. 1930-1932
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Source of Acquisition:
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Passed from OIOC European Manuscripts 11 October 2002. Letters and papers from this collection can be found at OIOC Mss Eur F440.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known
- Names:
- Crofton, Richard Hayes, colonial administrator, fl 1900-1930
Gomes, A C, photographer, fl Early 20th century - Places:
- Zanzibar, Zanzibar Island, Tanzania, United Republic of, Africa