EU: Gezicht op een stad op Zanzibar (1900) through time

Zanzibar City (Stone Town) 1900–1961 9 photos of this spot

9 photographs taken at the same spot in Zanzibar City (Stone Town), spanning 1900–1961 — 9 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

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: 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: 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.