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Historic Views of Zanzibar and Malaya

Black and white photographs showcasing early 20th-century scenes in Zanzibar and Malaya, featuring landscapes, local architecture, and a sense of history.

Three men in a car on the company Batang Serangang of the Deli Maatschappij in Sumatra, 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. Sumatra paper. photographic support gelatin silver print plantation. (non-fruit) products of plants or trees: rubber. automobile Sumatra
Three men in a car on the company Batang Serangang of the Deli Maatschappij in Sumatra, 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. Sumatra paper. photographic support gelatin silver print plantation. (non-fruit) products of plants or trees: rubber. automobile Sumatra
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Collection 558 pH. C. Visser. Photo album Visser: First KarakorumExpedition, 1922. Album leaf with six photos. Top left: Jenny Visser-Hooft decreases the Pyramid of Cheops; In the middle: Jenny Visser Hooft and Ph.C. Fisherman descends the pyramid from Cheops; top right and bottom left: descent from the Pyramid of Cheops; In the middle and bottom right: view from the train outside Cairo. May 4, 1922. Cheops, Egypt, Schlosspark Schönbrunn - Obeliskenallee, at night, postcard, Carl Karl Ledermann jun, ProducerCamping and Picnicking - Arizona. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistorySigns - Florida. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryDescription: Photograph album donated by Philip Barlow depicting various scenes from life in the Leeward Islands. Location: Leeward Islands, West Indies Date: 1948-1950 caribbean, oliverbaldwin, caribbeanthroughalensVier personen met autopech op een weg bij Deli-Toewa op Sumatra.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.The goal is achieved! Ehrwald, Anonymous, 1935 photograph. photomechanical print Album magazine with three photos of mountain landscapes and an image of the hotel, August 1935. Part of the travel album of the Van den Broek family 1935-1937. Tyrol paper. photographic support gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip. mountain-range, snow peaks. hotel, hostelry, inn TyrolWorld exhibition , Floraplatz No, György Johann Justus Georg Klösz Kloess -, Photographer, Viennese Photographer Association, Publishing HouseDescription: Photograph album donated by Philip Barlow depicting various scenes from life in the Leeward Islands. Location: Leeward Islands, West Indies Date: 1948-1950 caribbean, oliverbaldwin, caribbeanthroughalensCamping and Picnicking - Nebraska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryDescription: View from Chateau Margot, Seychelles, Janry 1905. Facing N.W. Taken on the upper terrace in front of the house. Location: Seychelles Date: January 1905Scene at Beaulieu. Jean-Gabriel Eynard (Swiss, 1775 - 1863)Kanarielaan in 's Lands Plantentuin te Buitenzorg, op de voorgrond een Europeaan.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.Indians selling fruit and Monument near Gran Bolova Hotel in Lima, Peru. State: Peru.Camping and Picnicking - Arizona. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryDescription: Bound for the city. Location: Gibraltar Camp, Jamaica Date: 1940-1941 jamaica, caribbean, gibraltarcamp, caribbeanthroughalensLocation: Borneo Date: 26 April 1921 asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalensCamping and Picnicking - New Mexico. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryLoentje and Frank Furnée in a gondola and at the Dogpaleis, in Venice, Carolina Onnen (Loentje) Frederika (Circle of), 1928 photograph These photos are part of an album. Venice cardboard. baryta paper gelatin silver print historical persons. gondola DogepalisDescription: Birds Nest Hunters. Starting out from headquarters at Sukau. Location: Borneo Date: October 1921 Description: Birds Nest Hunters. Loading equipment into native dugouts canoe. Location: Borneo Date: October 1921 Description: Birds Nest Hunters. Canoe starting out for three days trip up the Kinabatangan River. Location: Borneo Date: October 1921 Description: Birds Nest Hunters. Canoe on the way up river. Location: Borneo Date: October 1921 asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalensBath coaches and swimmer in the sea at Shanklin, 1889 photograph This photo is part of an album. Shanklin paper. cardboard albumen print four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach. swimming (movement in water). sea ShanklinTravel photographs by Johann Victor Krämer from around 1900 depicting streets, buildings, rural areas, and landscapes in detailed composition.Collection 558 pH. C. Visser. Photo album fisherman: Third karakorum expedition, 1929. Album leaf with three photos. Left: Indian men at the entrance to the red temple in Mutra; At the top right: in the river bathing buffalo between Mutra and Baradpur; At the bottom right: the guesthouse in Alwar where the expedition members stayed. March 24, 1929. Alwar, India, MutraCamping and Picnicking - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryDescription: The Rest house at Gossi where the incident of the Wine in basins took place. Location: Gossi Description: Hombori. Note the Precipitous hill in the backgound. Location: Hombori Description: M. Calain and the Chief of Hombori. Location: Hombori Description: The escort who preceded me during my last visit to Hombori village. Note the trumpeter. Location: Hombori africaTwo men in a rowing boat during a hunting party, presumably at Arcachon, 1897 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. Arcachon paper. photographic support rowing-boat, canoe, etc.. bird hunting. hunter. firearms: rifle ArcachonView of the Rhine with Königswinter, Anonymous, 1855 - 1885 in the background Photograph. visit card Royal winter paper. cardboard albumen print village. river Royal winterExcerpt with photography from the Illustrated Zeitung , To meet the emperor Wilhelm with the Archduke throne successor Franz Ferdinand of Austria on the island of Brioni in the Adriatic Sea on March The German Emperor and Franz Ferdinand with husbands Children, UnknownCamping and Picnicking - Utah. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryHarbor of Curacao. Original caption: Harbor of Curacao. State: Dutch West Indies.Two women and a man sitting on the rocks in Glen Cathedral. Northern Central Railway. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Tourism , New York (State) , Watkins, Glen, Watkins Glen (N.Y.)Unknown photographer, photos of travel from Italy, France and Germany (without dat.): View. Photo on cardboard, 51.6 x 65 cm (including scan edges) unbek. Fotograf : Fotos von Reisen aus Italien, Frankreich und Deutschland: Piazza Navona, RomSigns - Wyoming. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryPhoto collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: "The Malay Peninsula". Collection Photo collection Deli Society, photo number 844_61Jaffa, looking south. Roberts, David (1796-1864). Croly, George (1780-1860). Prints, Illustrations. 1842 - 1849. Dorot Jewish Division. Middle East , Description and travel, Clothing & dress , Israel , Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Jaffa (Tel Aviv, Israel), Mediterranean SeaGet rid of ox cart and passers -by at a village, presumably in Italy, c. 1905 - c. 1910 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with sights in France, Switzerland and Italy. Italy paper. photographic support prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city. village street. ox. four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach ItalyView of Cap Roux on the coast from Nice to Monaco, c. 1870 - c. 1900 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of sights in Italy and southern France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur paper. photographic support albumen print coast. underground road, tunnel. road, path Nice. Monaco. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'AzurDescription: The Palace at Gao. Location: Gao Description: Myself, M. Toby, Administrator, Gao, and M. Calain in Timbuktu dress. Location: Gao Description: The ferry near Gao. Location: Gao Description: Touareg on banks of Niger near Gao. Location: Gao africaCamping and Picnicking - Wisconsin. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryResorts and Other Dwellings - Wyoming. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryMan and a woman at the Pean de Peyrol in the Auvergne, 1903 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. Auvergne paper. photographic support road, path. mountains AuvergneTwo women and a man walking along a road, presumably in Corsica, 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 walking, hiking (recreation). public road CorsicaWorld exhibition , Detail of a pavilion stereo photography, Viennese photographer association, publishing houseTwo photos of the Van den Berg family walking during a holiday in the Alps, Frank Willem van den Berg (1912-1998) (Circle of), 1930 photograph These photos are part of an album. Alps baryta paper. cardboard gelatin silver print historical persons. mountains. walking, hiking (recreation) AlpsDescription: Loaded bullock carts. Location: Borneo Description: Assistants house. Location: Borneo Description: Carrying bales. Location: Borneo Description: Natives with spears. Location: Borneo Description: Splitting Niebong. Location: Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalensDescription: Photograph album donated by Philip Barlow depicting various scenes from life in the Leeward Islands. Location: Leeward Islands, West Indies Date: 1948-1950 caribbean, caribbeanthroughalensView of the Parade in Brighton, 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). Brighton photographic support gelatin silver print travelling; tourism. avenue, boulevard, promenade, esplanade (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage) BrightonCamping and Picnicking - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryCamping and Picnicking - North Carolina. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryThe Village of Siloam and Valley of Kidron. Photographs. 1862. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Middle East, JerusalemJohann Victor Krämer's travel photography from around 1900 documents his journeys in Egypt and Palestine, capturing landscapes, architecture, and daily life with a Kodak camera. His photographs are preserved in the Albertina Museum, providing a historical record of these regions.Description: Children playing outside the Road Town Primary School. The donkeys tethered in the foreground are ridden to school by the children who live some distance away. December, 1960 Location: Road Town, Tortola, Virgin Islands Date: December 1960 caribbean, britishvirginislands, caribbeanthroughalensDescription: Visit of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to the Gold Coast Colony 1925 Location: Ghana Date: 1925 africaView of the Mount Wagon Mound and men with donkeys are on their way to Chihuahua for a train, r.d. Cleveland, c. 1873 - In or Before 1883 photograph photographic support albumen print mountains. railway, train. ass, donkey New Mexico. ChihuahuaPhotographs by Johann Victor Krämer taken between 1898 and 1900 documenting travel, landscapes, architecture, and people during journeys.Corinth's channel seen from a ship, Anonymous, 1905 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of sights in Greece and Egypt. Korinthe channel paper. photographic support canal Korinthe channelJohn T , Touhey, John. Messenger CollectionPappoose in Indian cradle, Goat Island, Niagara. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Rivers , New York (State), Waterfalls , New York (State), Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Rivers , Ontario, Waterfalls , OntarioComprehension on the OUERER Grindelwallet; View Sur Le LateCier superior in Grindelwald. Suisses ...Camping and Picnicking - Michigan. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryVisitor Information Services - Montana. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryNorth over Phersala and the plain where Caesar defeated Pompey (B.C. 48), n. Greece , Battlefields, Plains. Nicholas Catsimpoolas CollectionDescription: Lady Wright visits the show. Location: Cyprus Date: June 1953 mediterranean, mediterraneanthroughalensView of discerning a hot air balloon in Krasnoye Selo. .In the absence of auto trucks, in Constantinople hamals, or porters, carry mammoth loads on their backs. The saddle shown here is strapped to the back with the piano or load resting on it. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection , Porters,Turkey,Istanbul,1920-1930.Camping and Picnicking - New Hampshire. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryThe Merry bathers, Palm Beach, Florida. 1895. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Florida, Women, Beaches, SwimmersCrossing the Jhelum River by bridge of one rope, India , Suspension bridges, Ropes, RiversFlorence with Binoculars. Louis Fleckenstein, photographer (American, 1866 - 1943) 1907-1943World Exhibition , Russian department, Caucasus No, Oscar Kramer -, photographer, Viennese photographer association, publishing house, Hetzendorf - multi -picture card with views, postcard, Sperlings Postkartenverlag M, producerWorld Exhibition , Tunisian Bazar No, Michael Frankenstein , Comp, Photo Studio, Viennese Photographer Association, Publishing HouseDescription: Photograph album donated by Philip Barlow depicting various scenes from life in the Leeward Islands. Location: Leeward Islands, West Indies Date: 1948-1950 caribbean, caribbeanthroughalensJan C. Schüller standing on the banks of Meramec River during the World Exhibition in St. Louis (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), 1904, Unknown, 1904 photograph Jan C. Schüller standing on the banks of Meramec River during the World Exhibition in St. Louis (Louisiana Purchase Exposition), 1904. paper. cardboard gelatin silver print MissouriDescription: Visit of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to the Gold Coast Colony 1925 Location: Ghana Date: 1925 africaPhotographing Landscape Project Around Agency. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Standing Rock Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs, Schlosspark Schönbrunn - Obeliskenallee, at night, postcard, Carl Karl Ledermann jun, ProducerDescription: Visit of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to the Gold Coast Colony 1925 Location: Ghana Date: 1925 africaBeach, houses and cliffs at San Francisco, Anonymous, c. 1860 - c. 1900 photograph Part of photo album of a trip through the United States, Honolulu, Dutch East Indies, Aden, Zanzibar and Southern Africa. San Francisco cardboard. paper. photographic support San FranciscoWoman with trays of chirimoyas, Bridge of San Marbin on road to Banos. State: Ecuador.Location: Burma Date: 1903 burmand, Volksprater - Multi -Image Card, Toboggan, Raketenbahn, ride into the blue, Ferris wheel, Aeroplankarusell, wave track, roller coaster, postcard, UnknownThe Homeward Tide, London Bridge. Original caption: The Homeward Tide - London Bridge - "London from a 'Bus-Top" - Harpers New Monthly Magazine - June-Nov. 1903. Vol. 107 p. 892. Cross Index - Horsedrawn (Streets) State: England Place: London.View on a quay in France with a sitting woman with hat, Anonymous, 1883 in the foreground photograph Part of album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of family, soldiers, industry, landscapes and sights in France. France photographic support albumen print quay (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). adult woman FrancePhotograph Taken During Filming of "Travelers Toll". State: Maryland Place: Croome.Photographs by Johann Victor Krämer from around 1900 showing travel-related scenes, landscapes, buildings, streets, and local people, recorded for visual documentation.Beach view. American views, Coney Island. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865 - 1919. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)Signs - Wyoming. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistorySigns - Michigan. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic Historyth, old Naschmarkt, Anton Karl also, Carl Schuster -, photographerDescription: Igarra africaDescription: Visit of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales to the Gold Coast Colony 1925 Location: Ghana Date: 1925 africaBurnham-on-Sea and Ditcheat, Somerset, September 1937, Somerset, by Eric Lee-Johnson.Beach of KamakuraZell am See, anonymous, 1936 photograph. photomechanical print Album magazine with three photos and three images of Zell am See and surroundings. Report of a twelve-day group trip by bus to Salzburgerland and Bavaria from 30 July to 10 August 1936. Part of the travel album of the Van den Broek family 1935-1937. Austria paper. photographic support gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip. mountains Zell am SeeMain Street, Tokio. Photographs. 1880 - 1899. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Japan, Streets , JapanOn Lake Minnitaki, Nibigami District, Ontario, Grand Trunk Pacific Railway still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography CollectionTravel photographs by Johann Victor Krämer around 1900 documenting landscapes, urban areas, streets, architecture, and people during his journeys.Photographs by Johann Victor Krämer circa 1900 capturing urban and rural landscapes, streets, architecture, and inhabitants during travels.Writing woman aboard passenger ship ss. Rumphius during a trip to 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.