Historical Desert Landscapes

Vintage photographs highlighting the historical landscapes of the Middle East, featuring figures and scenes from past centuries.

Two people with donkeys, mountains in background. 1898, Middle East

Two people with donkeys, mountains in background. 1898, Middle East

Departure for the huntTomb of Khan of Khiva 1840s-60s Possibly by Luigi Pesce Italian. Departure for the huntTomb of Khan of Khiva. Possibly by Luigi Pesce (Italian, 1818-1891). 1840s-60s. Salted paper print. Photographs

Description: Carost: Java Location: Java indonesia, java, asia, asiathroughalens

Motor boat trip around the Dead Sea. The Roman camp, Masada. View from top of castle. 1920, Israel, Masada Site

Photograph by Johann Victor Krämer depicting scenes from travel around 1900, highlighting landscapes, architecture, and people encountered during his journeys.

Beach Scene. Louis Fleckenstein, photographer (American, 1866 - 1943) 1907-1943

Post coach at Hotel Furka on the Furkapas, Anonymous, c. 1880 - in or before 1901 photograph Part of travel album with sights in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Belgium. Switzerland paper. photographic support. printing ink collotype diligence, omnibus, horse-tram. mountains (+ landscape with figures, staffage) Switzerland

Sinai. 1898, Egypt, Sinai

Boat No. 1, the "Bonnie Jean" in the upper end of the Grand Canyon. Snapshot by James Hogue, 1890. McDonald, Gibson, Kane, Stanton.. 1889 - 1890. Photographs. Manuscripts and Archives Division. Stanton, Robert Brewster, 1846-1922, Civil engineers, Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), Grand Canyon (Ariz.), Explorers , Arizona , Grand Canyon, Explorers , Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), Railroads , Surveying , 19th century, Railroads , United States

8th day. Nice boat and walking tour from Brunnen to Treib, Anonymous, 1937 photograph Album magazine with five photos of the walking and boat trip from Brunnen to Treib. Report of an eleven-day group trip by bus to Switzerland from 2 to 12 August 1937. Part of the travel album of the Van den Broek family 1935-1937. Switzerland paper. photographic support gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip. mountains Switzerland. Spring. Buzzing

Company with horse -drawn carriages on a country road in France, Anonymous, 1883 photograph Person in the middle of the photo in caption referred to as 'Henri'. Part of album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of family, soldiers, industry, landscapes and sights in France. France photographic support albumen print the family travelling, on holiday. four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach France

Accommodation and cable car in the COL des bous in the Marmolata section.

Sorrento beach ..

Distant view of Tiberias 1900, Israel, Tiberias

Collection 558 pH. C. Visser. Photo album fisherman: Third karakorum expedition, 1929. Album leaf with three photos. Top left and top right: the expedition reflects the Nubra river at Aranu; Below: the Nubra valley seen from the Panamik camp. July 5, 1929. India, Panamik

Postcools at Hotel Furka on the Furka shaft; Furka. Post & Hôtel .. Part of travel album with sights in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Belgium.

View of Mürren with station, cable car and surrounding mountains; Drahtseilbahn Nach Mürren. Part of travel album with sights in England, Switzerland, France and Germany.

Petra. 1898, Jordan, Petra (Extinct city)

Panorama van de baai van San Sebastián.Panorama of the bay of San Sebastián consisting of two prints. The left part of the left print has been folded. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Spitzbergen. Smerenbergbucht. Tourists and crew members of a cruise ship

Collection 558 pH. C. Visser. Photo album Visser: First Karakorum expedition, 1922. Album leaf with six photos. Above left: Road for Kardong; In the middle: Marketplace in Kardong; At the top right: House in Kardong; Bottom left: a lamapriest with prayer mill for a house in Kardong together with Jenny Visser-Hooft; In the middle: Jenny Visser-Hooft on horseback at a chorton between Kardong and the Kardong pass; At the bottom right: Jenny Visser-Hooft on horseback together with a coolie on the Kardong pass. September 1, 1922. Himalayas, India

On the beach (North Sea coast), Germany, c. 1900 photograph Germany photographic support. paper gelatin silver print (building) sand-castle Germany

Man and a woman at a car in a gorge, presumably in the Pyrenees. Part of a French amateur photographer photo album with sights in France, Switzerland and Italy.

People carrying Saint Anna's cross and the statue towards the lava, Vesuvius eruption, Italy, photograph by G Erre, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXIII, No 15, April 15, 1906.

Collection 558 pH. C. Visser. Photo album Visser: First KarakorumExpedition, 1922. Album leaf with six photos. Top left: Jenny Visser-Hooft with a representative of the Indian government; In the middle: a village school past Gandabal with the teacher on the right; At the top right: the expedition caravan with Jenny Visser-Hooft first between Gandabal and Gund; Bottom left: Jenny Visser-Hooft with horses in the Sind Valley; middle: the expedition caravan with horses between gund and sonamarg; Bottom right: River in the Sind Valley. June 22, 1922. India

Petra. Mount Hor. 1898, Jordan, Petra (Extinct city)

Gibraltar. Pescadores en la Bahía Catalana.

Waimangu photographic postcards

View of a mountain village, probably at Corsica. Part of a French amateur photographer photo album with sights in France, Switzerland and Italy.

Foss and Connelly's Stages going to the Geysers. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1874. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Tehama County (Calif.), Resorts , California , White Sulphur Springs, Carriages & coaches

The walking company tranquility during a trip through the mountains, presumably in the Harz. The travel group with members of the Kessler and Heyning families tranquils during the mountain walk, presumably in the harz member of the foto album of Dolph Kessler with recordings he made during his stay in England and on a world trip that he as secretary of Henri Deterding ( Director of Royal Oil) undertook to Dutch East Indies, Japan, China and the United States, between 1906 and 1908.

View of the Route de la Dents du Chat in the French Alps. Part of photo album from a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first automobiles and autoraces.

Equestrian corporation leaves Shiraz, in the background the Koran gate. Part of Risalbum of H. Dunlop with photos of sights in Persia, Scotland, Germany, Russia, China and Canada.

Two people and a carriage on a road through a valley in Auvergne, France, Unknown, 1867 - 1900 cabinet photograph This photo is part of an album. Auvergne paper. cardboard albumen print dale, valley. animal traction, animal-drawn vehicle (carriage etc.). farmers Puy-de-Dôme (department)

Group of people for Hotel Schwarenbach in Kandersteg, Switzerland, c. 1871 Photograph. visit card Part of Reisalbum with photos of sights in Switzerland. Switzerland cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print mountains. hotel, hostelry, inn A childish. Switzerland

Inclines to the copper mines, Metcalf, Arizona..

The Royal Gorge, Grand Cañon of the Arkansas

Group of American tourists at an unknown location.

Zimbabwe: members of the British Association viewing ancient ruins at Umtali. Photograph by Sir William Crookes, 1905.

The good Samaritan on the road to Jericho (Luke x, 34) , Horses, Roads, Biblical events Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

Hilly landscape with a woman and a loaded donkey in the foreground, Lebanon; In the Lebanon.

Sinai. 1898, Egypt, Sinai

View of Hanz on the route from Chur to Andermatt, Anonymous, c. 1880 - in or before 1899 photograph Part of travel album with sights in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Belgium. Switzerland paper. photographic support prospect of village, silhouette of village. mountains (+ landscape with figures, staffage) Switzerland

East of the Jordan and the Dead Sea. Entrance to Kerak 1900, Jordan, Qir Moav

Face on brunnen to Lucerne lake with the Alps background; Brunnen und Die Alpen. Part of travel album with sights in England, Switzerland, France and Germany.

Geirangerfjord (Norway). View from the high-sea passenger steamer "Steamer Victoria Luise

Entrance of the throat of Trient, in Vernayaz. .

Collection 558 pH. C. Visser. Photo album fisherman: Third karakorum expedition, 1929. Album leaf with three photos. Top left: street face in Kargil; Bottom left: view of the valley from the Lama monastery in Mulbek; A lama memorial at Mulbek. May 10, 1929. India, Kargil, Mulbek

Queen Victoria's pictures. Ledership view, Italy.

Mont Blanc seen from La Flégère with in the foreground Inn Au Repos des Voyageurs; Le Mont Blanc Vu de la Flegere. Part of travel album with sights in the Swiss Alps.

Petra. 1898, Jordan, Petra (Extinct city)

Distant view of Camp Apache, Arizona ,. Photographs of the American West

Looking Up the River from Grand View Trail, Grand Canyon, Arizona..

Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Postcard, historical, mountaineer in the Jungfrauenjoch mountain, winter, Switzerland, the Bernese Alps, b/w,

Loading sledges in Teplitz Bay, February 3, 1900, Duke of the Abruzzi's expedition to the North Pole, photograph, Rudolf Island, Russia.

The Incline Railway up Mt. Manitou, Colorado Springs, Colo. still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mountains, Colorado, Hills

Men & camels in Sinai mountains. 1898, Egypt, Sinai

Monadnock Mountain. Visitors from Fitchburg. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Monadnock, Mount (N.H.), Mountains, Tourists

View of a gap on Corsica with a car with travelers on the right, c. 1905 - c. 1910 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with sights in France, Switzerland and Italy. Corsica paper. photographic support automobile. ravine, chasm, abyss, canyon. travelling; tourism Corsica

San Francisco. Steep coast with tourist stream, coming from the restaurant Cliff House, against beach with buildings and windmills of the Golden Gate Park

View of Odda in Norway, c. 1870 - in or before 1898 photograph Photo is part of a series of 28 separate postcards from England, Norway, Italy, Germany and Tyrol (Photos RP-F-F00945-1 to RP-F-F00945-28). Oddapublisher: Molde photographic support gelatin silver print travelling; tourism. mountains (+ landscape with figures, staffage). fjord, sea loch Odd

View of the Lake Hakone with children with a caretaker in the foreground; Hakone Lake. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in Japan.

China. Sinkiang (Xinjiang). Takla Makan. Transition of the expedition caravan by Kilian Darja at the river oasis Kilian

Turkish kitchen. .

Description: St. Lucia - Soufriere. A local guide stands in front of the Sulphur Springs at Soufriere. Location: St Lucia, Soufriere, St Lucia Date: 1910-1950 caribbean, saintlucia, caribbeanthroughalens

Group American tourists at La Trophée des Alpes in La Turbie, France, 1921 photograph La Turbie Printer: North and Central America (Possible) baryta paper gelatin silver print tourism Turbie

People and cattle on a ferry in Japan; Ferry Boat .. Part of photo album with 50 pictures of sights in Japan.

Towns and Cities: Occupied - Alaska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

View of deadwood; Deadwood - South Dakota. .

Mirage effect in the desert. Caravan of pilgrims on camels on their way to Nedjed, Saudi Arabia. Pilgrimage to Nedjed, cradle of the Arab race by Lady Anna Blunt 1878-1879, Le Tour du Monde 1882

Geirangerfjord / Norway: on the sundeck of the Victoria Luise

Spitzbergen. Smerenbergbucht. Tourists and crew members of a cruise ship in front of the Wellmannhütte

Description: Hong Kong Harbour, and Tsin Sha Tsui, from Bowen Road. Location: Tsin Sha Tsui, Hong Kong Date: 1926 hongkong, asia, asiathroughalens

On the great ice mountain, Niagara Falls, U.S.A. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Waterfalls , New York (State), Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Tourism , New York (State) , Niagara Falls (N.Y.)

Pony train on Mount Washington. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.), Mountains, Packtrains

Hikers cross the glace at Chamonix; Reverse De La Mer de Glace (Chamonix). Part of travel album with sights in the Swiss Alps.

Hotel on the Pilatus Kulm, Anonymous, Vérascope Richard, 1893 - 1920 Switzerlandpublisher: Paris glass gelatin silver slide on glass hotel, hostelry, inn. mountains Pilatus

Description: Delivering the Annual Mail. Location: Tristan Da Cunha Date: 1920-1929 Description: The only method of transport. Location: Tristan Da Cunha Date: 1920-1929

Sinai 1898, Egypt, Sinai

Italy, Tuscany, montesenario, 1910.

Westmen Islands, Iceland. Cruises of the Hamburg America line, 1912. Tourists on deck of a deep-sea passenger steamer, guess. Victoria Luise, while driving along the bird island rocks

Paharlok. Water sampling point. .

View of Amsteg and a gaduct from the Gotthardspoorweg; Chemin de Fer du Gotthard, Amsteg .. Part of travel album with sights in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Belgium.

Scotts Run, Monongalia County, West Virginia, walking into town for relief food. 1935. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

in jordan the wadi rum desert and the bedouin tent near sunrise

Estados Unidos de América. Grupo de mujeres indias de la tribu de los navajos pastoreando el ganado en el desierto de Arizona. Años 1950.

in australia the beach tourist and surfer

Vintage photograph. Hoover Dam on the Arizona-Nevada border

Vaud, Switzerland c 1927Vineyard workers carrying baskets of grapes with a bird's-eye view of some of the thousands of acres of vineyards in the canton of Vaud where there is an especially large grape crop this year.

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Wady Ed-Deir and Jebel Munajah 1900, Egypt, Sinai

Bisbee, Arizona 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Bisbee, Arizona , Cochise County

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. The Table Mountain in Curaçao. October 1, 1955. Curaçao

Photo collection Government information service. Netherlands Antilles, Aruba. undated. Aruba

People and cattle on a ferry in Japan, Anonymous, c. 1870 - c. 1900 photograph Part of photo album with 50 photos of sights in Japan. Japan paper. photographic support albumen print travelling; tourism. ferry. passengers ~ ship. rowing-boat, canoe, etc.. cattle Japan

Postcard, historical, Saint Moritz, skiing area Ober-Alpina close Saint Moritz, Switzerland, the Engadine, b/w,

Sindoro volcano on Java seen from the front garden of Hotel Dieng in Wonosobo. Part of travel album with photographs of activity and sights on Sumatra and Java and from the trip to and from the Dutch East Indies.

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