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Zanzibar Town 1900–1961 3 photos of this spot

3 photographs taken at the same spot in Zanzibar Town, spanning 1900–1961 — 3 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

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.

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EU: Voorbijgangers in een straat te Zanzibar, Zanzibar Stores (1900), Zanzibar Town, 1900

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), Zanzibar Town, 1900

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: Afrikaresa, Zanzibar - market street (1961), Zanzibar Town, 1961

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.