The Winterton Collection

August 1896 - Damage to Sultan Bargash's palace on Zanzibar

sustained during the 38 minute bombardment known as the

Anglo-Zanzibar War.

The Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University has just annouced that nearly 8,000 photos depicting life in East Africa 1860-1960, known as the Winterton Collection is now available online. The photographs are all tagged and indexed so you can sort by a number of different categories. To my knowledge, this is the largest collection of early photographs of East Africa available electronically. It is certainly the most accessible and best organized in the world. In five minutes I found photos of the Shultztruppe, Burton, Speake, Bargash, Tippu Tip, Kijabe, Mahenge, Dar es Salaam, Zanzibar, Tabora, and Ujiji! AMAZING.

Thanks to Noel and Kate for bringing this to my attention!