Sansibar House of Wonders through time

EU: Gezicht op een stad op Zanzibar (1880) 1880 A general view over Stone Town, the historic heart of Zanzibar, captured in 1880. At the time the island was a major center of the East African trade in spices, ivory, and cloves, ruled by the Sultanate of Zanzibar from its coral-stone palaces along the waterfront.

EU: Voorbijgangers in een straat te Zanzibar - General Water Works (1880) 1880 Pedestrians pass along a street in Zanzibar near the General Water Works in this 1880 image, taken as the sultanate was investing in new municipal infrastructure for Stone Town, then a hub of trade on the Swahili coast.

EU: Voorbijgangers in een straat te Zanzibar (1880) 1880 Local residents walk through a narrow street in Zanzibar City in 1880, part of the dense, coral-stone quarter later known as Stone Town, a mercantile port linking East Africa with the Arabian Peninsula and Indian Ocean.

EU: Mensen en militairen bij het paleis van de sultan van Zanzibar (1880) 1880 Onlookers and soldiers gather near the Sultan's palace in Zanzibar City in 1880, when the palace served as the seat of the ruling Sultanate of Zanzibar, then at the height of its regional power over the Swahili coast trade.

EU: View of Zanzibar Town (1880) 1880 Rooftops and waterfront buildings of Zanzibar Town appear in this 1880 view of what is now known as Stone Town, a historic trading port on the Swahili coast built largely of coral stone and coral rag.

EU: Voorbijgangers in een straat te Zanzibar (1890) 1890 A street in Stone Town, Zanzibar, is pictured in this 1890 photograph, showing passersby along one of the narrow lanes of the coral-stone quarter that was then the seat of the Sultanate of Zanzibar.

EU: Voorbijgangers in een straat te Zanzibar - Zanzibar Stores (1890) 1890 This 1890 photograph shows a street in Stone Town, Zanzibar, near the Zanzibar Stores, a commercial establishment on one of the coral-stone quarter's narrow lanes.

EU: Street scene with Zanzibar Stores sign (1890) 1890 A street scene featuring the sign of the Zanzibar Stores is captured in this 1890 photograph of Zanzibar City, then the capital of the Sultanate of Zanzibar and a major East African trading port.

EU: Voorbijgangers in een straat te Zanzibar (Zanzibar Stores) (1890) 1890 Another view of passersby near the Zanzibar Stores in Stone Town dates to 1890, showing daily street life in the Sultanate's capital during a period when Zanzibar was a major hub of Indian Ocean trade.

EU: Exterieur van het beschadigde paleis van de sultan van Zanzibar (1896) 1896 The damaged palace of the Sultan of Zanzibar is shown in this 1896 photograph, taken in the aftermath of the Anglo-Zanzibar War, a brief conflict in which British naval bombardment destroyed much of the sultan's palace complex in Zanzibar City.

EU: Paleis van sultan van Zanzibar na het Brits bombardement van 1896 (1896) 1896 The exterior of the Sultan's palace in Zanzibar, photographed in 1896 showing damage from the British bombardment of that year. The bombardment, which took place on 27 August 1896, lasted under an hour and is often cited as the shortest war on record.

EU: Exterieur van het beschadigde paleis van de sultan van Zanzibar (1897) 1897 The damaged exterior of the Sultan's palace in Zanzibar's Stone Town, photographed in 1897, a year after the British bombardment that destroyed much of the building. The brief conflict of August 1896 is regarded as the shortest recorded war in history.

EU: Panorama van de haven van Zanzibar (1900) 1900 The harbour of Zanzibar City is seen in panorama here, with the waterfront of Stone Town stretching along the shore as it appeared around 1900, when the port remained a hub for dhow trade across the western Indian Ocean.

EU: Gezicht op een stad op Zanzibar (1900) 1900 Rooftops and buildings of Zanzibar City form this general view of the town, photographed around 1900 when the island was a British protectorate under its Sultan and a major center of the East African clove and trading economy.

EU: Voorbijgangers in een straat te Zanzibar (1900) 1900 Local residents pass through a street in Zanzibar City in this circa-1900 photograph, capturing an ordinary moment in the town's daily rhythm amid the narrow, winding lanes characteristic of Stone Town.

EU: Exterieur van het paleis van de sultan van Zanzibar (1900) 1900 The exterior of the Sultan's Palace in Zanzibar City is shown here around 1900, seat of the island's ruling sultan during the period of British protectorate rule and one of the most prominent buildings along the seafront.

EU: Panorama of the harbour of Zanzibar (c. 1900-1920) 1900 Another panoramic look at Zanzibar's harbour, taken sometime between 1900 and 1920, shows the waterfront that served as the island's principal link to maritime trade, with Stone Town's buildings lining the shore.

EU: View of a city on Zanzibar (c. 1880-1920) 1900 Zanzibar City's skyline of coral-stone buildings and rooftops is captured in this general townscape view from around the turn of the century, when the settlement was one of the busiest ports on the East African coast.

EU: Passersby in a street in Zanzibar (c. 1880-1920) 1900 In this street scene from Zanzibar City, taken between roughly 1880 and 1920, passersby go about their business along one of Stone Town's narrow thoroughfares lined with coral-stone houses.

EU: Sultans Palace, Zanzibar (c. 1900-1920) 1900 The Sultan's Palace in Zanzibar, official residence of the island's ruler, appears here in a photograph dated to the early twentieth century, a period when Zanzibar functioned as a British protectorate.

EU: Voorbijgangers in een straat te Zanzibar - Zanzibar Stores (1900) 1900 Passersby walk near the premises of the Zanzibar Stores trading company in this 1900 street scene from Zanzibar City, reflecting the commercial character of Stone Town's waterfront district.

EU: Voorbijgangers in een straat te Zanzibar, Zanzibar Stores (1900) 1900 Pedestrians pass the Zanzibar Stores trading premises in this 1900 street view of Zanzibar City, a scene reflecting the town's role as a trading port at the time.

EU: Mensen en militairen bij het paleis van de sultan van Zanzibar (1900) 1900 A crowd of onlookers and soldiers gathers outside the Sultan's Palace in Zanzibar City in this 1900 photograph, suggesting some public occasion at the seat of the island's ruler.

EU: Voorbijgangers in een straat te Zanzibar - Hotel dAngleterre (1900) 1900 A street scene near the Hotel d'Angleterre in Zanzibar City, with passersby going about their day, dates from 1900, when the hotel served travelers passing through the island's main port.

EU: Exterior of the Sultans Palace, Zanzibar (c.1900) 1900 The exterior of the Sultan's Palace in Zanzibar City is documented again in this photograph from around 1900, showing the building that served as the residence of the island's ruler.

EU: Passersby in a street in Zanzibar (c.1900) 1900 Passersby move through a Zanzibar City street in this photograph, taken around 1900, during the years of British protectorate rule over the island, when Stone Town's lanes were densely built and busy with foot traffic.

EU: Gezicht op een stad op Zanzibar (Rijksmuseum) (1900) 1900 Held in the Rijksmuseum's collection, this 1900 photograph offers a general view over the rooftops of Zanzibar City, part of a broader set of images documenting the island around that time.

EU: Voorbijgangers in een straat te Zanzibar (Rijksmuseum, F01195-BO) (1900) 1900 Another Rijksmuseum-held photograph from 1900 shows passersby along a street in Zanzibar City, one of several similar views the museum holds of the town.

EU: Voorbijgangers in een straat te Zanzibar (Rijksmuseum, RP-F-2012-96-241) (1900) 1900 This Rijksmuseum photograph from 1900 again captures pedestrians on a street in Zanzibar City, forming part of the museum's set of Zanzibar street scenes from the period.

EU: Voorbijgangers in een straat te Zanzibar (Street passersby) (c.1890-1910) 1900 Passersby cross a street in Zanzibar City in this photograph, dated to somewhere between 1890 and 1910, a period when the island was under British protectorate administration.

EU: Paleis van de sultan van Zanzibar, gezien vanaf het water (1900) 1900 Seen from the water, the Sultan's Palace in Zanzibar City forms the subject of this 1900 photograph, showing its waterfront facade as approached by ship from the harbour.

EU: Gezicht op een stad op Zanzibar (view of a town on Zanzibar) (1900) 1900 Zanzibar City's rooftops and coral-stone buildings are surveyed in this 1900 town view, typical of the panoramic photographs made of the port around that time.

EU: An ornate carved doorway in Zanzibar, with an enormous pair of elephant's tusks leaning against it (1900) 1900 A carved wooden doorway in Zanzibar, flanked by a large pair of elephant tusks leaning against it, is pictured in this 1900 photograph, an unusual decorative pairing on one of Stone Town's ornate entrances.

EU: Panorama of Zanzibar Harbour (1900) 1900 This 1900 panorama takes in Zanzibar's harbour front, showing the waterfront edge of Stone Town where trading vessels once loaded and unloaded their cargo.

EU: Sultan's Palace, Zanzibar (1900) 1900 The Sultan's Palace, residence of Zanzibar's ruler, is shown in this 1900 photograph of the town, at a time when the sultanate operated under British protectorate oversight.

EU: Panorama of Zanzibar (1900) 1900 A wide panorama of Zanzibar City, taken in 1900, surveys the town's rooftops and layout along the coast, illustrating the density of Stone Town's historic core.

EU: Voorbijgangers in een straat te Zanzibar (2012.96.241) (1900) 1900 Another view of pedestrians on a Stone Town street in Zanzibar, photographed in 1900 and part of a series documenting everyday scenes in the historic Swahili trading port.

EU: Quartel em Zanzibar (Barracks in Zanzibar) (1901) 1901 Another 1901 photograph of the barracks in Zanzibar City. The island had become a British protectorate in 1890, ending centuries of rule by the Sultanate of Zanzibar, long a major hub of Indian Ocean trade in spices and, formerly, enslaved people.

Sansibar House of Wonders 1907 The House of Wonders in Stone Town, Zanzibar, photographed in 1907. Built in the 1880s as a ceremonial palace for the Sultan of Zanzibar, it was among the first buildings in East Africa to have electric lighting.

EU: Panorama van de haven van Zanzibar (1910) 1910 A panoramic view of Zanzibar's harbour, photographed in 1910.

EU: Exterieur van het paleis van de sultan van Zanzibar (1910) 1910 The exterior of the Sultan of Zanzibar's palace, photographed in 1910.

EU: Panorama of Zanzibar harbour, Coutinho Brothers (c.1910) 1910 A panorama of Zanzibar's harbour photographed around 1910 by the Coutinho Brothers photography studio.

EU: View of a town on Zanzibar (c.1910) 1910 A view of a town on Zanzibar, photographed around 1910.

EU: Panorama van de haven van Zanzibar (Rijksmuseum) (1910) 1910 A panoramic view of Zanzibar's harbour, photographed in 1910; the image is held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

EU: Exterieur van het paleis van de sultan van Zanzibar (Rijksmuseum) (1910) 1910 The exterior of the Sultan of Zanzibar's palace, photographed in 1910 and held in the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

EU: Gezicht op een stad op Zanzibar (View of Stone Town rooftops) (c.1900-1920) 1910 Rooftops of Stone Town, Zanzibar, seen in a view photographed between about 1900 and 1920.

EU: Panorama van de haven van Zanzibar (Panorama of Zanzibar harbour) (1910) 1910 A panoramic photograph of Zanzibar City's harbour, taken in 1910.

EU: Panorama of the harbour of Zanzibar (1910) 1910 The harbour of Zanzibar City, photographed in 1910.

EU: Paleis van de sultan van Zanzibar, gezien vanaf het water (1910) 1910 The Sultan of Zanzibar's palace in Stone Town, seen from the water in this 1910 photograph.

Narrow streets, Zanzibar City 1920 The narrow, winding streets of Zanzibar City's Stone Town are captured in this 1920 photograph. The old quarter, built up over centuries of trade across the Indian Ocean, was known for its dense layout of coral-stone buildings and narrow alleys.

Zanzibar city from the sea 1920 Zanzibar City as seen from offshore, its waterfront skyline visible to approaching ships, is captured in this 1920 photograph. The port had long served as a hub of trade along the East African coast and across the Indian Ocean.

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-R30020, Sansibar 1928 A 1928 photograph from the German Federal Archives (Bundesarchiv) showing Stone Town, Zanzibar, the historic coastal settlement long known as a center of Indian Ocean trade.

EU: Ivy-covered building, Zanzibar (1933) 1933 An ivy-covered building in Zanzibar's Stone Town is recorded in this 1933 photograph, showing the coral-stone architecture typical of the old trading port on the East African coast.

EU: Courtyard with palm trees, Zanzibar (1933) 1933 Palm trees shade a courtyard in Zanzibar's Stone Town in this 1933 image, illustrating the enclosed courtyard layout common to the district's historic merchant houses.

EU: Dhows in the harbour, Zanzibar (1933) 1933 Traditional dhows are moored in Zanzibar's harbour in this 1933 photograph, reflecting the island's long history as a hub of trade linking East Africa, Arabia and India.

EU: bat, hav, fotografi - Zanzibar harbour (1933) 1933 This 1933 image of Zanzibar's Stone Town harbour carries a partly Scandinavian-language caption and shows the wooden dhows that worked the port, vessels little changed in design over centuries of Indian Ocean trade.

EU: fotografi - Stone Town building (1933) 1933 A building in Zanzibar's Stone Town is documented in this 1933 photograph, part of a series recording the district's distinctive Swahili coastal architecture of coral stone and carved wooden doors.

EU: Sansibar (Zanzibar), Ostafrika - building (1934) 1934 Labelled 'Sansibar, Ostafrika' (Zanzibar, East Africa) in German, this 1934 photograph documents a building in the town's old quarter during the decades when Zanzibar was a British protectorate.

EU: Sansibar (Zanzibar), Ostafrika - harbour dhows (1934) 1934 This 1934 photograph, captioned 'Zanzibar, East Africa' in German, shows dhows in the harbour of what was then a British protectorate under the rule of the Sultan of Zanzibar.

EU: Utrikestjänst, FN. På östafrikansk semester, i Zanzibar 1960 A view of Stone Town, Zanzibar, taken in 1960 during a Swedish foreign service member's trip through East Africa. The old town's coral-stone buildings and narrow lanes reflect centuries of Swahili, Arab and Indian trading influence.

EU: Utrikestjänst, FN. På östafrikansk semester, i Zanzibar. (1960) 1960 Another photograph from Stone Town, Zanzibar, taken in 1960 during the same East African journey by a member of the Swedish foreign service, showing the old quarter's coral-stone streetscape.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - street near old fort wall (1961) 1961 A street near the old fort wall in Stone Town, Zanzibar, photographed in 1961 during an African journey. The fort, built by Omani Arabs in the late 17th century, stands near the harbor front of the historic quarter.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - harbour with dhows (1961) 1961 Traditional dhows fill the harbour at Zanzibar's Stone Town in this 1961 photograph, part of a travel series documenting East Africa two years before the islands gained independence.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhow harbour panorama (1961) 1961 A panoramic view of the dhow harbour at Zanzibar, photographed in 1961; these lateen-rigged sailing vessels had long carried trade along the East African coast.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhows and harbour buildings (1961) 1961 Dhows moored before the waterfront buildings of Stone Town, Zanzibar, in this 1961 photograph taken shortly before the end of British protectorate rule.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhows moored by warehouses (1961) 1961 Traditional sailing dhows lie moored by the old harbour warehouses of Zanzibar in this 1961 photograph, evidence of the trade that once linked the island to ports across the Indian Ocean.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - street scene (1961) 1961 A street scene in Zanzibar City photographed in 1961, capturing everyday life in the town not long before Zanzibar's independence from British rule two years later.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhows at low tide (1961) 1961 Dhows rest on exposed sand at low tide off Zanzibar City in this 1961 photograph, a reminder of the tides that governed the harbour's traditional shipping.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - market street (1961) 1961 A market street in Zanzibar Town, photographed in 1961; the island's markets have long traded in spices such as cloves, which shaped the local economy for generations.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - traditional village houses (1961) 1961 Traditional village houses on Zanzibar photographed in 1961, illustrating rural building styles distinct from the coral-stone architecture of Stone Town.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - fort wall and street (1961) 1961 A section of fort wall and the adjoining street in Zanzibar, photographed in 1961; the island's Old Fort was built by Omani forces in the late seventeenth century.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhows in harbour (1961) 1961 Dhows gather in the harbour of Zanzibar's Stone Town in this 1961 photograph, taken as the island neared the end of British colonial administration.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhows at the wharf (1961) 1961 Dhows tied up at the wharf in Stone Town, Zanzibar, photographed in 1961; the vessels' triangular lateen sails were a familiar sight along this stretch of the East African coast.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - street with residential buildings (1961) 1961 A street lined with residential buildings in Zanzibar City's Stone Town quarter, photographed in 1961, whose narrow lanes reflect centuries of Arab, Persian, Indian, and African influence.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - street near fort wall (1961) 1961 A street near the fort wall in Stone Town, Zanzibar, photographed in 1961, close to the Old Fort built by Omani forces in the seventeenth century.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - sailboats in harbour (1961) 1961 Sailboats fill the harbour at Zanzibar City in this 1961 photograph, most likely traditional dhows used for local trade and fishing along the island's coastline.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - woman paddling canoe by harbour pier (1961) 1961 A woman paddles a canoe past the harbour pier in this 1961 photograph of Zanzibar, a glimpse of everyday life along the island's waterfront during the early 1960s, when small craft shared the harbour with larger dhows.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - thatched-roof houses (1961) 1961 Thatched-roof houses in Zanzibar City's Stone Town are shown in this 1961 photograph, typical of the vernacular building style found outside the stone-built core of the old town, where coral rag and palm thatch were the common materials.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhow fleet in harbour (1961) 1961 This 1961 view over Zanzibar's harbour shows a fleet of dhows riding at anchor, the traditional lateen-rigged sailing vessels that carried trade along the East African coast for centuries. Stone Town's sheltered anchorage made it a natural stop for such craft.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - moored dhows on the water (1961) 1961 A row of dhows sits moored on the water off Zanzibar in this 1961 photograph, part of the wooden sailing fleet that once dominated trade between Stone Town and the wider Indian Ocean, carrying goods to and from ports in Arabia and the Persian Gulf.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhow off the Stone Town waterfront (1961) 1961 Taken off the Stone Town waterfront in 1961, this photograph captures a lone dhow near the shore of Zanzibar's old harbour quarter, a stretch of coastline that had served Indian Ocean trade for generations by the time the picture was made.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - fort and garden path (1961) 1961 This 1961 photograph shows a fort and a garden path in Zanzibar City, likely near the Old Fort that has stood on the Stone Town waterfront since the late 1600s, one of the oldest buildings in the old town.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhow harbour (1961) 1961 Zanzibar's dhow harbour appears here in 1961, with wooden trading vessels crowding the anchorage that served Stone Town's waterfront for generations. The port sat at the heart of the island's long history as a trading hub on the Indian Ocean.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - Stone Town alley with shops (1961) 1961 This 1961 photograph shows a Stone Town alley lined with shops, part of the dense network of narrow streets that characterizes Zanzibar's old trading quarter, laid out long before the arrival of motor vehicles.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhow with sailors in harbour (1961) 1961 Sailors work aboard a dhow in Zanzibar's harbour in this 1961 photograph, a scene typical of the port's long-standing maritime trade, in which locally built sailing vessels carried cargo along the East African coast and across to Arabia.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - moored dhows at wharf (1961) 1961 Dhows lie moored at a wharf in Zanzibar in 1961, illustrating the wooden-hulled sailing craft that linked Stone Town to ports across the Indian Ocean, a trade network that shaped the island's economy for centuries.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - waterfront skyline with dhow (1961) 1961 The Stone Town waterfront skyline rises behind a dhow in this 1961 image, showing Zanzibar's harbour as it appeared in the early 1960s, not long before the island's 1963 independence and its 1964 union with Tanganyika to form Tanzania.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - street scene near the Old Fort (1961) 1961 A street scene near the Old Fort in Zanzibar City is captured in this 1961 photograph, close to the site of the 17th-century Omani fortress that has anchored Stone Town's waterfront for centuries.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - harbour breakwater (1961) 1961 This 1961 photograph shows the breakwater at Zanzibar City's harbour, part of the port infrastructure that sheltered the town's dhow fleet from the open water of the Indian Ocean during the monsoon sailing season.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - man in fenced garden by residential buildings (1961) 1961 This 1961 photograph shows a man standing in a fenced garden beside residential buildings in Stone Town, Zanzibar, a quieter corner of the historic quarter away from the main harbour and market streets.

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

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - harbour dhows (1961) - HpZk 1961 This 1961 photograph shows dhows gathered in Zanzibar City's harbour, part of a wider series documenting the port town in the early 1960s, when Stone Town remained a working harbour for Indian Ocean sailing trade.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - thatched houses, woodpile (1961) - HqAw 1961 This 1961 photograph shows thatched houses and a woodpile in Zanzibar City, a glimpse of everyday domestic life on the island in an area beyond the stone-built centre of Stone Town.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - village houses (1961) - HqAz 1961 Village houses in Zanzibar City are pictured in this 1961 photograph, part of a series documenting the island's settlements outside Stone Town's historic core during the early 1960s.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - village panorama (1961) - J9yE 1961 A panoramic view of a Zanzibar village is captured in this 1961 photograph, showing the low thatched-roof housing typical of the island's coastal communities outside the old trading town.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - harbour boats (1961) - Hpe9 1961 Harbour boats are pictured at Zanzibar City in this 1961 photograph, showing the working waterfront of Stone Town during the final years before the island's 1963 independence from British rule.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhow at anchor (1961) - Hpib 1961 A dhow rides at anchor off Zanzibar City in this 1961 photograph, one of many such sailing vessels that used the port, built along traditional lines with a hull designed for the trade winds of the Indian Ocean.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - street near fort (1961) 1961 A street near the fort is shown in this 1961 photograph of Zanzibar's Stone Town, close to the Old Fort built by Omani Arabs in the late 17th century on the town's waterfront.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhows at harbour (1961) 1961 This 1961 photograph shows dhows gathered at the harbour in Zanzibar's Stone Town, the old trading centre on the island's coast that had long served as a hub for commerce across the western Indian Ocean.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhows on beach (1961) 1961 Dhows lie beached in this 1961 photograph from Zanzibar's Stone Town, drawn up along the shore as was common practice for the island's sailing fleet when not out on the water for trade or fishing.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - thatched village houses (1961) 1961 Thatched village houses appear in this 1961 photograph of Zanzibar, a record of the island's traditional building style in the years before later redevelopment reshaped many such settlements.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - dhow masts at harbour (1961) 1961 The masts of moored dhows rise above Zanzibar's harbour in this 1961 photograph of Stone Town's waterfront, a view typical of the port during the era when sail still dominated local and regional shipping.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - harbour with dhows and warehouse (1961) 1961 A harbour scene from 1961 shows dhows moored near a warehouse in Zanzibar's Stone Town, part of the port's commercial waterfront where goods were loaded and unloaded from sailing vessels for over a century.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - breakwater with lighthouse (1961) 1961 A breakwater and lighthouse mark the entrance to Zanzibar's harbour in this 1961 photograph of Stone Town, structures built to guide and protect vessels approaching the island's principal port.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - beach village with boats (1961) 1961 This 1961 photograph shows a beach village with boats drawn up on the sand near Zanzibar's Stone Town, reflecting the close relationship between the island's coastal communities and the sea.

EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar Samtidigt förvärv: Böcker och arkivmaterial. 35 bilder i serie. (1961) 1961 Part of a Swedish travel series documenting a journey through Africa, this 1961 photograph was taken on Zanzibar, an island off the East African coast long known for its Stone Town architecture and historic spice trade.