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A photograph of two indigenous women, one of the women is chewing betel nut and the other woman weaving a mat. Both women are wearing dresses with distinct patterns and have ear plugs.

A photograph of two indigenous women, one of the women is chewing betel nut and the other woman weaving a mat. Both women are wearing dresses with distinct patterns and have ear plugs.

Arab store or corner shop. Baskets of rice, beans, corn, cow pea, etc. etc., soap, herbs, turmeric, etc etc. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Mud wall, posts for construction of a new house, cocoanut fence, cocoanut roof, mud wall, whitewash - wood for sale in front. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Cocoanut and indigenous houses with cocoanut roofs, fences and sides in some cases, usually poles and mud for the sides. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Cocoanut and indigenous houses with cocoanut roofs, fences and sides in some cases, usually poles and mud for the sides. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Cocoanut and indigenous houses with cocoanut roofs, fences and sides in some cases, usually poles and mud for the sides. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Cattle grazing in Dar es Salam. Calves show hump. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Cocoanut palms in Dar es Salam. Houses of whites and houses of natives. Great mango trees in the back. Grass closely grazed by Indian humpbacked cattle. These palms are old - natural groves - not in rows. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Cocoanut palms in Dar es Salam. Houses of whites and houses of natives. Great mango trees in the back. Grass closely grazed by Indian humpbacked cattle. These palms are old - natural groves - not in rows. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Cocoanut palms in Dar es Salam. Houses of whites and houses of natives. Great mango trees in the back. Grass closely grazed by Indian humpbacked cattle. These palms are old - natural groves - not in rows. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Cocoanut palms in Dar es Salam. Houses of whites and houses of natives. Great mango trees in the back. Grass closely grazed by Indian humpbacked cattle. These palms are old - natural groves - not in rows. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Cocoanut palms in Dar es Salam. Houses of whites and houses of natives. Great mango trees in the back. Grass closely grazed by Indian humpbacked cattle. These palms are old - natural groves - not in rows. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Cocoanut palms in Dar es Salam. Houses of whites and houses of natives. Great mango trees in the back. Grass closely grazed by Indian humpbacked cattle. These palms are old - natural groves - not in rows. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Cocoanut palms in Dar es Salam. Houses of whites and houses of natives. Great mango trees in the back. Grass closely grazed by Indian humpbacked cattle. These palms are old - natural groves - not in rows. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Cocoanut palms in Dar es Salam. Houses of whites and houses of natives. Great mango trees in the back. Grass closely grazed by Indian humpbacked cattle. These palms are old - natural groves - not in rows. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Cocoanut palms in Dar es Salam. Houses of whites and houses of natives. Great mango trees in the back. Grass closely grazed by Indian humpbacked cattle. These palms are old - natural groves - not in rows. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Cocoanut palms in Dar es Salam. Houses of whites and houses of natives. Great mango trees in the back. Grass closely grazed by Indian humpbacked cattle. These palms are old - natural groves - not in rows. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Betal nut (pawpaw), pepper leaf (tambu), tobacco - dry and powdered and dry [sic], chalk or lime (traka) and Gambia in try. Everybody seems to use this stuff. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 2, 1920]

Panorama of bay at Dar es Salam. At right the church, Pandanus - heavy leaf purple fruited nut form a prominent part as street tree. Dock and dhows, British boat with cocoanuts on the opposite bank. R.R., shops, and steamer near entrance to the…