EU: Porto de Bolama (1891) through time

Bolama 1891–1964 9 photos of this spot

9 photographs taken at the same spot in Bolama, spanning 1891–1964 — 9 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

The port of Bolama, an island town that served as the capital of Portuguese Guinea in the late nineteenth century, photographed in 1891.

EU: Porto de Bolama (1891) 1891 The port of Bolama, an island town that served as the capital of Portuguese Guinea in the late nineteenth century, photographed in 1891.

EU: Bolama - R. do Intacha (1892) 1892 Rua do Intacha, a street in the colonial-era town of Bolama, Portuguese Guinea, photographed in 1892.

EU: Bolama - Rua dos Grumettes (1892) 1892 Rua dos Grumetes, a street in Bolama, Portuguese Guinea, pictured in 1892.

EU: Bolama - R.do Gan Creoula (1892) 1892 A street named Rua do Gan Creoula in Bolama, Portuguese Guinea, seen in an 1892 photograph.

EU: Bolama - R. do Goy Cattela (1892) 1892 Rua do Goy Cattela, a street in the town of Bolama, Portuguese Guinea, photographed in 1892.

EU: Bolama - R. Do Marquez d'Ávila (1892) 1892 A street named for the Marquês d'Ávila in Bolama, Portuguese Guinea, pictured in 1892.

EU: Bolama - R. Do Consº H.S.Macedo (1892) 1892 A street named for Conselheiro H. S. Macedo in Bolama, Portuguese Guinea, photographed in 1892.

EU: Em Bolama, governor's palace (1935) 1935 This 1935 photograph shows the governor's palace in Bolama, then the capital of Portuguese Guinea. Bolama served as the colony's administrative center until the capital was later moved to Bissau; the territory is now part of independent Guinea-Bissau.

EU: Estátua de Ulisses Grant, Bolama (1964) 1964 A statue of Ulysses S. Grant stands in Bolama, then the capital of Portuguese Guinea, photographed in 1964. The monument commemorates Grant's 1870 arbitration of a territorial dispute between Britain and Portugal, in which he ruled in Portugal's favor over the Bolama archipelago.