Jules Leclercq- Aux sources du Vasco-de-Gama à Mombasa through time

Mombasa 1900–1936 31 photos of this spot

31 photographs taken at the same spot in Mombasa, spanning 1900–1936 — 31 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

A street scene in Mombasa around 1900, documenting everyday activity in the old Swahili coastal town before its major twentieth-century expansion under British colonial administration.

Street scene, Mombasa, Kenya 1900 A street scene in Mombasa around 1900, documenting everyday activity in the old Swahili coastal town before its major twentieth-century expansion under British colonial administration.

EU: Kenya: Mombasa. Photograph by Hon. Geoffrey L. Parsons, (1905) 1905 A 1905 photograph of Mombasa, the coastal port city in British East Africa, taken by the Hon. Geoffrey L. Parsons.

Kenya; Mombasa. Photograph by Hon. Geoffrey L. Parsons, 1905 Wellcome 1905 This 1905 photograph of Mombasa, Kenya, was taken by Geoffrey L. Parsons and is held in the Wellcome Collection, documenting the coastal city during the early colonial period.

PSM V68 D163 A street in mombasa 1905 A street in Mombasa, Kenya, is shown in this 1905 photograph, published in Popular Science Monthly to illustrate the coastal trading city.

Jules Leclercq- Aux sources du Vasco-de-Gama à Mombasa 1913 Also drawn from Leclercq's 1913 travelogue, this photograph shows Vasco-de-Gama Street in Mombasa, a coastal thoroughfare in the old Swahili port town on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast.

EU: fort, fotografi, photograph (1920) 1920 A fort in Mombasa, Kenya, photographed in 1920, when the coastal town was part of the British colony of Kenya and remained one of East Africa's principal ports.

EU: Fort Jesus exterior wall, Mombasa (1920) 1920 The exterior wall of Fort Jesus in Mombasa, photographed in 1920. Built by the Portuguese in the late sixteenth century, the fort guarded the harbor entrance for centuries afterward.

EU: Fort Jesus entrance steps, Mombasa (1920) 1920 This 1920 photograph shows the entrance steps of Fort Jesus in Mombasa, the coastal fortification that changed hands between Portuguese, Omani, and British control over its long history.

EU: Giant baobab tree and Swahili huts, Mombasa (1920) 1920 A giant baobab tree stands among thatched Swahili huts in this 1920 photograph from Mombasa, illustrating the traditional building style of the East African coast.

EU: Mešita v domorodé čtvrti v Mombase (1926) 1926 This 1926 photograph, captioned in Czech as "mosque in the native quarter," shows a mosque in Mombasa's old town. The Kenyan coastal city's historic quarter developed under centuries of Swahili and Arab cultural influence along Indian Ocean trade routes.

EU: Flag-decorated streets, Mombasa (1927) 1927 Streets decorated with flags in Mombasa, Kenya, photographed in 1927, likely marking a public celebration in the historic Indian Ocean port city that had linked East Africa to maritime trade for centuries.

EU: Market place in Mombasa (1927) 1927 Vendors and stalls fill a market place in Mombasa in this 1927 photograph, a scene typical of the trading activity that has long defined the Swahili coast port.

EU: A general view of Mombasa (1927) 1927 A general view over Mombasa, Kenya, taken in 1927, showing the coastal town that for centuries served as a key harbor linking East Africa to Indian Ocean trade routes.

EU: Street in the township of Mombasa (1927) 1927 A street within the township of Mombasa, Kenya, recorded in 1927 during the period of British colonial administration of the coastal region, part of a set of images surveying the port town's different quarters.

EU: Old Portuguese fortress (kastel) in Mombasa (1927) 1927 The old Portuguese fortress at Mombasa, most likely Fort Jesus, built by the Portuguese in the late sixteenth century to guard the harbor entrance, photographed here in 1927.

EU: Mosque in the indigenous district of Mombasa (1927) 1927 A mosque in Mombasa's indigenous district, photographed in 1927, reflecting the long-established Muslim Swahili community of the coastal town, whose Islamic heritage traces back many centuries along the East African coast.

EU: Street in the European quarter in Mombasa (1927) 1927 A street in Mombasa's European quarter, pictured in 1927, part of the segregated urban layout typical of British colonial towns on the East African coast.

EU: An alley in a native quarter in Mombasa (1927) 1927 An alley in one of Mombasa's native quarters, captured in 1927, showing the narrow, closely built passages characteristic of the old Swahili town on Kenya's coast.

EU: A street in a native quarter in Mombasa (1927) 1927 A street in a native quarter of Mombasa, Kenya, photographed in 1927 within the historic core of the coastal settlement, one of several such views surveying the town's older neighborhoods.

EU: General view of the market place in Mombasa (1927) 1927 Traders gather at Mombasa's market place in this 1927 photograph, another view of the town's commercial center on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast, long a hub for goods moving between the interior and the sea.

EU: Tržiště v Mombase (1930) 1930 This 1930 photograph shows the marketplace in Mombasa, the historic Swahili coastal trading port on Kenya's Indian Ocean shore.

EU: Celkový pohled na Mombasu (1930) 1930 A general view over Mombasa, the old Swahili trading town on the Kenyan coast, is captured in this 1930 photograph, showing the port that had linked East Africa to Indian Ocean trade for centuries.

EU: Ulice v černošské čtvrti v Mombase (1930) 1930 This 1930 photograph shows a street in one of Mombasa's residential quarters, reflecting the town's distinct districts under British colonial administration.

EU: Old Portuguese fortress (kastel) in Mombasa (1930) 1930 Fort Jesus, the fortress built by the Portuguese at Mombasa in the late sixteenth century, is shown in this 1930 photograph.

EU: Street in the European quarter in Mombasa (1930) 1930 A street in Mombasa's European quarter appears in this 1930 photograph, reflecting the town's colonial-era social geography.

EU: Ulička v domorodé čtvrti v Mombase (1930) 1930 This 1930 photograph shows a narrow lane in one of Mombasa's older residential quarters, part of the town's dense historic fabric.

EU: Ulice v domorodé čtvrti v Mombase (1930) 1930 Another 1930 view captures a street in a residential quarter of Mombasa, on Kenya's Indian Ocean coast, one of several districts photographed around the old Swahili port town that year.

EU: General view of the market place in Mombasa (1930) 1930 The bustle of Mombasa's market place is visible in this 1930 photograph, showing trade at the historic Swahili port town.

EU: Bread among palm trees, indigenous quarter in Mombasa (1930) 1930 This 1930 photograph shows bread displayed beneath palm trees in a Mombasa neighborhood, evidently part of the local street trade.

EU: Sales of imported porcelain at the market place in Mombasa (1930) 1930 Imported porcelain for sale at the Mombasa market place is the subject of this 1930 photograph, reflecting the port town's long history of Indian Ocean trade.

Kenya Colony. Mombassa. Air view. Closer view along the bay LOC 1936 This aerial photograph shows Mombasa, the principal port of Kenya Colony on the Indian Ocean coast, with the bay and harbor that anchored the territory's maritime trade in the 1930s.