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 · 1932boy or girl with camels
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1932oil fields, installation
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Catalogue date · 1932oil fields, drilling tower
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Catalogue date · 1932oil fields, tractors? Machinery
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Catalogue date · 1932oil fields, Refinery?
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Catalogue date · 1932Brick kiln near Kadimain
33.3062, 44.3872
Catalogue date · 1932House of Rev. John B. Panfil in Mosul
36.3416, 43.1291
Catalogue date · 1932Mosul. A typical local home
36.3416, 43.1291
Catalogue date · 1932Mosul. Overlooking new street toward the west
36.3416, 43.1291
Catalogue date · 1932Mosul. Looking S.E. showing Tigris river in the distance
36.3416, 43.1291
Catalogue date · 1932Gayara. Area of bituminous wells S. of Mosul. A large pool of bitumen
35.7984, 43.2945
Catalogue date · 1932Gayara. Area of bituminous wells S. of Mosul. Stretch of a Roman paved road
35.7984, 43.2945
Catalogue date · 1932Kerbela. Second holy city of the Shiite Muslims. Sunset through the palms of Kerbela
32.5984, 44.0158
Catalogue date · 1932Ur. Typical tea stand in Iraq taken on the R.R. railroad to Ur
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Catalogue date · 1932corridor & figures
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Catalogue date · 1932riverboats & sunset
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Catalogue date · 1932cows at river
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Catalogue date · 1932men
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Catalogue date · 1932ruins on waterfront
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Catalogue date · 1932ruins
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Catalogue date · 1932minaret
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Catalogue date · 1932cows in moonlight at river, or sunrise or sunset
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Catalogue date · 1932men & horse next to river across from walled city
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Catalogue date · 1932corridor
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