Historical Travel Photographs

Vintage photographs capturing scenic views and travelers in historical European landscapes, reflecting the charm of past voyages.

Mt. Sinai. 1898, Egypt, Sinai

Douglas, Isle of Man. The bathing place at Port Skillion, seen here in the 19th century. From Around The Coast, An Album of Pictures from Photographs of the Chief Seaside Places of Interest in Great

Virginia City, Nevada. Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916)

Hot Springs. Matilija Hot Springs, California

Gudvangen, Norway. Arrival of tourists of Hapag in rowing boats on the country site

Royal Gorge, Colorado | Library of Congress

View of Marina di Mulo on Capri; Capri - Marina di Mullo Dalla Scliera. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in Italy and to the French Riviera (part II).

Poll photo collection. Israel 1964-1965: Dead Sea, Sodom. Number of barracks on the Dead Sea .. January 1, 1964. Dead Sea, Israel, Sodom

A cross-country journey. This illustration, dating to 1900, shows manner in which travelers who wish to visit Ming tombs have to make journey from Peking. The Ming Tombs represent the imperial cemetery region where the 13 emperors of the Ming Dynasty (1368 to 1644 AD) were buried.

Seefeld in Tirol, Austria, c1935. The ski resort village of Seefeld is situated on a plateau between the Wetterstein mountains and the Karwendel range. From "Österreich - Land Und Volk", (Austria, Land and People). R. Lechner (Wilhelm Müller), Vienna, c1935

Holiday in Switzerland, Andries Augustus Boom, 1899 photograph Holiday in Switzerland, the Axenstrasse. Part of the photo album of the Boom-Gonggrijp family in Suriname and Curaçao. Switzerland photographic support Switzerland

Spitzbergen (Norway). Smerenbergbucht. Tourists explore the terrain and the former bases of researchers Wellman and Andrée

Visitor Information Services - Idaho. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Description: View overlooking lagoon and landing beach at Berraku. Location: Berraku Description: View overlooking one of the outer Castions, showing headlands & coastline to the eastward. africa

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

Sign near Saint David, Arizona. 1937. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Saint David, Arizona , Cochise County

Group portrait in front of Rock of Gibraltar. Unknown, photographer about 1880-1895 A group of men and women standing on the beach with the Rock of Gibraltar behind them. There are a few rowboats beached at the edge of the water next to the group. A short dock extends into the water between the beachgoers and the Rock. (Recto, mount) lower right, pencil: "Gibralter. sic";

Tourists at Rhyolite, Nevada 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Mexican town of Cubero, New Mexico, Western Outpost on 35th Parallel, 935 miles west of Missouri River. , Cities & towns, Adobe houses. Photographs of the American West

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. The Fuikbaay with the Table Mountain on Curaçao in the background. October 1, 1955. Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles

The Andes. Transportation between Chile and Argentina provides some difficulties. Travel is expensive the some of the Chileans and Agrentinos, so they cross with packhorses, or mules. November 7, 1952. (Photo by Stephen Kelen).

Hiking / Riding - Arizona. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Collection 558 pH. C. Visser. Travel to the Caucasus. Marking, possibly a border post, in a valley in the Caucasus. 1914. Caucasus, Russia (until 1917)

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

Holiday in Switzerland, Andries Augustus Boom, 1899 photograph Holiday in Switzerland, the Axenstrasse. Part of the photo album of the Boom-Gonggrijp family in Suriname and Curaçao. Switzerland photographic support Switzerland. Altdorf (Uri)

The leading store at Sheep Camp, Alaska. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1898. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Alaska, Stores & shops, Hotels

Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: "The Malay Peninsula". Collection Photo Collection Deli Society, photo number 844_72

Camp on the Purgatory in Southern Colorado, 600 miles from Missouri River. , Camps, Tents, Covered wagons. Photographs of the American West

Laplandia tourist station.

People in a street at the Nunobiki mountain at Kobe; Nunobiki Yama Kobe. Part of photo album from a trip to Manila.

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

On the Trail, Grand View, Grand Canyon, Ariz still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Grand Canyon (Ariz.), Trails & paths , Arizona

Loops, Letter S, Colorado Springs, Colo. still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Mountains, Colorado

From Album: Foreign trip 1890. View from Vitznau, Switzerland.

06/25/1972. Photo of those attending the Medieval theater festival. In the background the Hita hill.

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. Landscape at San Fernando on Trinidad. October 1, 1955. San Fernando, Trinidad

Spitzbergen. Smerenbergbucht. Tourists in front of the Wellmannhütte

View of Naples from Villa Tolentino with a smoking vesuvius in the background; Napoli. Panorama Preso Dalla Villa Tolentino .. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in Italy and southern France.

Spitzbergen, Norway. Crossbay (cruise with high sea passenger steamer "Viktoria Luise"). Tourists at the stone bank of the Kreutzbucht, in the background Glacier and snowy mountains

The rooftops of Interlaken and the Jungfrau Mountain rising up behind. Picture from a postcard set of views of Interlaken in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland and local countryside scenes. Interlaken is located (as the name suggests) between Lake Brienz and Lake Thun. Interlaken is one of the oldest tourist resorts in Switzerland, and it remains one of the most popular. Date: circa 1910s

No Transport Problem Here.The camel-cart, ancient mode of transport, contrasted with the modern bridge and telephone pole. A picture as a Native trader drives into Aden.The busy port and naval bane of Aden the entrance to the sun-drenched Red Sea, would hale meagre transport facilities without the aid of the ubiquitous camel. Aden is a busy importer of salt and cigarettes from the surrounding islands and inland areas, and the camel is an ideal beast-of-burden, well suited to the terrific heat. January 22, 1947. (Photo by Fox).

Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: "Deli Society. East Coast of Sumatra" (C.J. Kleingrothe, Medan). Bindjey. Inspector house, petjakeian. 1905. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra

Lookout Mountain, near Chattanooga, Tenn.; no date recorded on shelflist card; 1 print.

Panorama of the Royal Gorge, Colo., one of the world's greatest chasms, showing the world's steepest incline railway and the world's highest bridge. , Bridges, Mountains, Sports & recreation facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Cave seen on Lefkás from the sea. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in Greece and Egypt.

Travel Photos Italy. Sicily. Etna (about 3.323 m). Partial view with sedentary ship traveler

Tourists in the Castelon Garden of Kingston

Saas Fee, Landschaft, Wallis, Alpen, Schweiz / Saas Fee, a landscape, Valais, Alps, Switzerland, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, Europe

Resin. Brocken summit. Tourists at the devil chair against hotel, meteorological station and observation tower

Avalon. Santa Catalina Island

Anefo photo collection. Jamboree 1963 in Marathon Greece. Overview and Jamborekamp from helicopter. August 12, 1963. Greece

Attached wearing animals in Martell Valley when entering into the Martellal Valley.

Poll photo collection. Cemetery in Safad (Safed) with standing and lying sister. undated. Israel, Safad, Safed

HI - Kaula Rock. Kaula Rock Light Station, Hawaii. Swing hand line in to man about to enter cargo boat. Cargo boat about 125 feet from camera. The general direction toward which camera was facing is north.

From Album: Foreign trip 1890. View of Schwyz, Switzerland.

Philippine Island - Cabangan, Aerial Photograph.

Alaska Camps at Kennedys Road House on New Gov. Trail, Thomson Pass ca. between 1909 and 1920.

th, Kahlenberg, Leopoldsberg and Kahlenbergerdorf, seen from Floridsdorf, postcard, Carl Karl Ledermann jun, Producer

Marshall Pass under Mount Ouray, Colorado. Direct photographs from life. High grade stereoscopic views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Ouray (Colo.)

From Bright Angel Hotel, Grand Canyon, ArizonaGrand Canyon. From Bright Angel Hotel, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Zermatt Story, Switzerland, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Italy. la maddalena. camping. 1967.

Entrance to the Khyber Pass near the Afghan border, close to Peshawar - the commercial, economic, political and cultural capital of the Pashtuns in Pakistan. Date: circa 1920s

Sorrento. Roberto Rive (Italian, active 1860s - 1880s)

Description: Hong Kong harbour - Peak in background. Location: Hong Kong Date: 1926 hongkong, boat, asia, sailing, asiathroughalens

Swiss guides on Canadian Pacific Rd.

Gornergratbahn and Matterhorn, Valais, Alps, Switzerland / Gornergrat Railway and Matterhorn, Valais, Alps of, Switzerland, Historical, Digitally restored reproduction of a template from the 19th century, Record Date Not Stated

View of the Furka axle with houses, horse ket and travelers. Part of travel album with sights in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Luxembourg and Belgium.

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

Travel photos Norway. Street picture during landing

Looking west from Hopi Point still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection

Akureyri (Iceland). Passengers of the high-sea passenger steamer "Victoria Luise" on a hill over the Glera case. Looking for NW over the high surface

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

Gornergratbahn und Matterhorn, Wallis, Alpen, Schweiz / Gornergrat Railway and Matterhorn, Valais, Alps of, Switzerland, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated, Europe

Sign at outskirts of Tombstone, Arizona 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Arizona , Tombstone, Arizona , Cochise County

Spitzbergen. Smerenbergbucht. Tourists in front of the Wellmannhütte

Bike Ride, Beach, and Sidewalk Scenes in Bermuda, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Matilija Hot Springs, CaliforniaHot Springs. Matilija Hot Springs, California

Hotel Belvedere . Furka Pass. Switzerland. 1908

in petra jordan a donkey waiting for the tourist near the antique mountain

View of the Phari town with mountains on the background, Tibet, D.T. Dalton, 1903 - 1906 photograph Part of photo album with 24 photos of the journey of army graphist D.T. Dalton by Tibet. Phari photographic support prospect of village, silhouette of village. hut, cabin, lodge. mountains Phari

Poll photo collection. Netherlands Antilles and Suriname at the time of the royal visit of Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard in 1955. The Hooiberg on Southern Aruba. October 1, 1955. Aruba, Netherlands Antilles

Hansa Bay

The border between Sweden and Norway.

Poll photo collection. Living in Ascona. View from Ascona. 1960. Ascona, Switzerland

At Tromsø / Norway: in the seed camp. Seed family stores in the foreground, behind tourists in the tour of land and locals

Camping Trip

Entrance to Carlsbad Caverns , Caves, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Panorama Snow fall Winter in Takayama Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Cities Of The World St. Moritz (Ninth of Fourteen) -- That "top of the world" feeling is shared by these skiers as they look down from the top of Piz Nair, more than 9,000 feet high. They are looking westward, toward Piz D'Err. February 11, 1955. (Photo by United Press).

Liberty Cap and hot spring hotel. .

Murren Mountain Funicular Railway - Switzerland. The original Lauterbrunnen-Murren Mountain Railway opened in 1891 - it connects Lauterbrunnen with traffic-free Murren. 1902

Entrance to Carlsbad Caverns , Caves, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Merok / Norway: View in Geirangerfjord with Victoria Luise in the bay, tourists on horseback

Hotels in Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Leiterwagen, Forests in Saxony, 1898, Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Kipsdorf, westliche und nördliche Seite, Germany

California, land of recreation and opportunity , Mountains, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Matilija Hot Springs, CaliforniaHot Springs. Matilija Hot Springs, California

Zermatt Story, Switzerland, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Hoover Dam, Nevada-Arizona , Dams, Lakes & ponds, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

View from the Franz Joseph heightCarlsbad. On the Franz Joseph's height

Die Gotthardstrasse in der Schollenenschlucht. State: Switzerland.

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