Periods
1923–1949
Explore historic photographs in the 1923–1949 collection.Babylon The Via Sacra
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Arbela (Erbil). Iraq. Arbela. (Erbil). Typical group: man, boys, and girl
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Iraq — Portrait of a woman
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Oil wells and camp of the Iraq Petroleum Company. (5 miles S. of Kirkuk). Kirkuk District. A corked oil well
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Oil wells and camp of the Iraq Petroleum Company. (5 miles S. of Kirkuk). Kirkuk District. An I.P.C. refinery installation
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Nineveh. A Bedouin home near the mounds
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Nineveh. A Bedouin encampment near the mounds
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Mosul. The leaning tower showing detail of arabesque decoration
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Mosul. General view with tall minaret in center of picture
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Kufa. (On the banks of the Euphrates). Once an important Muslim center of learning. Typical river ferry in Iraq
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River scenes on the Euphrates taken at Hilla. A sunset scene
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Ur. Western wall of the ziggurat
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Ur. The ziggurat from the N.W
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Ur. The ziggurat from the S.E
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Ur. The great ziggurat
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Ur. Bedouin tent. Closer view
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Mosul, third most important city in Iraq. The leaning tower
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Najaf-Iraq 1932
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Kirkuk. Main street in the newer town
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Kirkuk. A street scene in the older town
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The Lady Surrma of the Assyrian community in Mosul
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Mosul. The wool washing industry. Men knee deep in a weir along the river banks
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Mosul. Overlooking new street toward the east
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Kifl. Local Muslim village with a Jewish shrine to the prophet Ezekiel. Jewish rabbi reading. At the entrance to the shrine
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