Historic Streets of Asia

Black and white images of historic streets in Asia featuring local scenes with people, architecture, and signs, evoking a nostalgic atmosphere.

A street in China (probably Peking, now Beijing) with a sign saying Hotel International. A Chinese man walks with a British soldier. Date: C.1911

A street in China (probably Peking, now Beijing) with a sign saying Hotel International. A Chinese man walks with a British soldier. Date: C.1911

Travel photos Mediterranean. District view

Native village in Trincomalee - Ceylon. April 20, 1942.

In the Sinai 1925, Egypt, Sinai

Description: The Mawby woman with her can on her head sells this refreshing drink to workers on the Careenage at Bridgetown, Barbados. Location: Bridgetown, Barbados Date: 1950-1959 caribbeanthroughalens

Poll photo collection. Travel to Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. Passengers go from the Coppename at Cornelis Kondre. 1947. Cornelis-Kondre, Corneliskondre, Suriname

Street in Es-Salt (Salt in Transjordan). 1940

The grain market in Fez, Morocco, photograph by G B Morana, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXV, No 10, March 8, 1908.

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. The royal couple on the way to Fort Oranje in Oranjestad at Sint Eustatius. October 26, 1955. Netherlands Antilles, Sint Eustatius

Fish market in Porta Capuana between Christmas and New Year, Naples, Italy, drawing by Edoardo and Fortunino Matania, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXV, No 1, January 2, 1898.

Jerusalem (El-Kouds), approach to the city David Street 1900, Israel

Poll photo collection. Travel to Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. A forest landcraft tool carries a roof covering of palm leaf on its head, probably in the BoslandCloooldorp coffee camp. 1947. Coffee camp, Suriname

Tiberias & Mt. Hermon. Market place, Tiberias. 1934, Israel, Tiberias

Sudan. Khartoum. Dain el-Tashy. Open air desert market. 1936, Sudan, Khartoum

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. Visit Minister of Lorders to New Guinea Walk through the Kampong in the Fofak Bay. November 1957. New Guinea

Porto azzuro. elba. Italy. 1948.

Poll photo collection. Israel: Kana. Kana. View of the village. Ghost to the village of pedestrians, including a woman with a basket on the head. undated. Galilee, Israel, Kana

Information office and radio broadcaster Dutch New Guinea. Dorpsstraat in the Kampon Mokmer in Biak. March 1958. Biak, New Guinea

Pakistani village, 1909, Duke of the Abruzzi's expedition to Karakoram, photograph by Vittorio Sella (1859-1943), Pakistan.

Bangkok, Siam Thailand. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

Village de Karnak. 1860 - 1869. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Egypt , Antiquities, Karnak (Egypt), Nile River, Palms , Egypt , Karnak, Waterfronts , Egypt , Karnak

Poll photo collection. Israel 1964-1965: Jerusalem (Jerusalem), Mea Shearim. Activity on the market, in the foreground a poster on a flag. January 1, 1964. Israel, Jerusalem, Mea Shearim

Poll photo collection. Israel 1964-1965: Jerusalem (Jerusalem), old city. Standing on a wall visitors overlook the old city. January 1, 1964. Israel, Jerusalem

Anefo photo collection. WI West Indies / Anefo London series. Saba. bottom. {1940-1945}. Saba

Playa de Tarragona, siglo XX. Colección privada.

Cameroon. Manenguba Mountains. Bakossi village with cone huts in the Bafarami mountains (Hatert / Thorbecke-Cameroonexpedition 1907/1908)

Description: Jamaica: 'A country village with bananas and coconut trees in Jamaica'. Photograph No LUB 12210G Official Jamaican photograph compiled by Central Office of Information. Copyright of Margot Lubinski. Location: Jamaica Date: 1946 May 10 jamaica, caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Fruit market at Zanzibar. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection , Published in: "The World and Its Cultures" chapter of the ebook Great Photographs from the Library of Congress, 2013, Markets,Tanzania,Zanzibar,1890-1930, Crowds,Tanzania,Zanzibar,1890-1930, City & town life,Tanzania,Zanzibar,1890-1930.

View from on board ship of the coastline at Aden with mountains behind. Original manuscript caption: The barren Rocks of Aden.

Elsevier photo collection. Markt Fort De Kock (West Coast Sumatra). 1925. BukittingGi, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Mississippi Bay; where commodore Perry came (1854) opening Japan to the world - near Yokohama

''Freetown. Une rue; L'Ouest Africain', 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914.

View of a quiet street lined with palm trees in Tafo. There are buildings in the midst of the trees and pedestrians in the road. Original manuscript caption: Tafo - Gold Coast.

River scenes on the Euphrates taken at Hilla. Typical river boats. 1932, Iraq, Ḥillah

Tel Aviv. Bialik Street. Typical restaurant. 1920, Israel, Tel Aviv

Poll photo collection. Travel to Venezuela and the Eastern Caribbean. Market in Caracas in Venezuela. 1948. Caracas, Venezuela

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

Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Jaffa. Street in Jaffa with shops, street traders and shoppers. January 1, 1948. Israel, Jaffa

Poll photo collection. Travel to Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. Forest screens for their house in Wakibasoe. 1947. Suriname, Wakibasoe

Mount of Olives, Bethany, Bethany from the Slopes of Olivet 1900, Jerusalem, Israel

Seafront promenade, sanremo, liguria, italy, 1920.

Description: Bermuda 1957-1962: people, places, events. Location: Bermuda Date: 1957-1962 caribbean, bermuda, caribbeanthroughalens

Milanos exhibition.

Izmir, Turkey - Marine Boulevard Date: circa 1908

General view of Bethlehem with woman in foreground. 1910, West Bank, Bethlehem

Laos. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1866.

Vintage Photograph. Marketplace at Cuzco Peru.

Saida, Algeria, c1910. Artist: Unknown

Marciana marina. elba. Italy. 1951.

Description: Trinidad and Tobago. 'Going to the market'. Photograph No.: CODE 1/1217W. Official Trinidad and Tobago photograph compiled by Central Office of Information. Photograph acknowledgement: Sir Percy MacKinnon. Location: Trinidad and Tobago Date: 1963 caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

China. Sinkiang (Xinjiang). Kashgar. Camel market in Hancheng district

Surroundings of Hà-Nôi, Tonkin, Indochina of pancake merchants , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Environs de Hà-nôi , Tonkin , Indochine Des marchandes de crêpes). Woman, itinerant trade, roof, food, rural life, outdoor restaurant, rural architecture, hairstyle , headgear, catering , hotel industry, Human beings, economic activity, daily life, housing , architecture, Indochina, Tonkin, pancake merchants

Cocoanut, coconut farm. 1936, Zanzibar, Tanzania

Malta's Brave Visage- Everyday Life on the George Cross Island. 17 August 1942. The main street, St Paul's Bay.

Market street in Bhamo, Myanmar, anonymous, c. 1885 - c. 1886 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of sights in Burma. Mustid paper. photographic support. cardboard albumen print market. street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). two-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle Mustid

On river at Foochow. On river at Foochow

Travel photos. Coastline with lighthouse, residues of a fortification, palm trees and iron equipment

Travel photos Egypt. Group of camel guides on a palm grove near an antique site

At Rangonn, Burma. Traditional NIPA huts made of natural materials and sampan boats on the shore of the river Pasin

Shoppers in the bazaar in Nazareth Israel.

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Greeting from Queen Juliana on Bonaire. October 23, 1955. Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

Gatun village and the river Chagres, small city on the Atlantic side of the Panama Canal, located south of the city of Colón, Republic of Panama. Central America. Drawing by Gaston Vuillier (1845 - 1915) Explorations of the Isthmus of Panama and the Darien region by Armand Reclus (1843 - 1927) Le Tour du Monde 1880

Riviera dei ciclopi, aci castello, sicily 1940.

Typical passenger "carro" of Funchal, beneath the shadow of the old fort, Madeira, circa 1915

Tangiers, Morocco, circa 1900

Description: Getting ready for football match. Hope Road, Kingston Location: Kingston, Jamaica Date: 1950-1959 Description: Lord Beaverbrook's house at Montego Bay. Location: Montego Bay, Jamaica Date: 1950-1959 jamaica, caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Historical image from the beginning of the 20th century, Porreres, Majorca, Spain.

Poll photo collection. Israel 1948-1949: Galilee. Street scene in Nazareth with arabs and shops. January 1, 1948. Israel, Nazareth

Poll photo collection. North Africa: 1935-Tangier. Street in Tangier. 1935. Morocco, Tangier

Battle of Flowers Parade - San Antonio, Texas, circa 1910

12/31/1957. One of the streets of the town of Torremolinos (Málaga).

Vintage Photograph. The fishing harbor at Cascais near Lisbon with part of the luxury residential area on the hills in background.

Poll photo collection. Travel to Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. Houses at Simpson Bay on Sint-Maarten. 1947. Netherlands Antilles, Sint-Maarten

Information office radio broadcaster Dutch Guinea. Sea champion Seroon. December 1953. Guinea, Seroon

Bangkok, Siam Thailand. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, 1865.

Ankara. The capital city and administrative centre of Turkey, located in Central Anatolia. Established before 1200BC by the Hittites. Famous for Angora goat (mohair), the Angora cat, white rabbits (angora wool), pears, honey and the region's muscat grapes. Bazaar. Date: 1930s

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Queen Juliana on arrival at Bonaire. October 22, 1955. Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles

Poll photo collection. Zegeis with MS Baleran Rotterdam Lloyd. Street scene in Cairo's Souk. 1935. Cairo, Egypt

Camping place between Biskra and Tozeur, Negrine; Camping place between Biskra and Tozeur ...

Tangier. SOKO Shops. Morocco..

To Sinai via the Red Sea, Tor, and Wady Hebran. Ascending the Wady Hebran 1900, Egypt, Sinai

Indian people along a road at Tjipanas on Java. 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.

Village arabe (Sakkarah) 455, 1880 - 1889, 1880 - 1889, Egypt, Views, Palms, Buildings, Saqqârah, Men

Travel photos Haiti. Streetscape with a tourites and locals (maybe in Port-au-Prince)

Poll photo collection. Travel to Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. Farm on Sint-Eustatius. 1947. Netherlands Antilles, Sint-Eustatius

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Spectators at the departure of the Royal couple of Saba. October 26, 1955. Netherlands Antilles, SABA

Travel photos. On a bazaar in the Arab room

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Padang. Padang. A country road. In the background villagers. July 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Bali (Indonesia), village on Bali. September 9, 1971. Bali, Indonesia, Indonesia

Poll photo collection. Travel to Suriname and the Netherlands Antilles. Korjalen on the banks of the river, probably at the BoslandCloooldorp Ganzee. 1947. Ganzee, Suriname

Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Lebanon. Image in the suq in Beirut. 1950. Beirut, Lebanon

Poll photo collection. Travel to Indonesia. The canal Pantjoran in Batavia. On the right the Chinese neighborhood. 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Java, Dutch East Indies

Via degli Strozzi in Florence with Shops and Passers-by; Florence. (Old market) Via degli Strozzi. Part of Travel Album with Pictures of Sights in Genoa, Florence and Venice.

Hà-Nôi, Tonkin, Indochina of boutiques and flamboyants in flowers in the "rue des Pasiers , Léon Busy in Indochina (French - Hà-nôi , Tonkin , Indochine Des boutiques et des flamboyants en fleurs dans la «rue des Paniers»). Boutique , store, costume, arm transport, ripe, small job, pensions , umbrella , parasol, exists in high definition, street scene, flower, street , neighborhood, hairstyle , headgear, man, Economic activity, clothing, transport, HD, daily life, housing , architecture, human beings, Indochina, Tonkin, Hanoi, rue des Pasiers

One of the first autotypes of the village of Lewolere, Ile de Flores, Oceania, historical photograph, 1884

ROUND THE WORLD YACHTING IN THE 'CEYLON', CEYLON

''Canaques; Les Terres Du Pacifique', 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914.

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