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Historical Travel Photography

Vintage photographs capturing leisure and transportation scenes from various locations around the world, highlighting early 20th-century travel.

Elsevier photo collection. Beach Batavia. Z.G. Klein-Zandvoort. background visible weather mountains Bantam. Inland praires leave fishing. 1927. Batavia, Indonesia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies
Elsevier photo collection. Beach Batavia. Z.G. Klein-Zandvoort. background visible weather mountains Bantam. Inland praires leave fishing. 1927. Batavia, Indonesia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies
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Winterhuder Quai, Hamburg, Germany, postcard with text, view around ca 1910, historical, digital reproduction of a historical postcard, public domain, from that time, exact date unknown, Europe
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Κορινθος - Συγκοινωνια Κορίνθου - Λουτρακίου έκ τῶς Διώρυγος - Corinthe - communication Corinthe - Loutraki par la Canal , Canals, Ships. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection
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Kiukiang, Kiangsi province, China. Photograph, 1981, from a negative by John Thomson, ca. 1870.
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Bear Island, Approaching Landing, Lake Winnipesaukee, N. H. still image. Postcards. 1898 - 1931. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
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Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Maatschappij: "Deli Society. East Coast of Sumatra" (C.J. Kleingrothe, Medan). Company Namoe Ukoer. Bridge and Kedeh. 1905. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sumatra
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The Columbia Fountain in action, World's Fair, Chicago, U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1893. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois, Chicago (Ill.), Exhibitions , Illinois , Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
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Lac de Geneve Cote de Chillon Hotel Byron. Suisse.. William England (British, 1816 - 1896)
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Location: Solomon Islands australasia, oceania, solomonislands, australasiathroughalens
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The glory of of New York, 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), New York (N.Y.)
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Georgia - St. Simons. St. Simons Front Beacon, Georgia. Wrecked by cyclone of Sept. 29, 1896. From St. Simon Island beach looking North.
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Beach with palm trees and boats, Galle, Sri Lanka, c. 1895 - c. 1915 photograph Beach with three boats in the middle with sails. Galle photographic support. paper. cardboard albumen print Galle
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Description: Barbados. 'The Quay side was littered with debris, and five small craft were sunk as hurricane Janet unleashed her fury'. Photograph No K 21182 Official Barbados photograph compiled by Central Office of Information. Department of Education hand stamp appears on the reverse. Location: Barbados Date: 1955 barbados, caribbean, caribbeanthroughalens
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Oban, Stewart Island photographic postcards
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Swimming pool at Glenwood Baths in Colorado, William Henry Jackson (Attributed to), 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. Glenwood Springs cardboard. paper. photographic support pond, pool Glenwood Springs
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Towns and Cities: Occupied - Alaska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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View demonstrating the difficulties of landing during the 1912 expedition to the South Pole. The barrier edge is perpendicular and is was only possible to climb from a boat if a portion of the edge happened to be broken down. Photographs to accompany a narrative sent by Captain Scott, although it was published after he and his four colleagues had died, unbeknownst to the public. Date: 1912
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View of a harbor on Curaçao; Curacao. .
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Postcard, circa 1906-1907, New Zealand, by Smith and Anthony Ltd., Francis Dutch.
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Beach at Mount Lavinia (Colombo) with palms, child and wreck wood. 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.
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General View from Suspension Bridge, Niagara Falls, U.S.A...
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Japanese junk.. Postcards. 1907 - 1918. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Junks, Sails
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Description: Kuching river. Location: Sarawak, Borneo asia, sarawak, malaysia, borneo, kuching, asiathroughalens
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Merry times on the lagoon, Columbian Exposition. Stereoscopic views of the World's Columbian Exposition. 7978. 1893. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois, Chicago (Ill.), Exhibitions , Illinois , Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
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Beach of Scheveningen with the pier and beach chairs.
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View of the port of Boscastle. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in England and France.
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Norway, Knudsen, Knud, Part of the Loveid Canal in Sweden, Telemark Canal with a ship in front of a lock, recto, Part of a travel album with pictures of sights in Sweden, Denmark, Bavaria, Milan and Paris., photograph, photo, photos, 8936., K. Knudsen. Bergen., height 161 mm, width 220 mm, Norwegian, 1832-01-03 - 1915-05-21, photographer, 1880 - 1898, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print, albumine print
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Woman referred to as' mrs. v / d. Stand (...) - Oostmeijer 'standing in the roadside of a road in the Dutch East Indies. 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.
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Camping and Picnicking - Alaska. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Ports and harbours, Cork (material), Unidentified locations in Spain, 1903 postcards, 1903, Verschiffung der Korkabfälle, Hafen mit Schiff und Booten
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'The Canal between Canton and the Island of Shameen, China', c1930s. From "Tour of the World". Keystone View Company, Meadville, Pa., New York, Chicago, London
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Bunb i.e., Bund of France town in Shanghai.. Postcards. 1901 - 1907. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. Shanghai (China), Waterfronts, City & town life , China
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Donauststrom - with Kahlenberg - flying, postcard, Verlag Luftbiew Ges, Producer
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Description: Jetty - incline - Lighters Location: Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens
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Ukraine - Crimea - Sebastopol - View out into the Black Sea Date: circa 1907
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Kiirunavaara.Kiruna Many Kronology.ur Carl Sahlin Mountain History Collection.
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Days Bay, Wellington photographic postcards
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Signs - Michigan. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History
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Midland Beach, looking South, Staten Island, N.Y. people on boardwalk and beach, old telephone poles.. Postcards. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
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09/30/1919. Tarragona. The Festivities of Santa Tecla. 1.-Dancing Sardanas on the Rambla de San Juan. 2.-an aspect of the Bay during the swimming contest.
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Waterfront- Lisbon, Portugal, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell
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En route to Wairau Bar moahunter campsite .... colour transparencies, colour slides
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Bude, village on the north coast of the county of Cornwall near the border with the county of Devon in south-west England, Historical, c. 1900, digitally restored reproduction after an original from the 19th century
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View from the train on a village in the desert, Syria; Along the railway by the desert.
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Tonkin. Baie d'Along , Le Sphinx et la Grotte de la Surprise.. Postcards. 1900 - 1909. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection. H Long Bay (Vietnam), Sampans, Bays (Bodies of water), Rocks
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Leavenworth, Kansas. , Cities & towns. Photographs of the American West
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Bac de trajet. Nº 266. Photographs. 1880 - 1889. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Egypt , Views, Nile River, Ferries , Egypt, Sailboats , Egypt
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Bath ket with horse on the beach in Zandvoort. Bathing room with a horse for the flood line. Against the dunes on beach chairs and hotels. M.O. Inscription 'Spiegelbild'.
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South Beach, Staten Island people on beach and on float, pier in background. Postcards. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
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Camping at Lake Whitehall, Hopkinton, Mass. , Axes, Camping, Coffeepots, Dogs, Lakes & ponds, Rifles, Shovels, Signs Notices, Stools, Tables, Tents, Trees, Recreation. Photographs of Hopkinton Places and People
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A poster titled 'Sailing Alone Around the World,' issued between 1895 and 1911, related to the publishing industry in America
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Four people at a gate to Lake Hakone; Entrance to Gongen. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in Japan.
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House boats on the Nile, Cairo. From the album: Photograph album of Major J.M. Rose, 1st NZEF, 1914-1915, Egypt, by Major John Rose.
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View from the Cavendish Hotel in Ilfracombe and the view from the Clifton Hotel in Ilfracombe, Anonymous, c. 1900 - c. 1920 photomechanical print paper view through a window from the inside
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Group of People on Boat Approaching Sagamore Dock, Green Island, Lake George, New York, USA, circa 1904
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The Maid of the Mist in the Whirlpool Rapids-Niagara, On the line of the N.Y.C. and H.R.R.R...
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Vintage French photographs showing the Yacht Regatta at Nice, France 1902
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Lake George, N.Y., Trout Pavilion. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake), Lakes & ponds , New York (State), Hotels, Piers & wharves
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The 'Bonnie Jean' in the upper end of the Grand Canyon. Snapshot by James Hogue, 1890., 1889 - 1990
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Florida - Fowey Rocks. Fowey Rocks Lights Station, Florida. Bearing West, 1/4 mile distant.
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Landing Fields - Philippines - Vigan, Aerial Photograph.
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Christmas greetings from New Zealand. photographic postcards, gelatin silver prints
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A one fisherman in silhouette before the distinctive shape of Trent Bridge, crossing the River Trent at Nottingham. Date: 1912
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History of Kołobrzeg, Kołobrzeg beach, 1901, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Kolberg, Partie am Strand