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Mlalo Kaya cemetery with tall and old Draceana plants, which are still flowering. Castor bean trees are also a feature of this cemetery along with several headstones.
Gare Workshop. This is a nice example of Trappist masonry from the 1890s. Gare is known for its brick masons.
Close up from DNO-0163_Bild105-DOA0389 of a local Shambaa household seemingly practicing an indigenous lifestyle. This image was edited for enhanced viewing purposes by Shay Larsen, USU Libraries Graphic Designer.
Children posing along a pathway within the Bumbuli Kaya. Household compound in the background. Note designed hairstyles among some of the children. This image was edited for enhanced viewing purposes by Shay Larsen, USU Libraries Graphic Designer.
Excellent image of Kwai Farm from relatively close up. The image shows the extent of alien trees, which the German's colonial government planted across the mountains.
This is a fine image of Mr. Shekoloa from sometime during the 1991 or 1992. Shekoloa assisted Conte during his dissertation research. He was also an invaluable help throughout the running of the Usambara Project in Mlalo. Mr. Shekoloa was a career…
Took this image in December of 1991 on a visit to Hassani Kinyassi, the current ceremonial chief of Mlalo. Members of the chief's council would sit on these stones, located in the chief's compound, and listen to cases brought by people seeking legal…
Sabine took this image on our way to the Kwemekame Market during Spring of 1992. Coming from Mkuzi, the road was lined with people walking to the Friday market, which was at that time, a large meeting. The market specialized in sugar cane and, I…
Spring 1992 Image from Conte doctoral research trip to Lunguza accompanied by Sufian Shekoloa, Marcus Conte, and Sabine Barcatta. Large Kapok in the middle of the hamlet would have served as a marker seen from a distance. TAS 85 was Conte's Suzuki.…
Repeat image of Dobbertin's DNO-0163_Bild105-DOA0164. Vegetation blocks much of what was open land in the 1910s.
The map shows the East and West Usambara Mounrains, Tanzania, as Oscar Baumann documented them during his excursion in 1890. This map was digitally stitched together by Shay Larsen, USU Libraries Graphic Designer.
Here is a rich agroforestry agricultural landscape with bananas dominating. The Umba River flows through the lower left of the image. There's an irrigation offtake visible just above the large bank of rock. This image was edited for enhanced viewing…
The photograph shows the Hohenfriedberg Church, administrative and residential buildings. Of particular note here are the luch banana plantation on the upper left half of the image. This image was edited for enhanced viewing purposes by Shay Larsen,…
The image depicts Ararat, a village associated Mlalo's Lutheran Mission called Hohenfriedberg. The photograph is on the far right of the panorama showing the Mission buildings and the agricultural landscape. This image was edited for enhanced viewing…
This is the panorama that contains the three images that follow. An excellent view of the Mlalo Basil looking southwest toward Malindi and Mtumbi Mountain. Shay Larsen, Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library, stitched and edited the images for…
The Mlalo Kaya, located above Mlalo town's market, is the founding settlement for the region. The image provides a striking view of settlement architecture in the Usambara Mountains in the 1910s. This image was edited for enhanced viewing purposes by…
The German East African government founded Kwai farm in 1896 as an experiment in tropical agriculture under Emil Eick's management. The government siezed approximately 1000 ha from local pastoralists in ordder to situate the farm. This image was…
Right half of the panorama that goes with DNO-0163_Bild105-DOA0251. This image shows the Bumbuli Kaya sometime between 1910 and 1914. This image was edited for enhanced viewing purposes by Shay Larsen, USU Libraries Graphic Designer.
The image depicts the Trappist monastery at Gare, Usambara Mountains, Tanzania between 1910 and 1914. Most of the buildings remain standing today (June 7, 2022). This image was edited for enhanced viewing purposes by Shay Larsen, USU Libraries…