Historical Asian Photographs

Monochrome images depicting early 20th-century life in Malaysia and Borneo, showcasing landscapes, cultural moments, and historic architecture.

Five Photos by Istanbul and the Cancin of Corinthe, Carolina Onnen (Loentje) Frederika, 1926 photograph These photos are part of an album. baryta paper gelatin silver print street. gulf, bay. canal Istanbul. Korinthe channel

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

Five Photos by Istanbul and the Cancin of Corinthe, Carolina Onnen (Loentje) Frederika, 1926 photograph These photos are part of an album. baryta paper gelatin silver print street. gulf, bay. canal Istanbul. Korinthe channel

Location: Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Description: Photographs of Zomba and Malani from 1877. africa

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

Description: Buena Vista. Location: Buena Vista, Gibraltar Date: 1879 mediterranean, mediterraneanthroughalens

Summer in Austria, Berti Hoppe (Possible), 1930 - 1931 photograph Two faces on a river, one with steamship, probably the Danube. In addition, a landscape and three photos of Berti Hoppe and friends in swimwear on the quay of a waterway. Small Carpathians are listed in the caption as the place where these photos were taken. These photos are part of an album. Austria cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print landscapes. river. steamship, motorship. open-air recreation Austria

africa

Description: The Collectors Camp on Mnemba Island. N.E. Zanzibar. Location: Zanzibar africa

Description: Motosacoche cycles being carried across a stream in S.P. Description: Las Palmas. Location: Las Palmas Description: At Offa. Description: Sudd Region. africa

Description: Telegraph material at Nafada - River Gongola. Location: Nigeria Date: c1920-1929 africa

Location: Entebbe, Uganda Description: Beach Description: Part of a camp on tour. africa

Beach scenes, street scenes and a self -portrait, c. 1925 - c. 1935 stereograph Beachs jesès. Netherlands baryta paper. cardboard gelatin silver print beach (as place of recreation). city-view in general; 'veduta'. portrait, self-portrait of photographer

Description: Island. Golf Links. Location: China Description: Island. Theatrical Party. Location: China china, asia, 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.

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.

People along a road at Tjipanas on Java, 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. Tjipan paper. photographic support gelatin silver print public road Java. Tjipanas

Description: Malay Fishermen Location: Malaya Date: 1930-1940 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Description: Photograph album donated by Philip Barlow depicting various scenes from life in the Leeward Islands. Location: Leeward Islands, West Indies Date: 1948-1950 caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Tweede Dag van Olpe Naar Bad-Kissingen Over Cölbe-Alsfelt-Fulda-Bruckenau, Anonymous, 1936 photograph Album magazine with four photos of the trip through Germany, group portrait of the travel group and of ladies between the Korenschoven. 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. Germany paper. photographic support gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip Germany

Gezicht op island of the fishermen En island mother, Lake Maggiore, Ernest Eléonor Pierre Lamy, 1861 - 1878 Photograph. visit card Lake Maggiore paper. cardboard albumen print lake. island Lake Maggiore. Isola dei Pescatori (Lake Maggiore). Mother Island (Lake Maggiore)

Description: Porters carrying country hampers near Bandasuma, Barri Country Photographs illustrating Mr T J Alldridge's journeys in the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone. Location: Sierra Leone Date: 1890-1891 africa

August 23 / From Innsbruck to Munich / 167 K.M., Anonymous, 1935 photograph. photomechanical print Album magazine with three photos of the travel group in Hall, the hotel in Munich and an image of a cityscape in Hall, August 23, 1935. Part of the travel album of the Van den Broek family 1935-1937. Hall in Tirol paper. photographic support gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip. city-view in general; 'veduta' Hall in Tirol

Malmedy and the Ardennes, Anonymous, 1949 photograph Album magazine with four photos of the surroundings of Valkenburg, Malmedy and the Ardennes. 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 Valkenburg (Limburg). Malmedy. Ardennes

Sailing holiday, Anonymous, 1935 - 1945 photograph Album magazine with five photos of a holiday with the sailboat, with the friend. Part of the photo album of a young woman, ca. 1935-1945. Netherlands cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip. open-air recreation. sailing-ship, sailing-boat

Photographs depicting Nice, France including views of the casinos, gardens, promenade, harbor, and a view of Monaco 2 pages to be photographed together.. 1919. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. World War, 1914-1918

View of rock formations in Le Puy-en-Velay with a horse cart in the foreground, 1902 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. Le Puy-en-Velay paper. photographic support prospect of village, silhouette of village. two-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle. rock-formations Le Puy-en-Velay

Four faces on waterways around Hamburg, depicted a cityscape from the water, a jetty and a woman and child who feeding swans, Wilhelm Dreesen, 1894 photomechanical print These prints are part of a cover with 126 prints on 37 sheets and a text sheet. Hamburgleipzig Publisher: Hamburg paper collotype canals, waters (in city). water-birds: swan Hamburg

Street face at Roode Bridge in Surabaya with carts and passers-by; Roode bridge. Part of reminder album with photos of Surabaya.

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

Texas - Paris through Port Aransas, Aerial Photograph.

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

Alaska Highway, Canada. State: Canada.

Description: Fireworks. Grand Harbour Location: Malta Date: May 1937 Description: H.M.S. Penelope, Illuminated Location: Malta Date: May 1937 Description: His Excellency the Governor Leaving Gozo Hospital Location: Gozo, Malta Date: May 1937 mediterranean, mediterraneanthroughalens

On the way in Belgium, Anonymous, 1953 photograph Album magazine with three photos taken during a car holiday. Landscape and group photos en route in Belgium. Under the photos cut out papers with typed inscriptions. Part of the third photo album with photos of family holidays in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg in 1952-1953. Belgium paper. photographic support gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip. the family travelling, on holiday Belgium

Open air market on a field in Morocco, Antonio Cavilla (attributed to), Anonymous (Rejected Attribution), c. 1880 - c. 1910 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of sights in Spain and Morocco. North African Socco cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print market. animal mounts; pack-animals Morocco

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

Tortola Wharf. Original caption: These little sailboats trade between the various Virgin Islands, bringing fruit, vegetables, charcoal, fish and small livestock to the St. Thomas market. The roof and tower of commercial buildings can be seen on the water front in the right background, Careen Hill in the center, and the hills of Hassel Island on the left enclosing the harbor of St. Thomas. Photo by W. H. Simonson. State: Virgin Islands. Place: St. Thomas.

Description: Kandy Location: Kandy, Ceylon asia, srilanka, ceylon, asiathroughalens

Op de Nile, Anonymous, 1936 photograph Album magazine with four photos of a boat trip on the Nile and of a village in the area of Aswan. Part of an album about a holiday trip about the Nile in 1936. Egypt photographic support. paper gelatin silver print tourism Egypt. Aswan. Nile

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

Holiday, Anonymous, 1935 - 1945 photograph Album magazine with three photos of a holiday with sailing, with friends. Part of the photo album of a young woman, ca. 1935-1945. Netherlands cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip. open-air recreation. sailing-ship, sailing-boat Netherlands

Description: Rift Valley Province. The Rift Valley Province is the home of European farming, and although the Equator cuts directly through the Highlands the temperature in most parts is cool and pleasant throughtout the year. Location: Rift Valley Province, Kenya africa

Description: Honolulu. Location: Honolulu, United States of America Date: 1935

Description: Typical river scene. Location: Sarawak, Borneo asia, sarawak, malaysia, borneo, kuching, asiathroughalens

Two women at Slot Braunfels in the Lahndal, 1906 photograph Part of a travel album of a Dutch family with sights in Europe, Egypt and New York. Braunfels cardboard. paper. photographic support castle Braunfels

Companion, walking in Scheveningen. Album leaf with photos of a company hiking on the pier, the boulevard and on the beach of Scheveningen. Part of photo album from an unknown Dutch family with connections in Suriname and Dutch East Indies (2).

Woman referred to as 'Henny' on the Borobudur on Java, 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. Borobudur paper. photographic support gelatin silver print temple, shrine ~ Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism Borobudur

Description: Cheetha shot at Agai Location: Agai africa

Description: A Village near Deep BAy. Location: MALAWI Description: Lake Nyasa at Karonga. Location: Karonga, MALAWI africa

Moonlight Effect, Niagara, N.Y. 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.)

Description: None given Location: St Kitts Date: 1957-1958 caribbean, saintkitts, caribbeanthroughalens

Strand scenes and car, Anonymous, 1925 photograph Album magazine with photos of a couple in a car in the dunes, from guests on the terrace of 'Café-Restaurant Du Boulevard' in Scheveningen and a couple on the beach. Part of photo album of an unknown Dutch family with connections in Suriname and the Dutch East Indies (2). Scheveningen cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print

Description: Sibutu Passage. Views of Bongo Island & Tawi Tawi Group. Location: Bongo Island, Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Travel of the local council to San Pelagio and Bosnia, Gerlach , Wiedling Buch- und Kunstverlag, publishing house

Description: Food Store. Gibralter Camp, Jamaica. Location: Gibraltar Camp, Jamaica Date: 1940-1941 jamaica, caribbean, gibraltarcamp, caribbeanthroughalens

Two boats with (presumably) Europeans on a river in Japan, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1940 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of sights in Japan. Japan cardboard. paper. photographic support gelatin silver print rowing, canoeing, etc. (sport). travelling; tourism Japan

Description: Inanam Tamu. A Chinese food hawker. Location: Inanam, Borneo Description: Inanam Tamu. A Chinese food hawker, with charcoal stove, a travelling kitchen. Location: Inanam, Borneo Description: Inanam Tamu. Pinang (areca nuts) for sale. Location: Inanam, Borneo Description: Inanam Tamu. Bajau boats on the river by the Tamu ground. Location: Inanam, Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Loentje and Frank Furnée with friends in the Rivièra, including Monte Carlo, Carolina Onnen (Loentje) Frederika (Circle of), 1930 photograph These photos are part of an album. Rivièra cardboard. baryta paper gelatin silver print anonymous historical person portrayed. rocky coast Montecarlo. Rivièra

Woman with a basket on her back on a path near Pezzola, Switzerland, Anonymous, 1934 photograph This photo is part of an album. Capriasca photographic support gelatin silver print historical persons - BB - woman. transporting ~ harvest

Coastline of Paramaribo. Coastline of Paramaribo. Part of photo album 'Suriname'.

Signorina Maria Spleterini Crossing Niagara Rapids. 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.)

Collection 558 pH. C. Visser. Photo album fisherman: Third karakorum expedition, 1929-1930. Album leaf with three photos. Top left: Jenny Visser-Hooft with the English Vice-Consul Captain Sherrif just outside Yarkand; Bottom left: Graftombe just outside Yarkand; Right: Gate at the graftombe just outside of Yarkand. November 5, 1929. China, Yarkand

Emden Entering the Harbor at Curacao, Along the Canal at Curacao. Original caption: 34609- Emden entering the Harbor at Curacao Original caption: 34610- Along the canal at Curacao. State: Dutch West Indies.

Veemarkt in Saint-Vougay, 1901 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. Saint-Vougay paper. photographic support cattle. market Saint-Vougay

Niagarawatervallen, anonymous, 1909 photograph Album magazine with four photos by Willy Moos at the Niagara waterfalls and large building in unknown city. 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. waterfall Canada. Niagara Falls

Description: The Chinese Entry in the Taiping Lake Carnival which was the best illuminated and which tied for First Prize. Location: Penang, Malaya Date: 1937 Description: The Miners' Hope (for dredging the beautiful lakes at some future date. It tied for a Third Prize. Location: Penang, Malaya Date: 1937 Description: The Lion Dance Parties that took part in the Chingay Procession. Location: Penang, Malaya Date: 1937 Description: The Campbell Street Party that took part in the Chingay Procession. Location: Penang, Malaya Date: 1937 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

The first photo taken by Isabel Wachenheimer of her nanny, Engelberg and the swimming pool in Schwerin, August 1935, Engelberg (Switzerland), Isabel Wachenheimer-Elon, 1935 photograph Leaf contains three photos. Portrait of the nanny of the Wachenheimer family through Isabel, face on Engelberg and at the swimming pool in Schwerin. From the album, half -size, green -veined cardboard cover with cord binding. Switzerlandprinter: Engelberg paper. photographic support gelatin silver print the family travelling, on holiday. swimming (sport) Engelberg

Woman with a loaded donkey on a country road at Saint-Jeannet, 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. Saint-Jeannet paper. photographic support ass, donkey. road, path Saint-Jeannet

Village face with a horse with car in the foreground, Gel Madelaine, 1860 - 1900 Photograph. visit card This photo is part of an album. photographic support. cardboard albumen print city-view in general; 'veduta'. horse. two-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle

Takaboko Nagasaki. 1890 - 1899. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Boats , Japan, Nagasaki-shi , Japan

Derde Dag van Bad Kissingen Naar Regensburg Over Bamberg-Bayreuth-Amberg-Schwandorf, Anonymous, 1936 photograph Album magazine with five, partly purchased, photos of Bamberg and Bayreuth. 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. Germany paper. photographic support gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip Germany. Bayreuth. Bamberg. House of German Education

, Cobenzl - with Schlosshotel Cobenzl, postcard, Postcard industry AG, Vienna Postiag, producer

Child of the Jelgerhuis-Wildens family in a garden chair at Pandjang Djati on 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 garden. child Sumatra

Street market in Issoire, 1902 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. Issoire paper. photographic support market Issoire

Description: Photographs taken on Governor's visit to Interior of Lagos. 1897 Location: Lagos africa

Description: Town and Harbour of St Georges. Location: St Georges, Grenada Date: 1892 grenada, caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Description: 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, caribbeanthroughalens

Look through on a train at the Royal Gorge at Cañon City; Across the Royal Gorge. Part of photo album from a journey by the United States, Honolulu, Dutch East Indies, Aden, Zanzibar and Southern Africa.

Description: Photograph album donated by Philip Barlow depicting various scenes from life in the Leeward Islands. Location: Leeward Islands, West Indies Date: 1948-1950 pirate, caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Gezicht op Brighton Beach, E.W. Newcomb, c. 1884 - in or before 1889 photograph Brighton photographic support gelatin silver print beach. pier, quay, wharf Brighton Pier

Photograph by Johann Victor Krämer from 1900 depicting travel scenes, including landscapes, urban areas, and daily life from his journeys.

Description: One of Mahe's many little bays. Location: Seychelles Date: 1959-1962

Description: Windwards. St. Vincent. The capital nestling below the typical hills of the Island with the open bay on which it stands. Location: St Vincent, Windward Islands, West Indies Date: August 1944 caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Flower Market on Avenida O'Higgins, Santiago. Original caption: Flower Market on Avenida O'Higgins, Santiago. Elaborate formal floral pieces on easels. Harry P. Hart. June 1941. State: Chile.

Collection 558 pH. C. Visser. Photo album fisherman: Third karakorum expedition, 1929. Album leaf with three photos. Top left: the government buildings in New Delhi; Bottom left: the parliament building in New Delhi; Traffic agent on the right in New Delhi. March 12, 1929. India, New Delhi

Description: Photograph album donated by Philip Barlow depicting various scenes from life in the Leeward Islands. Location: Leeward Islands, West Indies Date: 1948-1950 caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Description: Camp of 27th Bo.I. at Sports Club around. Date: 27 January 1898 Description: Stores of 27th Bo.I. on Mombasa Kilindini Road. Location: Mombasa, Kilindini Road Date: 27 January 1898 ugandarailway, africa

Twelfth day last stage from Koblenz to Utrecht, Anonymous, 1936 photograph Album magazine with five photos of some members of the travel group in Cologne. 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. Cologne paper. photographic support gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip Cologne

View of the Pointe de Raaba-Capèu at Nice; Nice. - Pointe de Rauba-Capeù. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in Italy and southern France.

Man in Volendam costumes standing in a sailing ship with a stick in hand, c. 1900 - c. 1910 photograph Part of photo album with recordings of Volendam, Dordrecht, Gorinchem and Woudrichem. Volendam paper. photographic support gelatin silver print folk costume, regional costume (+ men's clothes). sailing-ship, sailing-boat. fisherman Volendam

Tobacco transport on the yard of the Senembah Maatschappij in Batang clean on 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. tobacco Sumatra

Description: 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, caribbeanthroughalens

New Suspension Bridge, Niagara, N.Y. 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.)

Photograph by Johann Victor Krämer capturing travel scenes from 1898 to 1900, illustrating locations, people, and landscapes during late 19th-century journeys.

Swedish mountain people travel in foreign.

Location: Solomon Islands australasia, oceania, solomonislands, australasiathroughalens

Dootje van Zijll de Jong and Henriëtte Wassin on a hill near a monument, Anonymous, 1930 - 1935 photograph This photo is part of an album. Europe baryta paper gelatin silver print adult woman. (high) hill Europe

Passers-by and an ox cart on a road, presumably on the grounds of a hospital in the Dutch East Indies, Anonymous, c. 1920 - c. 1930 photograph Part of photo album of a hospital in the Dutch East Indies. photographic support hospital. nursing, tending the sick. two-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle. walking. trees: palm-tree Dutch East Indies, The

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