HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS
Iraq: A Visual Memory of Mesopotamia
Historical photographs of Iraqi cities and daily life, from Baghdad to Mosul, the Tigris and Euphrates banks, and ancient settlements.Inside this collection
Cities, places and album subjects
Baghdad163 images ↗Location unconfirmed83 images ↗Mosul52 images ↗Babylon29 images ↗Ur21 images ↗Kirkuk21 images ↗Hillah16 images ↗Najaf17 images ↗Karbala14 images ↗Qayyarah12 images ↗Erbil11 images ↗Al-Mada’in11 images ↗Borsippa9 images ↗Al Kifl10 images ↗Hindiya6 images ↗Kufa6 images ↗Kish5 images ↗Tell al-Ubaid4 images ↗Assur3 images ↗Nimrud3 images ↗Iraq Album · 192372 images ↗Basra7 images ↗Amarah1 images ↗
Minaret with nesting birds in Kifl
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Iraq — Water carrier
Location not yet established
Iraq — Traditional cradle
Location not yet established
Iraq — Melon sellers at a bazaar
Location not yet established
Iraq — Women in the desert
Location not yet established
Iraq — Child in wedding attire, identified as a Chaldean bride
Location not yet established
Iraq — Women of Telkif near Mosul
Location not yet established
Mosul — Laundry on the riverbank
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Iraq — Group of Assyrian mountaineers
Location not yet established
Iraq — Kurdish man in traditional dress
Location not yet established
Iraq — Kurdish woman in traditional dress and jewelry
Location not yet established
Mosul — Great Mosque and minaret
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Iraq — Mar Behnam Monastery exterior
Location not yet established
Mosul — Mosque identified in the album as Jami al-Ahmar
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Mosul — Church clock tower and domes
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Mosul — Bridges during the high-water season
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Mosul — Nebi Yunus Mosque near Nineveh
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Mosul — Nebi Street and the tomb attributed to Seth
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Mosul — Ruins of Nineveh across the Tigris
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Baghdad — Another street scene
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Iraq — Water carriers at an Assyrian refugee camp near Baghdad
Location not yet established
Iraq — A group of children
Location not yet established
Baghdad — Street scene
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Iraq — Small-scale street trade
Location not yet established