German East Africa: Lüderitz to Tanga, overland journey photographs, circa 1930s

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Title:: German East Africa: Lüderitz to Tanga, overland journey photographs
Dates:: circa 1930s
Abstract:: Original photographs taken by a party of German travellers on a coast-to-coast overland tour of former German Empire colonies, beginning with the once diamond prospering town of Lüderitz in German South-West Africa, and ending at Tanga where an important battle took place in the East African Campaign of the Great War
Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 half-size document box)
Language:: and The collection is in German.
Preferred citation:: [Identification of Item], German East Africa: Luderitz to Tanga, overland journey photographs, Bernath Mss 453. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Scope and content:: Lüderitz (Namibia), Tanga (Tanzania), circa 1930s. Original photographs taken by a party of German travellers on a coast-to-coast overland tour of former German Empire colonies, beginning with the once diamond prospering town of Lüderitz in German South-West Africa, and ending at Tanga where an important battle took place in the East African Campaign of the Great War. 8vo. Album contains 39 black and white photographs measuring approximately 4 x 3 inches mounted on heavy cardstock teal coloured leaves with integral windows. Also with a cutting from a printed document commemorating the death of German colonist and captain Tom von Prince and others during the 1914 battle.
Acquisition information:: Library purchase, 2014.
Physical location:: Del Norte Oversize
Rules or conventions:: Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by D. Tambo, 2014.
Date Prepared:: 2014
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2016-10-27T13:32-0700

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Restrictions:: The collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of Item], German East Africa: Luderitz to Tanga, overland journey photographs, Bernath Mss 453. Department of Special Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:: UC Santa Barbara, Special Research Collections

UC Santa Barbara Library

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US