EU: Quartel em Zanzibar (1901) through time

Zanzibar City 1900–1934 7 photos of this spot

7 photographs taken at the same spot in Zanzibar City, spanning 1900–1934 — 7 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

This photograph from around 1900 surveys the rooftops and streets of Zanzibar City from an elevated position, showing the dense layout of Stone Town's coral-stone buildings.

EU: View of a city on Zanzibar (c. 1900) 1900 This photograph from around 1900 surveys the rooftops and streets of Zanzibar City from an elevated position, showing the dense layout of Stone Town's coral-stone buildings.

EU: Street in Zanzibar (c. 1900) 1900 A street in Zanzibar is shown in this photograph from around 1900, part of a series documenting the town's everyday appearance at the time under British protectorate administration.

EU: Panorama of Zanzibar harbour (1900-1920) 1900 The harbour of Zanzibar City, seen in panorama, is the focus of this photograph dated to sometime between 1900 and 1920, showing the waterfront that anchored the island's trade.

EU: Quartel em Zanzibar (1901) 1901 A military barracks, or quartel, in Zanzibar City, photographed in 1901. At the time Zanzibar was a British protectorate, though the barracks reflect earlier fortifications built under the Sultanate that once ruled the island and its Swahili Coast trading network.

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

EU: Building in Zanzibar, photograph (0331.0016, 1934) 1934 A building in Zanzibar is recorded in this 1934 photograph, part of a numbered set (0331.0016) documenting the coral-stone architecture of the town's old quarter.

EU: Harbour with dhows, Zanzibar, photograph (0331.0017, 1934) 1934 Dhows fill the harbour in this 1934 photograph of Zanzibar, part of a numbered documentary set (0331.0017) recording the port's maritime trade.