Historical Desert Expeditions

Vintage images showcasing desert expeditions with camels, rugged landscapes, and early 20th-century exploration atmospheres in the Sinai and Egypt.

Egypt: c. 1890 A camel caravan at the Suez Canal.

Sinai. Natural gateway of el-Buweib. 1898, Egypt, Sinai

Nazareth. 1934, Israel, Nazareth

Egyptian views Thebes. The Lybian desert 1900, Egypt, Thebes (Extinct city)

American Colony Photo Dept. expedition camp in the Sinai, Lewis Larsson on camel directly in front of tent American Colony, Jerusalem. 1910, Egypt, Sinai

Egypt: c. 1890 A camel caravan at the Suez Canal.

To Sinai by car Ain Kadeis at the head of the valley. 1920, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

In the Sinai 1925, Egypt, Sinai

Casablanca, Morocco The straw market , 1912-1913 - Morocco - Stéphane Passet - (December -January) (French - Casablanca , Maroc Le marché de la paille). Animal transport, horse, real animal, market , fair, tent, ane, Transport, animal, economic activity, Morocco, Casablanca, straw market

in danakil ethiopia africa in the salt lake the camels carovan and landscape

Near Luxor. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M. Rose, 1st NZEF, 1914-1915, Egypt, by Major John Rose.

Travel Photos Italy. Sicily. Taormina. Local part view with views to Etna. In the foreground cacti

Coming from Market, Omdurman, circa 1880

Sinai. 1898, Egypt, Sinai

View of a gap in Corsica with a right a car with travelers. Part of a French amateur photographer photo album with sights in France, Switzerland and Italy.

Camels used for carrying bridal party to wedding 1900, Egypt

Sinai 1925, Egypt, Sinai

Road to Hebron, Mar Saba, David's Pool 1900, West Bank

Masada 1898, Middle East, Israel and/or Palestine

Turkey - Local Guide at the ruins of Ephesus at Selcuk. Date: 1908

The Second Boer War, 1899-1902 Caravan of camels approaching one of the South African ports.

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. In the footsteps of father; Bedouin boy with camel 1900, Egypt, Sinai

Man walking towards Jerusalem (El-Kouds), the approach to the city ca. 1900.

Mount Hermon trip, Oct 1933, Middle East

Ourga, Mongolia A camp established west of Gandan, in the plain of Tuul , 1913 - Mongolia - Stéphane Passet - (July 6-25) (French - Ourga , Mongolie Un campement établi à louest de Gandan , dans la plaine de la Tuul). Landscape, Mont , Mountain, costume, yurt, nomad, tent, camp, housing, poverty, domestic life, man, Nature , Environment, clothing, housing , architecture, society, daily life, human beings

(French - Aqaba , Arabie ( actuelle Jordanie ) Le camp britannique , au bord du golfe d' Aqaba).

Road to Hebron, Mar Saba, The finest of Solomon's Pools 1900, West Bank

Wagon train

Jerusalem. 1898, Israel

Joseon Era, Korea, 1890-1900. Street scene showing shops and traders in Seoul.

A city on a mountain with a child, galilee in the foreground, Israel; City on a mountain.

''Packing' from Alcove Camp to the Sea', c1911, (1913). Artist: T Griffith Taylor.

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Scene at Nakb El-Hawa 1900, Egypt, Sinai

Companion on a beach for a rock wall, presumably at Etretat. Part of a French amateur photographer album with recordings of family, soldiers, industry, landscapes and sights in France.

Lyall Bay, 1907-1915, Wellington, by Zak (Joseph Zachariah).

Belgrade Vue taken on the side of the Danube Tietel Auch in Kyrill. Schrift

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1935: Egypt. Rivers, sailing boats, panorama. 1935. Egypt, Nile

A vintage photo circa 1864 of a whaling or fishing camp in Labrador, Newfoundland with men pushing a boat on to the beach ready for a hunting trip

Sinai (Spring of Moses). 1898, Egypt, Sinai

Mount of Temptation 1900, West Bank

In the Sinai 1925, Egypt, Sinai

Nablus, Middle East (Shechem) and Mt. Gerizim 1900, West Bank, Nablus, Middle East

Gîzeh, Egypt, The Departure of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales and Suite from the Pyramids; Francis Bedford (English, 1815,1816 - 1894); London, England; 1862; Albumen silver print

09/01/1905. Peña Vieja. The Royal excursion to the Picos de Europa. In the Image, the Hiker camp.

Beach Scene, China, Documentary Film Report From China", 1973

Photographic series by Johann Victor Krämer from 1898-1900 capturing travel scenes including landscapes, buildings, and streets with detailed composition and perspective.

India. Kashmir. Ladakh. Salzton plane Akzai-Chin with the same name. Stock on the source south of the lake. Tent bearing with Yaks at a freshwater source on the south bank of the Akzai-Chin Call

Beach face in Scheveningen with bathers, bathing coaches and beach furniture, c. 1890 - c. 1910 photograph. cabinet photograph Part of leporelloalbum with recordings of Scheveningen. Scheveningen cardboard. paper. printing ink collotype beach (as place of recreation) Scheveningen

To Sinai via the desert, Wady Feiran and Jebel Serbal 1900, Egypt, Sinai

Egyptian views The pyramids of Gizeh. Road leading to the pyramids of Gizeh 1900, Egypt, Jīzah, Jizah

Damascus (Esh-Sham) Street leading to Straight Street American Colony, Jerusalem. 1898, Syria, Damascus

Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Peki'in. Galilee, the Dragging Peki'in. View of the village with the surrounding hills and with the village source in the middle of the photo. January 1, 1948. Galilee, Israel, Peki'in

Poll photo collection. Israel: Bersjeba. Market stall with kitchen utensils. undated. Bersjeba, Israel

Travel photos Greece. Road below a village

Trans-Jordan. 1935, Jordan

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Jordan. Landscape in the area of Jericho. The plain of the Dead Sea. Refugees Kamp Aqaba. 1950. Israel, Jericho, Jordan

Cantabria, 1905. Tents set up for a chamois hunt in the Picos de Europa.

People on the beach at St Malo, Brittany, France. Date: circa 1890s

Africa. libya. tci trekkers in an oasis. 1931.

A mightly sentinel in a trackless waste - Zoroaster Tower. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1902 - 1903. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona, Grand Canyon (Ariz.), Canyons , United States, Packtrains

Collection 558 pH. C. Visser. Photo album fisherman: Third karakorum expedition, 1929-1930. Album leaf with three photos. Top left: view of the Sanju chain to the north; At the top right: descent from the Sanju pass, seen to the north; Jenny Visser Hooft drops the Sanju pass on a yak. October 7, 1929. China

'Bathing in the Adriatic', August 1936 (1937). King Edward VIII holidaying in Dalmatia. From Coronation Souvenir Book 1937, edited by Gordon Beckles.

Egyptian views The Pyramids of Gizeh. Nile Valley from the Great Pyramid 1900, Egypt, Jīzah, Jizah

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Jordan. Jericho in the plain of the Dead Sea. 1950. Israel, Jericho, Jordan

Travel photos Egypt. Camel guide

Sudan, Nubia, Western desert

blur in lesotho malealea street village near mountain and sky

The fig Market at the Bazaar, Smyrna (Izmir), Turkey Date: circa 1905

A Baby of the Desert, Egypt, 1899, Giza, by Keystone View Company.

Giza pyramids during flood, in the foreground men on camels.part or travel album with pictures of sights in Greece and Egypt.

Beaches of Poland, Ships in Poland, Międzyzdroje, 1901, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Misdroy, Strand am Kaffeeberg

Giza, Bonfils, Caire, Sphynx et Pyramide, Sphinx and pyramids of Giza, recto, Part of Travel album with 80 photos of Egypt., photograph, photo, photos, 111, height 220 mm, width 282 mm, photographer, 1870 - 1898, third quarter 19th century, fourth quarter 19th century, cardboard, carton, paper, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print

Albumin photographs by Johann Victor Krämer documenting travel between 1898 and 1900.

Giza (Egypt). Hapag tourist group, partly on camels and donkeys, posing with their tourists in front of the Sphinx. In the background pyramid of the Cheop

Two women on a rocky coast with cacti on Capri, Anonymous, c. 1865 - c. 1875 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of sights in Naples and the surrounding area. Capri, island of paper. photographic support albumen print mountains. plants and herbs: cactus. coast Capri, island of

Travel photos Egypt. Two men on a path in the desert mountains

from high the antique site of petra in jordan the beautiful wonder of the world

Spitzbergen. Tourists in front of a glacier in the Magdalenenfjord

Spitzbergen. Tourists in front of a glacier in the Magdalenenfjord

The Baikal lake. The ice bath, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, (1880-81).

Africa, Eritrea, Asmara market in 1910

Mountain Fuji seen from otometogen, with men and a woman with a horse in the foreground; Fuji from otometogen. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in Japan.

Roundup camp, Quarter Circle U roundup, Big Horn County, Montana 1939. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

The panorama of La Croisette, Cannes, France, 1895. Creator: Unknown.

Anefo photo collection. Jamboree 1963 in Marathon Greece. Hollands Kamp from Eindhoven and Den Bosch. August 12, 1963. Greece

Jerusalem during a snowy winter Sleighing in Jerusalem 1900, Israel

Schnals. From Schnals to Oetztal Üb.D. High yoke

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1935: Egypt. Location for camels. 1935. Egypt

Ceylon, Colombo, Straßenszene, historische, digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Originals aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Aufnahmedatum nicht angegeben, Street Scene , Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Queen Victoria's pictures. Probably capri.

Patmos, Greece, 1926. Artist: Unknown

To Sinai via the desert. Village near the pyramids of Gizeh 1900, Egypt, Jīzah, Jizah

A collection of travel photographs by Johann Victor Krämer from 1898 to 1900 showing regional landscapes, architecture, and local customs in the areas he visited.

Reykjavík (Iceland). Tourists observe locals in the clip-rich acquisition

Iceland. Hapag tourist on a pony in the surroundings of Reykjavik

Travel Photos Orient. Jerusalem. Tourists at the visiting of a defense wall at the oil mountain

Unloading boats at river in Baghdad. 1932, Iraq, Baghdad

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