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 · 1932boats and horses transporting hay on river with sun
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1932Oil wells and camp of the Iraq Petroleum Company. (5 miles S. of Kirkuk). Kirkuk District. An oil driller at work. A close up picture
35.4719, 44.3954
Catalogue date · 1932Ctesiphon
33.0944, 44.5830
Catalogue date · 1932Ctesiphon
33.0944, 44.5830
Catalogue date · 1932Ctesiphon
33.0944, 44.5830
Catalogue date · 1932Mosul. Sennacherib's castle. North side, showing a Yezidi shrine
36.3416, 43.1291
Catalogue date · 1932Mosul. The leaning tower. Closer view
36.3416, 43.1291
Catalogue date · 1932Mosul. A local courtyard
36.3416, 43.1291
Catalogue date · 1932blacksmith and forge
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1932men in boat on river
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1932building on waterfront
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1932ruins, Ctesiphon
33.0944, 44.5830
Catalogue date · 1932Ziggurat, Ur
30.9628, 46.1031
Catalogue date · 1932statue of Maude on horse
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1932oil fields, drilling tower
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1932oil fields, water tower
Location not yet established
Catalogue date · 1932Gayara bitumen, men and machinery
35.7984, 43.2945
Catalogue date · 1932Ctesiphon
33.0944, 44.5830
Catalogue date · 1932Ctesiphon
33.0944, 44.5830
Catalogue date · 1932Ctesiphon
33.0944, 44.5830
Catalogue date · 1932Ctesiphon
33.0944, 44.5830
Catalogue date · 1932Babylon. The Ishtar Gate
32.5447, 44.4318
Catalogue date · 1932Babylon, basalt lion with figures
32.5447, 44.4318
Catalogue date · 1932Babylon. Basalt lion
32.5447, 44.4318