Guide to the German East Africa photograph album Bernath Mss 475
Finding aid prepared by Special Collections staff, 2015.
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
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2015 February 24
Title: German East Africa photograph album
Identifier/Call Number: Bernath Mss 475
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
German
Physical Description:
0.92 linear feet
(1 oversize box)
Date: 1907
The collection is open for research.
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[Identification of Item], German East Africa photograph album, Bernath Mss 475. Department of Special Research Collections,
UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Library purchase, 2014.
Photograph album containing 26 original, silver gelatin print photographs and three loose photographs of a political tour
of Colonial Director Bernhard Dernburg (Exzellenz Dernburg in Deutsche Ostafrika Dar es Salaam, Tabora, Muanza, Pugu und Victoriasee).
Photographs show various markets and gatherings of indigenous people, including a large community laden with luggage marching
from Mwansa inland to Tabora, a group of women dancing around a drummer on a desolate road, a formal festivity, and a very
busy market n Dar es Salaam.
In the vicinity of Lake Victoria, Dernburg stands amidst a large gathering of German officials and a perfectly postured row
of Schutztruppe men. Received in grand style and attracting notice from many, he is also photographed on the balcony of a
train departing for the journey. Along the coast of Dar es Salaam, an African man and a young boy, both in German military
issued attire, are seen using a heliograph. A building labeled 'Pugu' may be the original rail station, about 12 miles southwest
of Dar es Salaam. Deep in the hills of Tanzania a colonial estate is displayed, its expanse comprising a large terrace, a
tiered rice paddy, and some straw thatched huts dispersed at a distance. In West Usambara he photographs a banana plantation
which also contains a sizeable German dwelling.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Tanzania -- Pictorial works
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)
Photographs
Photograph albums
Germany -- Colonies -- Africa
Bernhard, Dernburg -- Administration
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Photograph album containing 26 original, silver gelatin print photographs and three loose photographs of a political tour of Colonial Director Bernhard Dernburg 1907