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Corridor and doors just outside of our room in the African Hotel. Shows wood carvings - fine type of construction. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

Inside of door. Shows heavy cross pieces (4 in. in diam.), 4 across each door and fastened with heavy bolts or nails - riveted or bent over a firm iron fastening. Hinges do not show. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

Seaweeds along the coast - [sketch] have many small round bladders, one type [sketch] reminds me somewhat of Cladonia in its appearance. The sea wall and houses at the left - cocoanut palms probably show also. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

Seaweeds along the coast .... The sea wall and houses at the left - cocoanut palms show at left. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

The main street. Standard bank bldg. at left. Poinciana tree at left. Ricksha in back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

A small opening in the narrow streets, shows cocoanut, Croton, Cycas, ferns, house and ricksha in back. [Shantz travel journal, Apr. 4, 1920]

A narrow street with typical door (no. 46) and window in back. A city of very narrow angular streets. Just wide enough for a cart to get through. Houses often project over - and make the street appear to be only a very narrow alley. [Shantz…

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]

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]

A narrow alley with cocoanut showing in back. [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]

The whole [cycad] plant, over 15 ft. high - Pandanus like palm at right. [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]

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

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

A cartload of cocoanuts. [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]

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