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EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhows on the beach (1961), Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania, 1961

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhows on the beach (1961)

1961 Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Dhows rest on the beach at Stone Town in this 1961 photograph, likely drawn up out of the water between voyages, a common sight along Zanzibar's shoreline where boats were beached for loading, repair, or shelter.

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