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P. de Lord Photo Gallery
Pereira de Lord and his brother were amoung the most prolific photographers in Zanzibar history. No one
has more preserved work still available today than they, this may well be
because no one took more photographs of old Zanzibar than they did.
They seem to have been
everywhere in the early years, all over the town, in the country, at sea, in
high buildings and of course they also maintained a
studio. There, just off a main street in Stone Town, they produced quality portraiture
for all manner of customers.
Click on the small arrows beside the top row of thumbnails to see all 9
examples.
Residence Building and French Hospital
These gardens were designed and planted by Goan experts and were given to the city by Seyyid Hamoud in 1899. Located just off a main route into the city the gardens were used as a high class meeting and resting place.
This harbor side road has always been a main artery in Stone Town. This train ran for less than 20 years but was very popular and heavily used by passengers. However lack of adequate freight traffic made it uneconomical. Plans to extend it all the way to the northern tip of the island never got further than the land survey and a route map.
The look of a painting is at times cultivated in some of de Lord's early work. A little self promotion never hurt a photography business, de Lord set up shop in the most prominent location he could find. Shopping is often both a business and a social transaction in Zanzibar. De Lord used color to capture impact of the height of 1910 fashions. The building on the extreme left, here identified as the French Hospital, later became the St. Joseph Convent School and then Tumekuja School.
Small Ship repair and refitting was a lucrative business in old Zanzibar.
These gardens were designed and planted by Goan experts and were given to the city by Seyyid Hamoud in 1899. Located just off a main route into the city the gardens were used as a high class meeting and resting place.
    
Compiled and Edited by Barghash 2004
all rights reserved. Barghash@msn.com
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