| Title |
Landscapes |
| Reference |
Y304Q/6/4 |
| Covering Dates |
1930–1950 |
| Extent and Medium |
Fair condition. |
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| Content and context |
Showing images of land-clearing and soil erosion, the Malya Dam and also general landscape and wildlife scenes. |
| Further information |
Indexed |
| Index Terms |
| Africa |
| Tanzania |
| RCS/RCMS 162/Y304Q/6/4 contains: |
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A bore hole near Dodoma. 210 x 160 mm. Showing a group of men stood around a water hole. The caption continues: 'Constructed by the Water Development Authority. Local Wagogo tribesmen who have brought their cattle to water look on with great interest.'.
Fair condition.. |
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[Harvesting coffee]. 160 x 210 mm. Showing a man picking coffee beans.
Fair condition.. |
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Machinery depot on Unit No. 2 - Kongwa, Central Tanganyika (i.e. Tanzania). 210 x 160 mm. Showing rows of ploughs and also tractors. Photograph by H. J. Van Rensburg.
Fair condition.. |
1948 |
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A native authority grain store. 210 x 160 mm. Showing a white building for storing grain. The caption continues: ' ... where supplies of grain, contributed by all, are held against periods of food shortage.'.
Fair condition.. |
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[Cultivating land]. 210 x 160 mm. Showing young men digging the earth.
Fair condition, some scratching.. |
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[Cultivating land]. 200 x 155 mm. Showing young men digging the earth.
Fair condition.. |
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Tree felling in Miombo woodland. 115 x 100 mm. Showing a young boy using a small axe to fell a large tree.
Fair condition, some damage caused by sellotape.. |
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Miombo woodland being felled for cultivation. 115 x 110 mm. Showing a young boy using a small axe to fell a large tree.
Fair condition.. |
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6B
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[Miombo woodland being felled for cultivation]. 215 x 160 mm. Showing a young boy using a small axe to fell a large tree.
Fair condition.. |
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Bush clearing operation in progress, Kongwa [Central Tanzania]. 215 x 160 mm. Showing a man using a tractor to clear trees and shrubs. The caption continues: ' ... for groundnut production, typical deciduous thicket.' Photograph by H. J. Van Rensburg.
Fair condition.. |
1948 |
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Bush clearing operation in progress, Urambo [Western Province, Tanzania]. 215 x 160 mm. Showing a man using a tractor to clear trees and shrubs. The caption continues: ' ... with the "three tractor team" and cable. About twenty yards in width is cleared at a time. Photograph by H. J. Van Rensburg.
Fair condition.. |
Jan. 1949 |
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Indiscriminate clearing of vegetation, Turiani, Morogoro, Eastern Tanganyika (i.e. Tanzania). 215 x 160 mm. Showing an area cleared of trees. The caption continues: 'Note the careless way in which all the large trees have been felled.' Photograph by H. J. Van Rensburg.
Fair condition.. |
Dec. 1949 |
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[Clearing of vegetation]. 150 x 185 mm. A cleared area, with views of mountains beyond.
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[Soil erosion]. 215 x 165 mm. View of a hillside. The caption continues: 'Contour 'hedges' and live wash stops as an aid to controlling soil erosion in the Usambara mountains. Many slopes as steep as these should not, in fact, be under arable cultivation at all but under the natural forest cover. Resettlement of the people, however, raises many problems.'.
Fair condition.. |
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[Soil erosion]. 215 x 165 mm. View of a hillside. The caption continues: 'Steeply sloping land in the Usumbara mountains which once was covered with forest. It has been denuded by clearing, burning, cultivation whilst much of its soil has been lost by erosion.'.
Fair condition.. |
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Typical gully erosion, Kondoa district. 110 x 115 mm. View of a gully.
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[Soil erosion]. 155 x 195 mm. Showing a large pile of small rocks on a hillside. Stops, to control soil erosion.
Fair condition.. |
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[Soil erosion]. 155 x 195 mm. Showing a large pile of small rocks on a hillside. Stops, to control soil erosion.
Fair condition.. |
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[Soil erosion] Sagara, Central Province. 215 x 160 mm. Showing men and cattle at a watering point. The caption continues: ' A cattle drinking point in semi-arid ranching country. Overgrazing and trampling in these areas cause serious erosion.' Photograph by H. J. Van Rensburg.
Fair condition.. |
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[Anti erosion measures]. 190 x 150 mm. Showing a man looking through a road tracer. The caption reads: 'Using a simple road tracer to mark contour levels for anti erosion measures.' Photograph by H. J. Van Rensburg.
Fair condition, overall yellowing.. |
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[Anti erosion measures]. 190 x 155 mm. Showing a man looking through a road tracer. The caption reads: 'Using a simple road tracer to mark contour levels for anti erosion measures.' Photograph by H. J. Van Rensburg.
Fair condition, overall yellowing.. |
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[Anti erosion measures]. 215 x 160 mm. Showing a man looking through a road tracer. The caption reads: 'Using a simple road tracer to mark contour levels for anti erosion measures.' Photograph by H. J. Van Rensburg.
Fair condition, overall yellowing.. |
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Children with cow and calf, East Pemba [i.e. Pemba Island]. 210 x 160 mm. Showing three boys with a cow and her calf.
Fair condition.. |
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Children of Kojani Island, Pemba [i.e. Pemba Island]. 210 x 160 mm. Showing three boys with a cow and her calf.
Fair condition, but some staining on right hand side and a large white mark in the centre, where another print was stuck to it.. |
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Central breeding station of the Department of Veterinary Services and Animal Husbandry, Mpwapwa. 210 x 160 mm. Showing cows in a paddock. The caption continues: 'Star grass pastures being grazed on the Central breeding station. Note the shade trees in the paddock.' Photograph by H. J. Van Rensburg.
Fair condition.. |
1948 |
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A typical homestead, Lake Province. 210 x 160 mm. Showing a thatched building with two enclosures and a small construction enclosed by a ring of branches. The caption continues: '... near Shinyanga in the semi-arid country of Tanganyika where cattle are at least as important as crop sowing. The central 'boma' of thorns is for the protection of cattle at night.'.
Fair condition.. |
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A Chagga homestead. 210 x 160 mm. Showing a man with three children stood outside a large hut made from indigenous materials.
Fair condition.. |
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Giant heather (Phillipia mafiensis), Pemba. 210 x 160 mm. General view.
Fair condition.. |
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View from the Bluff over the harbour at Weti, Pemba. 160 x 210 mm. View form under a tree looking towards the sea and land.
Fair condition.. |
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Mount Kilimanjaro from H'Mo. 210 x 160 mm. View looking over a sisal plantation to the snow capped mountains in the distance. Wilson also includes technical specifications on the reverse of this image: 'Rollieflex. 1/1000 sec. f 5.6. Verichrome medium yellow green filter.'.
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The Uluguru Mountains. 210 x 160 mm. A view from the road, over a cleared area, of distant mountains. Wilson also includes technical specifications on the reverse of this image: 'Rollieflex. 1/1000 sec. f 11. Kodak Verichrome medium yellow green filter.'.
Fair condition.. |
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"Miombo" thicket (Isoberlinia/Brachystegia woodland) near Tabora. 210 x 160 mm. General view of the woods.
Fair condition.. |
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Date palms. 160 x 210 mm. Showing a large tree growing besides a hut. The caption continues: '... originally planted by the Arabs along the old slave road.'.
Fair condition.. |
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Mount Meru - typical of several volcanic mountains. 210 x 160 mm. A clear view of Mount Meru.
Fair condition.. |
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Flat topped Acacia, north province between Mombo and Moshi. 210 x 160 mm. View of trees.
Fair condition.. |
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Deciduous woodland at the end of the dry season. 210 x 160 mm. View of roadside trees, looking towards hills or mountains in the distance.
Fair condition, overall yellowing.. |
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[Mountains and giraffe]. 210 x 160 mm. A landscape view looking towards mountains. There is a giraffe in the right hand middle distance.
Fair condition, overall yellowing.. |
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[Nests or hives in tree]. 165 x 210 mm. Showing a large clump of cob shaped nests or hives suspended from the branch of a tree.
Fair condition.. |
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Bee hives in a tree near Moshi. 210 x 160 mm. Showing a tree at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro with cylindrical man made hives hanging from its branches.
Fair condition.. |
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[Tree]. 210 x 160 mm. Showing a large tree in the middle of a barren plain.
Fair condition.. |
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[Trees]. 160 x 115 mm. General view of roadside trees, and mountains or hills in the distance.
Fair condition, some yellowing.. |
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[Young woman]. 165 x 210 mm. A head and shoulders portrait of a young woman.
Fair condition.. |
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Ferry service, Pemba Island. 210 x 160 mm. Showing three canoes and attendants on the creek. The caption continues: 'A typical mangrove creek on the west side of Pemba where a ferry service for foot passengers is maintained by dug out canoes.'.
Fair condition.. |
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[The Malya Dam]. 210 x 160 mm. A view of a body of water. The caption continues: 'The huge dam at Malya, headquarters of the Sukumaland Development Scheme. But for this dam this area would be without water in the dry season. The plain provides for a large central dam every ten miles.'.
Fair condition.. |
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[The Malya Dam?]. 210 x 160 mm. View of a dam. There are birds sat along the pier.
Fair condition.. |
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