EU: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - (1961) through time

Zanzibar City 1961 6 photos of this spot

6 photographs taken at the same spot in Zanzibar City, spanning 1961 — 6 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

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 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.