Francois (Kurt von) typescript
Relates to German exploration of the Togo region in Africa. Photocopy
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Bascom (William R.) Collection
Objects from various African countries and cultures, such as Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Kenya, Yoruba culture/religion, and the Ashanti religion. Items within the collection include photographs of objects; photographs and prints…
Jacobson (Ken and Jenny) collection
The Ken and Jenny Jacobson Orientalist Photography collection comprises over 4,500 photographic images of the Middle East and North Africa that were amassed by the Jacobsons over a span of…
Hellgrewe (Rudolf) printed material
Printed reproductions of 40 paintings by Rudolph Hellgrewe of people and landscapes in German East Africa. Published in Berlin by J. Zenkers. Contains second edition (published 1888) and new installment…
Kohl (Franz) diary
Relates to conditions in German East Africa and the Belgian Congo. Photocopy of typed transcript.
German East Africa Postcard Collection, ca. 1900-1920
138 photographic postcards, most black and white but a few chromolithographic of Dar-es-Salaam and other parts of German occupied Tanganyika (now Tanzania), prior to and during the East African campaign…
German East Africa: Lüderitz to Tanga, overland journey photographs
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…
German East Africa photograph album
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,…
German Southwest Africa (Namibia) photograph album Bernath Mss 470
Photograph Album Titled: Zur Erinnerung an Meinen Aufenthalt in Deutsch-Suedwest Afrika. [In Memory of my Stay in German-South-West Africa].[Namibia], 1906-7. With an ownership inscription on the inside front cover. The…
Numismatics
The collection is made up of a variety of separate donations to the Cape Town Holocaust Centre. It contains different examples of currency in Germany following the First World War.…