Historical Photography from Colonization

Vintage photographs capturing historical moments, streets, and structures from colonial times around various regions, particularly the East.

Photo collection Deli Society. "Souvenir deli" (1897). No caption avenue with street vendors, cart drawn by car furniture, 2 European men in white costume. Operated with turban?. 1897. Indonesia, Medan, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Photo collection Deli Society. "Souvenir deli" (1897). No caption avenue with street vendors, cart drawn by car furniture, 2 European men in white costume. Operated with turban?. 1897. Indonesia, Medan, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Description: Trolleying Soda to the Pier Head Location: Ujiji africa

Description: Malaya in Monochrome. A Souvenir of the British Empire Exhibition. Date: 1924 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Description: Malaya in Monochrome. A Souvenir of the British Empire Exhibition. Date: 1924 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Description: Burying the dead, Saint Vincent. Location: St Vincent and Martinique Date: 1898 Description: Street in Georgetown, Saint Vincent. Location: Georgetown, St Vincent and Martinique Date: 1898 caribbean, saintvincent, caribbeanthroughalens

Three faces on Bratislava, Hainburg and Gönyü, Berti Hoppe (Possible), 1930 - 1931 photograph Three photos taken during their boat trip on the Danube. This page is part of an album. paper. photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print city-view in general; 'veduta'. river. historical persons - BB - woman Danube. Bratislava. Hainburg an der Donau

Location: Hong Kong Date: 1930-1940 hongkong, asia, asiathroughalens

View on Varerna on Lake Como, Anonymous, c. 1860 - c. 1890 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Germany. Varenna paper. photographic support albumen print prospect of village, silhouette of village. lake Varenna. Lake

Description: Settlement, Vanikoro. Location: Vanikoro, Solomon Islands Description: A.V. "Tulagi," at Vanikoro.1929. (Before overhaul.) Location: Tulagi, Vanikoro, Solomon Islands Date: 1929 australasia, oceania, solomonislands, australasiathroughalens

Description: View down the River Rewa, with native Canoes, native swimming etc. Location: Fiji fiji, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

House and vegetation along the road to Telagabodas near Garut, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1920 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of activities and sights on Sumatra and Java and of the trip to and of the Dutch East Indies. Garut paper. photographic support gelatin silver print road, path. rural housing, e.g. country-house, villa, cottage. trees: palm-tree Garut

People on the beach, Constant & A. Lory Peigné, 1878 - 1890 Photograph. visit card Nantes cardboard. paper albumen print parasol, sunshade. beach (as place of recreation) Nantes

Man, woman and children at (possibly) an armed border keeper in Menton. Part of travel album with sights in England, Switzerland, France and Germany.

Description: Malaya in Monochrome. A Souvenir of the British Empire Exhibition. Date: 1924 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Location: Hong Kong hongkong, asia, asiathroughalens

Description: Nigeria 1922-23, by W F Hackman. Location: Nigeria Date: 1922-23 tour, village, nigeria, hackman, officer, africa

Description: Birds Nest Hunters. Coolies carrying the equipment through jungle. Location: Borneo Date: October 1921 Description: Birds Nest Hunters. Camp in Jungle. Location: Borneo Date: October 1921 asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Description: Me swimming. Location: China Date: 1910-1912 Description: Chinese dragon boat. Location: China Date: 1910-1912 Description: At tea & tennis party. Location: China Date: 1910-1912 Description: Shields & Rosoman Location: China Date: 1910-1912 china, asia, asiathroughalens

Man fishing in the fountains at Pretoria; The Fountains; At Pretoria. Part of album with 191 photos from a trip to and through South Africa.

Stay in the mountains (3), c. 1910 - c. 1911 photograph Album magazine with six photos of a group of men and women during a trip on snowy mountain slopes, possibly in Switzerland or Austria. Also recordings of a picnic on a rocky mountain slope and cattle. Part of photo album of the Palthe family from Almelo. Europe cardboard. paper. photographic support gelatin silver print mountain-range, snow peaks. walking, hiking (recreation). the family travelling, on holiday. recreation Europe

Ferry over the Suez Canal near Al -Qantarah, Egypt, C. & G. Zangaki, 1870 - 1910 photograph Al-Qantarah Gharb cardboard. paper albumen print ferry. hoofed animals: camel Al-Qantarah Gharb

Vianden, Anonymous, 1949 photograph Album magazine with four photos of the surroundings of Vianden in Luxembourg. Under the photos cut out papers with typed inscriptions. Part of the first photo album with photos of the two bike rides of father and son through the Netherlands in September 1939 and July 1940 and a car trip with the family through the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg in June 1949. Belgium paper. photographic support gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip. low hill country. bus, coach. the family travelling, on holiday Views

Santa Monica from the Pier. 1890. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Beaches, Santa Monica (Calif.)

Four landscapes with water in France, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1915 photograph This magazine is part of an album. France paper. photographic support travelling; tourism. landscapes with waters, waterscapes, seascapes (in the temperate zone). historical persons. steamship, motorship France

Stay in the mountains (1). Album leaf with nine photos of village scenes, possibly taken in the mountains of Switzerland or Austria. Depicted are chalets, a church, churchgoers, a young girl and a man with a gray beard in a garden. Part of photo album from the Palthe family from Almelo.

Egypt, Anonymous, 1936 photograph Album magazine with five photos, one taken on board the ship, four of visits in Egypt to Cairo, the Piramides and the Sphinx of Gizh. All photos with captions. Part of an album about a holiday trip about the Nile in 1936. Egypt photographic support. paper gelatin silver print tourism. passengers ~ ship. hoofed animals: dromedary Gizeh. Pyramids from Gizh. Sphinx from gizeh

Description: Papar Station - Guard of Honour. Location: Papar, Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Photo collection Deli Society. "Souvenir deli" (1897). Port of Belawan. 1897. Indonesia, Medan, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Various topics, Anonymous, 1930 - 1931 photograph Album magazine with three photos of a standing woman, a sailing boat and flower arrangements. Part of photo album 'Student album Indologists'. Netherlands photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print sailing-ship, sailing-boat. historical persons not known by name - BB - woman. flowers in a vase Netherlands

Description: Typhoon Shelter, Causeway Bay. Location: Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Date: 1920-1930 hongkong, asia, asiathroughalens

Boat landing at the lake, Central Park, N.Y. American series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Parks , New York (State) , New York, Central Park (New York, N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Collection 558 pH. C. Visser. Photo album fisherman: Egypt, Italy, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, 1922-1923. Album leaf with four photos. Top left: Stockholm. Lady for the Dyrssen estate. At the top right: Company during a walk on the Drysen estate. Bottom left: Departure from the port of Gothenburg. Bottom right: Arrival in London. Count Palm Stierna. 1922. England, Gothenburg, London, Sweden

Coney Island Beach. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1891 - 1896. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State)

Dock of the World's Fair steamers, Chicago. American & foreign views. 338. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois, Chicago (Ill.), Exhibitions , Illinois , Chicago

Woman referred to as' mrs. v/d. Stand (...)-Oostmeijer 'sitting on a balustrade with two cats on lap in the Dutch East Indies, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1920 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of activities and sights on Sumatra and Java and of the trip to and of the Dutch East Indies. Dutch East Indies, The paper. photographic support gelatin silver print adult woman. loggia, verandah, porch. cat Dutch East Indies, The

Description: Views of Zanzibar, including local flora, 1907-1925. Location: Zanzibar africa

Postcard from album 'as a reminder of Suriname'. Collection of 68 postcards from Suriname brought together in an album as a reminder of a stay in Suriname in September 1911.

Description: Natal-Durban, The Point. Location: Natal, Durban Description: Natal-Maritzburg. Location: Natal durban, pietermaritzburg, africa

Road to Blinjoe, Robert Julius Boers, 1900 - 1922 stereograph Poort or station on the road from Soeniliat to Blinjoe on Banka. Part of a group of stereo photos of Robert Julius Boers, chief of the state-owned company De Banka-Tinwinning on Banka, from the period ca. 1900-1922. Bangka photographic support. cardboard Bangka

The Beach at Newport. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Rhode Island, Newport (R.I.)

Face of interlakes, with the jungfrau in the background; Panorama d'Interlaken. Suisse. (3) ..

View of the banks of the Ticino in Pavia with waxing women, boats, cattle and loading and unloading work, c. 1905 - c. 1910 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with sights in France, Switzerland and Italy. Pavia paper. photographic support cattle. laundering. sailing-ship, sailing-boat. traffic and transport. river bank Pavia. Ticino (Kanton)

africa

Nubian Egyptians on the banks of the Nile next to a Dahabieh, Francis Frith, 1857 - 1859 stereograph Egyptepublisher: London cardboard. paper albumen print ships (in general) Nile. Egypt

Album magazine with ten photos, Andries Augustus Boom, 1900 - 1903 photograph Album magazine with ten photos in Spain. Part of the photo album of the Boom-Gonggrijp family in Suriname and Curaçao. Spain paper. photographic support Spain

Indian encampment, Lake George. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake), Lakes & ponds , New York (State), Iroquois Indians, Indians of North America , Commerce

Postcard from album 'as a reminder of Suriname'. Collection of 68 postcards from Suriname brought together in an album as a reminder of a stay in Suriname in September 1911.

Description: The Farmer's Travelling House. ox, farmer, africa

Volcano Sindoro seen on Java from a hotel room in Wonosobo, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1920 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of activities and sights on Sumatra and Java and of the trip to and of the Dutch East Indies. paper. photographic support gelatin silver print volcano. hotel, hostelry, inn Java

View taken in amalfi ..

Coaches, horseback rider and people on the beach and houses in the distance. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Rhode Island, Newport (R.I.), Beaches, People, Houses, Carriages & coaches, Goat carts

Port Said, anonymous, 1947 - 1948 photograph Album magazine with three photos of the Casino Palace Hotel in Port Said and Egyptian boat alongside, taken from the S.S. Waterman on his way to the Dutch East Indies. Part of the photo album 'My years in India' with photos about the military actions in the Dutch East Indies. Port Said cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print steamship, motorship. rowing-boat, canoe, etc.. troop movements, transportation. hotel, hostelry, inn Port Said. Suez Canal

Nantasket beach. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Nantasket Beach (Mass.), Beaches

africa

Muskoka Lake, Willy Moos, 1909 photograph Album magazine with four photos of Mudkoka (Muskoka) Lake, the Niagara river and portrait of a man. Part of the photo album of a trip from Willy Moos to Canada and the United States in 1909. Canada paper. photographic support gelatin silver print historical persons. river. taking a bath - AA - in the open air Canada. Niagara

Departure of a family referred to as' Kroese 'with the ship' P.H. Janssens', presumably in the Dutch East Indies, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1920 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of activities and sights on Sumatra and Java and of the trip to and of the Dutch East Indies. Dutch East Indies, The paper. photographic support gelatin silver print passengers ~ ship Dutch East Indies, The

North from Fort Wm. Henry Hotel. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake), Lakes & ponds , New York (State)

Company with a horse carriage in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, Anonymous, 1931 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of holidays in southern France. Roquebrune-Cap-Martin photographic support gelatin silver print four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

Coolies unloading tea at Hankow, the great tea market of interior China, 1900, China, by James Ricalton, Underwood & Underwood.

Description: Preaching on Itinerating forms 1903. Date: 1903 Description: Moving in camp Itinerating 1901. Date: 1901 Description: Government School moving 1902. Date: 1902 Description: Native Village Unyanjuria 1903. Location: Unyanjuria Date: 1903 africa

Description: Seedlings in Nurseries. Planted 8/8/06. (Taken 25/8/06) Location: Borneo Date: 26 August 1906 Description: Muruds on their way from Tenom to Kaningow with stores for the Cowie Harbour expedition. Location: Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Albumin photograph by Léon & Lévy, circa 1870, showing the quay in Nice used for lunch. Depicts waterfront, buildings, boats, and daily activities.

bDescription:/b Summer Sunsets. bLocation:/b Hong Kong bDate:/b 1910 b hongkong, asia, asiathroughalens

Bathing scene. Scenes at Ocean Grove and Asbury Park, N.J. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Jersey, Asbury Park (N.J.), Ocean Grove (N.J.), Tourism , New Jersey, Beaches, Seas, Wading, Sunbathing

Description: Colombo. View from Mt Lavinia Location: Colombo, Ceylon Description: Gulli - Gulli Location: Ceylon asia, srilanka, ceylon, asiathroughalens

Views from Garrison's, looking South. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)

Beach near Plank Walk, Pavillion in background. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard (Mass.)

Walking people on a beach road near Wijk aan Zee, 1880 - 1910 stereograph Wijk aan Zee cardboard. baryta paper strolling. beach (as place of recreation). dune coast Wijk aan Zee

Wiener Prater, Tierpark Hagenbeck en Het Wienerwald, Berti Hoppe (Possibly), 1930 - 1931 photograph Three photos of the Wiener Prater Park in Vienna, one photo of a visit to the Hagenbeck Tierpark in Hamburg and two photos of the Wienerwald. These photos are part of an album. Austria cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print playground. zoo (as place of recreation). forest, wood Prater, it. Hamburg. Austria

Mountain of Nantai and Lake Chuzenji, Nikko, Japan; Mountain or (Nantai) and (Chuzenji) Lake at Nikko. Mountain of Nantai and the Lake Chuzenji, Nikko, Japan. On the lake a boat with three people.

Woman standing at room 115 from Hotel des Indes in Batavia, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1920 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of activities and sights on Sumatra and Java and of the trip to and of the Dutch East Indies. Batavia paper. photographic support gelatin silver print hotel, hostelry, inn Batavia

Holiday in Switzerland, Andries Augustus Boom, 1899 photograph Holiday in Vitznau, Switzerland. Part of the photo album of the Boom-Gonggrijp family in Suriname and Curaçao. Switzerland photographic support Switzerland. Vitznau

africa

Hamburg, Meissner, Otto, Leipzig, Sinsel & Co., Dreesen, Wilhelm, Nach dem Bade, Marinemaler, Landungssteg bei Teufelsbrück, Blankenese, Four images of a view of Blankenese, a pier at Teufelsbrück, a man painting a rowing boat and a woman on the bank of a river, recto - printed, These prints are part of a cover with 126 prints on 37 sheets and a text sheet., photomechanical print, photographs, photographically illustrated books, XXXII., Originalaufnahmen von Wilh. Dreesen, Hof.-Photogr., Flensburg. 1894., height 330 mm, width 493 mm, 1840-03-31 - 1926-12-18, photographer, 1894 - 1894, paper, collotype, photoprint, cliché maker, Publication (Event), Publication, German, 1819-07-28 - 1902-06-05, publisher

Camping and Picnicking - Texas. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Bay with the public upon arrival of a ship on Ambon, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1920 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of Ambon. Ambon paper. cardboard. photographic support harbour (+ view ~ vehicle, ship, etc.) Dutch East Indies, The. Ambon

Landscape with Man in Japan, Anonymous, 1904 - 1905 photograph This photo is part of an album. Japan photographic support gelatin silver print city-view in general; 'veduta' (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage)

Description: A trip up the Rijang river. Dayaks in full dress uniform. Location: Sarawak, Borneo Description: There are many glimpses of villages nestling among the coconut palms. Location: Sarawak, Borneo asia, sarawak, malaysia, borneo, asiathroughalens

Postcard from album 'as a reminder of Suriname'. Collection of 68 postcards from Suriname brought together in an album as a reminder of a stay in Suriname in September 1911.

Location: Fiji fiji, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

Description: Kinabalu and morning mist, from the D.O's garden, Ranau. R. Liwago (Labur) under high bank beyond the bamboo hedge. Location: Ranau, Borneo Description: Ranau station, from hill behind the shops. Back of some shops in right foreground, R. Liwado on left. Looking more or less east. Location: Ranau, Borneo Description: Part of government station, Ranau. Location: Ranau, Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Description: Ripon Falls source of the Nile. africa

The Rambles, Central Park, New York. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Parks , New York (State) , New York, Central Park (New York, N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Trails & paths , New York (State) , New York

Description: Idah, Southern Nigeria. Location: Nigeria Date: c1920-1929 africa

Description: Crossing the Boundary between English and French territory near Po. Description: Navrongo village British territory. Location: Navrongo Description: Nasier ferry across the upper reaches of the Volta. Description: Yeji ferry. africa

Collection 558 pH. C. Visser. Photo album fisherman: Third karakorum expedition, 1929-1930. Album leaf with three photos. Top left: crockery on the bazaar in Kashgar; Bottom left: Snowy plain with the English Consulate General in Kashgar in the background; Right: Street in Kashgar with the mosque. 28 December 1929. China, Kashgar

Description: Before entering Donamar. Location: Yemen Date: 1952 Description: Yareem. Location: Yareem, Yemen Date: 1952

Volendam, Anonymous, 1935 - 1942 photograph Album magazine with six purchased photos from Volendam. Part of the photo album ABRECOMSINTENTENDANTur van de Wehrmacht 1941-1943. Volendam photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print folk costume, regional costume. public road in village (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage) Netherlands. Volendam

Donkeys on the beach, presumably at La Rochelle, c. 1905 - c. 1910 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with sights in France, Switzerland and Italy. La Rochelle paper. photographic support ass, donkey. beach (as place of recreation) La Rochelle

Location: Peking, China Date: 1900 china, asia, boxerrebellion, asiathroughalens

Camping and Picnicking - Florida. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Description: His Lordship Bishop Maradan during the first sod of the T.B. Sanatorium Location: Seychelles Date: 1959-1962 Description: Bringing in mackerel at Beau Vallon. Location: Beau Vallon, Seychelles Date: 1959-1962

Description: 43. Description: 44. Kimberley. Location: Kimberley Description: 45. 4.7 in Gims. Description: 46. Description: 47. Kimberley Location: Kimberley Description: 48. africa

Two pages sent by Mrs. Sara T. Kinney from New Haven, after her trip in Holland, and to the Paris Exposition, 1900: Mrs. Kinney at Roman ruins, Trave, Germany; Base of Nat. Monument, Rudesheim, Rhine; A state regent caught napping, Nantucket; A woman of Marken Island, Holland, Aug 15, 1900; From a canal boat, Holland; Orwell cottage, summer home of Mrs. Kinney's friend, Scotch friend Agnes Smith, where Geo. McDonald visits.. 1900. Photographs. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. Nome (Alaska), Southwest, New, Nantucket (Mass.), Canals , Netherlands, Canal boats, Ruins, Netherlands, Women , Clothing & dress , Netherlands , Marken Island

On the beach. Album leaf with six photos of an outing to the beach by a group of girls, some pictures of a boy on the coast and a photo of the Chinese wall. Part of a family album from a Chinese-Indian family in Weltevreden, ca. 1935.

Getting ready for boat rides. Scenes at Ocean Grove and Asbury Park. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Jersey, Asbury Park (N.J.), Ocean Grove (N.J.), Tourism , New Jersey, Boats, Leisure, Sailboats

Description: Tai Lagoon. Malaita. British Solomons Location: Malaita, Solomon Islands australasia, oceania, solomonislands, australasiathroughalens

Boats on Lake Anthony. Lake Anthony, Martha's Vineyard. Martha's Vineyard Camp Ground. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Martha's Vineyard (Mass.), Lakes & ponds, Piers & wharves, Rowboats, Children , Clothing & dress , United States , 1860-1869

Moon's Landing, Saratoga Lake. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Saratoga Springs (N.Y.)

Park with walkers in Paramaribo (). Park with walkers in Paramaribo (). Part of photo album 'Suriname'.

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