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Guide to the German East Africa: Lüderitz to Tanga, overland journey photographs
Bernath Mss 453
Bernath Mss 453
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Title: German East Africa: Lüderitz to Tanga, overland journey photographs
Identifier/Call Number: Bernath Mss 453
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Collections
Language of Material:
German
Physical Description:
0.2 linear feet
(1 half-size document box)
Date (inclusive): 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
The collection is open for research.
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.
[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.
Library purchase, 2014.
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.
Existence and Location of Copies
DVD copy with album. In addition, DVD content has been copied onto "repository" drive in folders corresponding to the mss
number.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Namibia--Pictorial works
Photographs
Tanzania--Pictorial works