EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - (1961) through time

Stone Town 1961 11 photos of this spot

11 photographs taken at the same spot in Stone Town, spanning 1961 — 11 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Dhows rest on the shore at Stone Town in this 1961 photograph, part of Zanzibar's historic harbour district, which had served as a hub for Indian Ocean trade long before the picture was taken.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhows on the shore (1961) 1961 Dhows rest on the shore at Stone Town in this 1961 photograph, part of Zanzibar's historic harbour district, which had served as a hub for Indian Ocean trade long before the picture was taken.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - traditional houses (1961) [0587a28] 1961 Traditional houses in Zanzibar's Stone Town are shown in this 1961 photograph, illustrating the island's vernacular architecture of the period, built with materials suited to the tropical climate.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - street scene (1961) [0587a03] 1961 This 1961 photograph captures a street scene in Zanzibar's Stone Town, the historic trading quarter on the island's west coast known for its narrow lanes and carved wooden doors.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhows on beach (1961) [0587a21] 1961 Dhows are drawn up on the beach in this 1961 photograph of Zanzibar's Stone Town, a common sight along the island's shoreline where sailing craft were kept when not in use for coastal or ocean trade.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhows in harbour (1961) [0587a13] 1961 Dhows crowd the harbour in this 1961 photograph of Zanzibar's Stone Town, the historic trading quarter on the island's west coast that grew around one of East Africa's principal Indian Ocean ports.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - (1961) 1961 One frame from a 1961 Swedish travel series recording a journey to Zanzibar City, the old Stone Town port on the island of Zanzibar known for its coral-stone buildings and centuries-old trade links across the Indian Ocean.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - (1961) 1961 Taken during a 1961 Swedish expedition through Africa, this photograph shows a scene in Zanzibar City, the historic Stone Town port whose narrow streets and carved wooden doors reflect a long history of Swahili, Arab, and Indian trade.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - (1961) 1961 This image forms part of a 1961 Swedish travel series documenting Zanzibar City on the island of Zanzibar, an East African port long central to the region's spice and maritime trading routes across the Indian Ocean, with a townscape of coral-stone buildings and narrow lanes.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - (1961) 1961 Recorded during a 1961 journey through Africa by Swedish travelers, this photograph captures a view of Zanzibar City, the old trading port on Zanzibar known for its dense Stone Town quarter of coral-stone houses, carved doors, and narrow winding streets near the harbor.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - (1961) 1961 A further frame from the 1961 Swedish Africa travel series, showing Zanzibar City, the historic port on the island of Zanzibar long tied to the Indian Ocean spice trade and to centuries of Swahili, Arab, and Indian commerce along its waterfront.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - (1961) 1961 From the same 1961 Swedish travel series documenting Africa, this photograph shows another view of Zanzibar City, the coastal trading town on the island of Zanzibar whose Stone Town quarter grew wealthy on the clove and spice trade of the nineteenth century.