Desert Camps and Tourists

Historic images of desert camps and tourist groups exploring natural wonders, showcasing early explorations in remote landscapes.

Road to Jericho, Jordan, Ferry over the Jordan 1900

Klosters from Teleferique, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Travel photos Norway. Talk of a fjord with hammock over a settlement, seen from the ship

Simla, India: roads winding down from the telegraph office. Photograph, ca. 1900.

Scenic incline from the bottom of the Royal Gorge, Colo. , Mountains, Sports & recreation facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Cave of Yenoshima. 1865. Photographs. Albumen silver print, hand-colored

France, Chamonix, View of village and Mont Blanc

This illustration by Louis Delaporte is one of dozens he produced during his two-year venture (1866-68) with the Mekong Exploration Commission sponsored by the French Ministry of the Navy, the intention of which was to lay the groundwork for the expansion of French colonies in Indochina. Traveling the Mekong by boat, the small French delegation voyaged from Saigon to Phnom Penh to Luang Prabang, then farther north into the uncharted waters of Upper Laos and China's Yunnan province, before returning to Hanoi in 1868 by foot, accompanied by porters and elephants.

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

blur in philippines terrace field for coultivation of rice from banaue unesco site

in todra gorge morocco africa and village

Short rest of Malga bisport on Col Santo in the background Monte Buso and Roite ski camp. .

Vintage Photograph. A family walking along U.S. Highway 10 in the Cascade Mountains.

Spitzbergen, Norway. Aboated in the Magdalenenbay. Tourists climbing the lifeboats of the high-sea passenger steamer "Victoria Luise" at the landing bar, in the background Glacier and mountains

Bergen / Norway: Street scene with locals in the harbor

Panorama of boats and houses in the harbor of canton.part or album with 50 photos of a trip through southeast asia.

Gold Seekers headed over Chilkoot Pass AK 1898

Poll photo collection. Travel to Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. Farms in the bottom. 1947. Netherlands Antilles, Saba

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

Grand Canyon, Along the cliffs on Hermit Trail, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, recto - handwritten, photomechanical print, picture postcard, album page, photos, H-1542, recto - printed, height 140 mm, width 88 mm, maker, manufacturer, 1920 - 1940, paper, chromolithography

Gudvangen (Norway). Local view with Hotel & Café Viking in Nærøyfjord

Buena Vista and Mt. Harvard , Mountains, Railroads, Villages

Poll photo collection. Winter in Tyrol. Hilde Eschen poses in the snow with the Karwendel Mountains in the background. January 1960. Austria, Sistrans, Tirol

Proviant magazine three languages: morning in the Ortler area. .

Stand of Aosta valley at the fair in Milan. 1933.

Monte Rover. Looking for Caldonazzo. .

View on a railway in Wengen at the foot of the Eiger and the Mönch in the Bernese Alps, Left Hotel Jungfrau, Anonymous, 1890 - 1930 photograph Wengen baryta paper mountains. railway, train Wengen

Visser at the port of Capri, Giovanni Crupi, 1865 - 1875 photograph Capri paper albumen print fisherman Capri

Czech Republic, Elbquer in the Giant Mountains (Krkonoše) with Hiker

Travel from Kaiser Charles I to South Tyrol, Baitle.

State line. Arizona - New Mexico 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Hotel tent, Grand Canyon stage road, Arizona | Library of Congress

Anefo photo collection. Jamboree 1963 in Marathon Greece. English camp. August 12, 1963. Greece

Buena Vista and Mt. Harvard , Mountains, Railroads, Villages

Point Lookout, Lookout Mountain, Tenn. still image. Postcards. 1907 - 1908. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Lookout Mountain (Tenn.), Artillery (Weaponry), Cliffs

Anefo photo collection. Royal family Sankt Anton. Skier seen tunnel gate. December 29, 1950. Austria, Tirol

An Adirondack Carry, Adirondack Mountains, N.Y. still image. Postcards. 1908 - 1909. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.)

Via Krupp on Capri.Italy, Capri (depicted, town)

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

Entrance to the Simplon tunnel on the Swiss side, Switzerland, photograph by G Ruggeri, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXV, No 50, December 11, 1898.

View of Landeck, 1900 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first cars and car races. Landeck paper. photographic support prospect of village, silhouette of village. river (+ landscape with figures, staffage) Landeck

Travel photos Norway. Spitzbergen. Crew member of the passenger ship "Milwaukee" in a dinghy in the Magdalen Bay

Rosenlaui, mountain village, Switzerland, illustration from the magazine The Illustrated London News, volume XLII, January 17, 1863. Digitally colorized image.

Blondin on the tight rope. E. & H.T. Anthony (Firm), 1850 - 1930, New York (State), Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Tourism, Albumen prints

Picturesque scene in Lauterbrunnen. State: Switzerland. Place: Lauterbrunnen.

In Apacheland, New Mexico still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Hides & skins, Indians of North America, Indigenous peoples , America, Tipis, Clouds

Natural Gateway to Crystal Park, Colorado Springs, Colo. still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Parks , Colorado , Colorado Springs

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

Postcard of Climbers on Mt. Baker. ca. 1913, 'SEE WASHINGTON FIRST.' CLIMBING MT. BAKER

Restaurant Åreskutan

Sign entering Tombstone, Arizona. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Tombstone (Ariz.), Arizona , Cochise County

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

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

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

From Schnal to Oetztal over the high yokeSchnals. From Schnals to Oetztal Üb.D. High yoke

07/24/1917. Inauguration of a promenade in San Sebastián - Cutting the ribbon on the Monte Urgull promenade - photo Norton and Marin.

Harpers Ferry. Original caption: Taken August, 1987 by J. K. Hillers. Harpers Ferry. State: West Virginia.

Skiers, train home travelers in Abisko.

Gates of the Arctic. Alaska Task Force Photographs

Visitor activities. Alaska Task Force Photographs

Photograph inside of the lifestyle magazine La Vie au Grand Air; Cover page with a photo of a lady in a long coat on skis.

08/01/1935. The Maritime Colony of the Health Youth in one of the Excursions in Luarca (Asturias).

Mountain climber returning to plane. Alaska Task Force Photographs

Visitor activities. Alaska Task Force Photographs

Cresna (owner Charlie Allen) at bar between lakes. Alaska Task Force Photographs

Ski Heil! Saratoga Springs, N. Y. , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Signs - Colorado. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Turquoise Lake Bar. Alaska Task Force Photographs

Preparing to launch river trip. Alaska Task Force Photographs

Bedouin Tent with Camel in the Egyptian desert. Date: 1902

Natural Bridge, 100th anniversary 1871-1971 , Caves, Bridges, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Bremner River Bar, Paul Fritz. Alaska Task Force Photographs

Traveling by dog sled through Anaktuvuk Valley. Alaska Task Force Photographs

Dog sled trip from Bettles to Anaktuvuk - Gates of the Arctic. Alaska Task Force Photographs

1934 Canadian National Canada's Rockies Jasper Park Triangle Tour Ad

Merok / Norway: View from the Hotel Utiches. Tourists sit at a memorial stone over the fjord at Merok

Golf in the Czech Republic, Teplá in Karlovy Vary, 1912, Karlovy Vary Region, Karlsbad, Tepl mit Golfsporthaus

Winter in Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Skiing in Germany, Buildings in Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Bärenfels, 1914, Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Bärenfels im Winter

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