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Making rope of cocoanut fiber - rope about 75 yds. long. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920]

A wood yard where mangrove from which the bark has been taken is split for market. Scales show in the fore. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920]

Arabs and Indians about the market. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920]

Bananas, rambutan (red and yellow), guava (red and yellow), sugar cane - street scene. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920]

Bananas, rambutan (red and yellow), guava (red and yellow), sugar cane. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920]

A pile of cocoanuts at the side of the street on ocean front. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920] Cocoanuts are a crop of prime importance and are planted everywhere. The island looks wooded - and is - but mostly with Casuarina, cocoanut, clove,…

An old door & steps and lamps at the side (no. 577). [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920]

Ocean front on the north side of Zanzibar. Pines at the left (Casuarina), green algae and rocks along the shore. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920]

Shore and dhows at Zanzibar - the slender Casuarina showing at the top of the photo. Mainland also shows in the back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 5, 1920]

Terminalia catappa and Casuarina line another drive. Also the tree with large red trumpet like flower. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

A large pinnate leaved tree - lines one of the auto roads near the city. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

A cartload of cocoanuts. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

Shows a street with a leaning cocoanut tree. A typical native street. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

Across an enclosed water area. Shows huts and cocoanut across & S[hantz] in fore. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

Detail of cycads above, were taken in N.W. section of the city. In the P.M. we went out east and south. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

The whole [cycad] plant, over 15 ft. high - Pandanus like palm at right. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

Detail of a large cycad. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

Detail of a large cycad. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

A narrow alley with cocoanut showing in back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

A narrow street with typical door .... A detail of the door - shows fine wood carving and brass work. Hundreds of these doors in Zanzibar. Lock at back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]