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 ↗
Iraq — Arab sheikh portrait
Location not yet established
Iraq — Suq al-Khubur bread market
Location not yet established
Baghdad — Money changers
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Iraq — Carrying water from the Tigris
Location not yet established
Iraq — Packing dates for export
Location not yet established
Baghdad — Unloading a river cargo boat
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Iraq — Gathering brushwood for fuel
Location not yet established
Baghdad — Abu Kharama cannon at the citadel
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Baghdad — New Street viewed from the North Gate
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Baghdad — Courtyard of Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani Mosque
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Iraq — Smiling faces
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Baghdad — Baghdad and the Tigris
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Babylon — Lion of Babylon
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Babylon — Inscription at the Ishtar Gate
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Babylon — Temple ruins at Babylon
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Al-Mada’in — Arch of Ctesiphon
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Iraq — Mullah teaching a prayer to a young man
Location not yet established
Baghdad — Jewish family
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Iraq — Traditional musical instruments
Location not yet established
Iraq — Women pounding rice
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Iraq — Free distribution of drinking water
Location not yet established
Baghdad — Women washing clothes on the Tigris
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Iraq — Sheikh drinking coffee
Location not yet established
Iraq — Transport in Iraq
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