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 ↗
Catalogue date · 1932Mosul. Lorry on way to Mosul
36.3416, 43.1291
Catalogue date · 1932Kifl. Local Muslim village with a Jewish shrine to the prophet Ezekiel. Interior of the shrine
32.2263, 44.3662
Catalogue date · 1932Kifl. Local Muslim village with a Jewish shrine to the prophet Ezekiel. Conical tower over Ezekiel's tomb
32.2263, 44.3662
Catalogue date · 1932Kifl. Local Muslim village with a Jewish shrine to the prophet Ezekiel. Ezekiel's tomb with rabbi caretakers
32.2263, 44.3662
Catalogue date · 1932El-Abaid. Remains of brick walls
30.9723, 46.0306
Catalogue date · 1950–1977Birs Nimrud, Shrine to Abraham
32.3922, 44.3423
Catalogue date · 1932housing & man in western dress in car
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1932Gayara bitumen, Men in cage
35.7984, 43.2945
Catalogue date · 1932Gayara bitumen, men at Well?
35.7984, 43.2945
Catalogue date · 1932oil fields, Pipe line on fire
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1932Babylon. Basalt lion marking Daniel's den
32.5447, 44.4318
Catalogue date · 1932Babylon, the Istar Ishtar Gate?
32.5447, 44.4318
Catalogue date · 1932Mosul. Distant view
36.3416, 43.1291
Catalogue date · 1932Gayara. Area of bituminous wells S. of Mosul. Pumping bitumen from a well
35.7984, 43.2945
Catalogue date · 1932El-Abaid. Excavation shafts
30.9723, 46.0306
Catalogue date · 1932El-Abaid. Ruins
30.9723, 46.0306
Catalogue date · 1925men, donkeys, river, sun
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1932sunset, riverboat, people & animals
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1932shoreline, lake or river
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1932river, trees, figure & sunset
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1932man at base of column
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1932gateway with flags & parade
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1932river scene & wall of city
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1932man in western dress
Location not yet established