Historical Cultural Snapshots

Displays historical photographs capturing life in various regions, including native cottages and cultural scenes from the Caribbean and beyond.

Two men in the port of Suez near EB, C. & G. Zangaki, 1870 - 1910 photograph Suez paper. cardboard albumen print ebb, low tide. harbour Suez

Description: Photographic views of Nassau in the Bahamas transmitted to the Secretary of state by the Governor of the Bahamas - Enclosure to despatch No51 of 28th April 1899. Native Cottage Grantstown. Location: Grantstown, Bahamas Date: 28 April 1899 Description: Photographic views of Nassau in the Bahamas transmitted to the Secretary of state by the Governor of the Bahamas - Enclosure to despatch No51 of 28th April 1899. Bananas. Location: Nassau, Bahamas Date: 28 April 1899 caribbean, bahamas, caribbeanthroughalens

Visitors at the Marseille zoo ..

Description: Bajau Kampong, Inanum. Location: Inanum, Borneo Description: Dusun women Penampang. Location: Penampang, Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

On the coast, Anonymous, c. 1935 - c. 1936 photograph Album magazine with five photos of a visit to the coast and a bus. Part of a family album of a Chinese-Indian family in Weltevreden, ca. 1935. Indonesia cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip. coast (in tropical and sub-tropical regions). bus, coach Indonesia

Vacancy trip through the Netherlands - Belgium - Luxembourg from 18 to 25 June 1949, Anonymous, 1949 photograph Album magazine with three photos of the surroundings of Valkenburg and Heerlen. 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 June 1940 and a car trip with the family through the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg in June 1949. Netherlands paper. photographic support gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip. the family travelling, on holiday. river. mine (+ coal) Valkenburg (Limburg). Heerlen. Geul

Isabel on the skis, the Wachenheimer family, 1934 photograph Album magazine with a photo of Isabel Wachenheimer on skis in the snow. Part of the photo album with holiday photos Lenzerheide, 1934. Lenzerheide cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print the family travelling, on holiday. snow. skis (winter sports) Lenzerheide

Four faces in West-Terschelling, Berti Hoppe (Possible), 1931 photograph Photos taken during the honeymoon of Berti Hoppe and Herman Besselaar. This page is part of an album. Terschelling paper. cardboard. photographic support. plastic (organic material) gelatin silver print village. street (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). harbour West-Terschelling

Fonteen op Trafalgar Square in Londen; London and its surroundings ..

Two men in the port of Suez near EB, C. & G. Zangaki, 1870 - 1910 photograph Suez paper. cardboard albumen print ebb, low tide. harbour Suez

Photo production of a print of a mini train at the salt mine in the Ferdinand Berg in Berchtesgaden, c. 1865 photograph Part of photo album of a trip through Switzerland, Austria and Germany by the Dutch Derkinderen family. Germany paper. photographic support albumen print travelling; tourism. mine. railway, train (+ variant) Berchtesgaden

Havanna Havana Glen., Central Gorge. Popular series of American views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Canyons , New York (State), Havana (N.Y.)

Group trip from Weltevreden, Anonymous, c. 1935 - c. 1936 photograph Album magazine with three photos of a trip through a group of young people from Weltevreden. It may be an excursion by members of the Chung HSIOK Association. Photos of the group at Weltevreden station, in the open air and on a boat. Welted people photographic support. cardboard gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip. station; shelter (railway, tramway) Well -satisfied. Java

Congress Spring. 1870. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Health resorts , New York (State) , Saratoga Springs (N.Y.), Saratoga Springs (N.Y.), Tourism , New York (State) , Saratoga Springs (N.Y.), Pergolas

Description: Leaving the beach: another boat being launched Location: Tristan da Cunha Island Date: January 1903

Outing to the coast, anonymous, c. 1935 - c. 1936 photograph Album magazine with five photos on the coast and of a train journey, travel through a group of boy, it may be an excursion by members of the Chung Hsiok Association. Part of a family album of a Chinese-Indian family in Weltevreden, ca. 1935. Indonesia cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip. passenger train Indonesia

Five photos of the Onnen -van den Berg family on the Côte d'Azur, Anonymous, 1920 - 1930 photograph These photos are part of an album. Côte d'Azur baryta paper. cardboard gelatin silver print the family travelling, on holiday. beach (as place of recreation). walking, hiking (recreation). pond, pool Côte d'Azur

Description: Ferry Bornu Location: Bornu Description: Kakanda canoe africa

Description: Keijo. Shopping Street. Location: Keijo, Korea Date: 1935-1936 Description: Self. Date: 1935-1936 Description: Tomb of Korean Kings. Location: Korea Date: 1935-1936 Description: Keijo. Farm Carts. Location: Keijo, Korea Date: 1935-1936 asia, asiathroughalens

Paul Boynton with his dog, Atlantic City, N.J. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1880. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Jersey, Atlantic City (N.J.), Boats, Beaches, Lifeguards, Boyton, Paul, 1848-1924

View of the Grand Canal in Venice ..

Hampton Beach, New hampshire. 1863 - 1881. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Hampton Beach (N.H.), Beaches

Description: Jesselton: Panoramic View. Location: Jesselton, Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

View in an agricultural exhibition in Middelburg. .

Avenue de la Gare in Nice with carriages and shops, c. 1870 - c. 1900 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of sights in Italy and southern France. Nice paper. photographic support albumen print avenue, boulevard, promenade, esplanade (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). four-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle, e.g.: cab, carriage, coach. shop, store Nice

Description: Nigeria 1922-23, by W F Hackman. Location: Nigeria Date: 1922-23 camp, bush, tour, tent, nigeria, hackman, africa

Soldiers and citizens at the entrance to Padang Tidji in the Dutch East Indies. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in Italy, Switzerland and Dutch East Indies.

Spectators at Autopech on 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. Java paper. photographic support gelatin silver print automobile. road, path Java

Album magazine with six photos, Andries Augustus Boom, 1913 photograph Album magazine with six photos in Berlin, 1913. Part of the photo album of the Boom-Gonggrijp family in Suriname and Curaçao. Berlin paper. photographic support Berlin

People on the beach. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Old Orchard Beach (Me.)

Five photos of a trip to Greece and Turkey, Carolina Onnen (Loentje) Frederika, 1926 photograph These photos are part of an album. baryta paper gelatin silver print city-view in general; 'veduta' Istanbul. Bosphorus. Korinthe channel

View at Old Orchard Beach. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Old Orchard Beach (Me.)

On the beach, Old Orchard Beach, Maine. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Old Orchard Beach (Me.)

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.

Transports loaded with everything for Tommy's Haversack (he needed encouragement) at Modder River, S. Africa..

Plank walk from PB? , Boardwalks

Thanksgiving 1881 E.H.M.C. Northern Pacific views, Badlands, and Big Horn scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Montana

View of the IJ during the Keizersfeesten in Amsterdam, Johanna Margaretha Piek (attributed to), 1891 photograph This photo is part of an album. Amsterdam baryta paper harbour. Imperial Celebrations 1891 IJ

Landscape along the road from Salaman to 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. Java paper. photographic support gelatin silver print mountains (in tropical and sub-tropical regions) Java

Piste, Wachenheimer family, 1934 photograph Album magazine with a photo of the ski slope. Part of the photo album with holiday photos Lenzerheide, 1934. Lenzerheide cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print the family travelling, on holiday. snow. skis (winter sports) Lenzerheide

Description: Zomba Location: Zomba Description: Old Road Zomba Our house Location: Zomba Description: New Road Zomba Location: Zomba africa

Anonymous. Album of the 1900 Universal Exhibition. Guinea and Côte d'Or. 1900. Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris, Petit Palais. Year 1900, Belle Epoque, universal exhibition 1900

Boating party. Views in Asbury Park and Ocean Grove, N.J. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1880. 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, Hotels, Leisure, Bays (Bodies of water)

The Titchfield Hotel from the Island, Port Antonio, Jamaica. The 'Perfec-Stereograph', 7649.. Photographs. 1904. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Jamaica, Hotels, Bodies of water, Port Antonio (Jamaica)

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.

Vue de Montreux; Dans La Baie: Chillon, Hotel Byron et Villeneuve. (Lac de Geneve.). E. Lamy (French, active 1860s - 1870s)

Station path in Garut, Anonymous, 1908 stereograph Garut cardboard. paper albumen print street Garut

Cake and zopie on the ice near Amsterdam; "Koek and Zoopie" on the Wetering at Amsterdam ..

Coney Island Beach. 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.)

Description: Crossing the Peace at Dunvegan. Peace River. Location: Dunvegan, Peace River, Canada Date: 1928 canada, americas, peaceriver, dunvegan, lordlovattour

View of the village of Bludenz; Bludenz. Part of travel album with photos of Switzerland, Austria, Italy and Germany.

Suspension Bridge interior from the entrance. Niagara Falls and vicinity. 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.)

Suspension Bridge, Niagara. 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.)

Group in Central Park. Central Park. 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

View on a quay in Naples, Giorgio Sommer, c. 1860 - c. 1880 stereograph Naples photographic support. cardboard albumen print quay Naples

Description: Distant view showing entrance to Carenage. 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, caribbeanthroughalens

Description: Mainland. Albuhera Barracks & Beach. Location: China Description: Mainland. Junk with Bomboos. Location: China china, asiathroughalens, asia, weihaiwei,

Vismarkt in Bergen, Norway, Anonymous, 1882 - 1890 stereograph Bergen cardboard. photographic support harbour. urban housing. market Bergen

Sightseer standing at riverside. The scenery of the Niagara. 1859 - 1875. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Tourism , New York (State) , Niagara Falls (N.Y.)

Description: Frisco Location: Frisco, United States of America Date: 1935 Description: Frisco. From the lofty heights of Mt. Tamalpais, California there unfolds an unsurpassed vista of beauty. Location: Frisco, California, United States of America Date: 1935

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: Miyajima. Location: Miyajima, Japan Date: 1935-1936 Description: Water Tori. Location: Japan Date: 1935-1936 japan, asia, asiathroughalens

Description: Palmiste Estate Location: Grenada Date: 1892 grenada, caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

Description: Gambia. Cenataph Cont. Location: Gambia africa

Boating on Lake Mahopac. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Lakes & ponds , New York (State), Mahopac, Lake (N.Y.)

Green Cove Springs. B. , Guests, Resorts, Springs

The road to Asio from the Lake Chuzenji, Nikko, Japan; The Road to Asio From Chuzenji Lake at Nikko. View of the shoreline of Chuzenji Lake with boats and washed trunks, Nikko, Japan.

Beach of Ostend with carriages, donkeys and bathers, anonymous, 1865 - 1875 tissue stereograph Oostende paper. cardboard albumen print / perforating beach (as place of recreation). two-wheeled vehicle drawn by one animal. donkey-riding (on the beach) Oostende

American Falls from the Canadian side, Niagara, U.S.A. , Waterfalls, Tourists

Thacher's Island and lights. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Ann, Cape (Mass.), Islands, Lighthouses

Maid of the Mist', Nymph of the mighty Cataract, Niagara Falls, U.S.A. 1895 - 1903. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Tourism , New York (State) , Niagara Falls (N.Y.)

Ocean Avenue. 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.), Porches, Clothing & dress , United States , 1860-1869

View of the left shore downstream from the Pont des Saint-Pères. Paris (7th arr.). Anonymous photography. Gelatino-silver-bromide draw, September 27, 1903. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 123088-9

Ladies' Bathing Pool, Green Cove Springs, Florida. Popular Series. American Views. Views on the St. John's River, Florida. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1880. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Florida, Resorts, Bathhouses, Swimming pools, Guests

Arrival of Japanese Consul, 1860. American Views. New York City. 1859 - 1899. 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.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.), Piers & wharves, Boats , Japanese

Description: Port of Spain - from the Hills. Location: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago Date: 1870-1939 caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens

4th day stay in Meiringen with visit to the Aareschlucht and Reichenbach-Fall, Anonymous, 1937 photograph Album magazine with five photos and a ticket for the Aareschlucht. Report of an eleven-day group trip by bus to Switzerland from 2 to 12 August 1937. Part of the travel album of the Van den Broek family 1935-1937. Switzerland paper. photographic support gelatin silver print outing, pleasure trip. waterfall Switzerland

Plymouth Tercentenary celebration, a Pilgrim progress ascending Burial Hill , Anniversaries, Historical pageants, Pilgrims New Plymouth Colony. Plymouth Tercentenary Photographs

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

Bound for the Klondike gold fields, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1898 - 1900. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Alaska, Gold miners

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.

A walk in wonderland, Niagara, U.S.A. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Tourism , New York (State) , Niagara Falls (N.Y.)

Various places in the surroundings of Cannes, Anonymous, 1890 - in Or Before 1897 photograph Faces on Estereles, Mandelieu-la-Napoule and Mougins, a face at Hotel St Charles in Cannes and a eucalyptus plant. This page is part of an album. France photographic support albumen print city-view in general; 'veduta'. hotel, hostelry, inn. trees: palm-tree. plants (in general). animal traction, animal-drawn vehicle (carriage etc.) Cannes. Mougins. France

Our outfit on the Yellowstone River. 1886 - 1910. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Wyoming, Yellowstone National Park, National parks & reserves , Wyoming, Rowboats

People in horse-drawn wagon at Geyser Springs, California. Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916)

Mont Blanc seen from La Flégère with in the foreground inn au repos des Voyageurs, Auguste Garcin, c. 1860 - in or before 1880 photograph. cabinet photograph Part of Reisalbum with sights in the Swiss Alps. Alps cardboard. paper. photographic support albumen print mountains (+ landscape with figures, staffage). restaurant Alpen. Mont Blanc

Crab Inn, Shanklin, Isle of Wight. .

Interior of new Suspension Bridge, Niagara. 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.)

wales, prince, durbar, kano, 1925, africa

Location: Burma Date: 1903 Description: Karen Location: Burma Date: 1903 burma

Description: On the Long Trail. Location: Peking, China Date: 1920 china, asia, asiathroughalens

Fountain at Central Park, New York. Descriptive views of the American continent. 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, Terraces , New York (State) , New York, Central Park (New York, N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)

Hikers on a riverside in Surabaya with the GoBeng bridge in the background; Kayoan - Goebengbrug face .. Part of reminder album with photos of Surabaya.

Central part of Salt Lake City. Utah. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Utah, Salt Lake City (Utah)

Mar's Hill, where Paul preached, Athens, Greece , Archaeological sites, Hills. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Panorama van de haven van Zanzibar; Panorama of Zanzibar; Zanzibar.Part of album with 191 photos from a trip to and through South Africa.

Collection 558 pH. C. Visser. Photo album Visser: Dutch East Indies, China, Japan, the Netherlands, Switzerland, 1930. Album leaf with two photos. Above: Captain Botje, the captain of the Christiaan Huygens; Below: the entrance to the Suez channel. 1930/01/02. Egypt, Suez

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, Seas, Bathing suits, Wading

People on the seashore (some in the carriages) watching sailboats. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Old Orchard Beach (Me.)

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