Damas Collection

Midhat Pasha Souq at Damascus Straight Street, Syria
Midhat Pasha Souq inside an arcade at Damascus Straight Street (Street Called Straight; today Midhat Pasha Street) in the historic district of the city, Syria. Date: circa 1940

Court of Maison Lisbona in Damascus, Syria. The house belonged to the wealthy Lisbona family and later housed the Jewish Maimonides school. Date: circa 1905

Historic street in Damascus, Syria
View along a historic street in Damascus, Syria. Date: 1930s

Damascus, Syria - Ancient Walls (St. Pauls escape)
Damascus, Syria - Ancient Wall - connected (in some way) to the flight of Saint Paul, forced to flee the city under the cover of night after explosive reactions from Jews opposed to his teachings

Damascus, Syria - Rue de la Gare and the Orient Palace Hotel
Hijaz Square, Damascus, Syria - Rue de la Gare with Orient Palace Hotel and Al-Sharq Hotel in the 1960s Date: circa 1960s

Band of the Turkish Army in Palestine awaits Djemal Pasha
Band of the Turkish Ottoman Army in Palestine awaits the arrival into the Railway Station of Djemal Pasha. Ahmed Djemal Pasha (18721922) (" Jamal Pasha the Bloodthirsty")

Syrian Women preparation preparing flat bread
Damascus, Syria - Syrian Women preparation flat bread, cooked over a domed hot stone. Date: circa 1920s

Three natives tying a gazelle carcass for transportation
This scene is from a journey across the Sahara taken by Lt D.R.G. Cameron of the Royal Scots. The caption says that the gazelle was a Dama's Gazelle a new subspecies discovered during

Roman-style wall hanging, circa 1900. Valance sheet, lambrequin drapes, brocatelle curtains. Planche 6. Croisee Style Roman. Cantonniere drap, application meme etoffe

Luxury Egyptian-style wall hangings, circa 1900. Painted wood and lacquer pelmet, satin lambrequin, velvet curtain, decoration with ancient Egyptian flower motifs. Planche 1. Croisee Genre Egyptien

Young womens dresses, 1913
Young womens dresses: one in white crepon and orange taffeta, the other in embroidered white fabric. Robes de jeunes filles: l une en crepon blanc et taffetas orange, l autre en drap blanc brode

Girl in blue velvet jacket trimmed with skunk, with white suede gaiters. Manteau de fillette en velours bleu garni de skungs, guetres de suede blanc

Woman in dress of corn-yellow velvet with black waistcoat
Woman in dress of corn-yellow velvet with little waistcoat of black velvet. Robe de velours mais, petite veste de velours noir bordee de vair

Alexandre Damas as Alceste in Le Misanthrope by Moliere, Theatre Francais, 1823. Handcoloured lithograph by F. Noel after an illustration by Alexandre-Marie Colin from Portraits d Acteurs et d

Bab Tuma ( Gate of Thomas ) - Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1920s
Bab Tuma (" Gate of Thomas" ) - Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1920s

Porte de lEst, Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1908

Damascus, Syria - The Sinan Pasha Mosque (Sinan Pasa Camii) - an early Ottoman-era mosque, located along Suq Sinaniyya Street. Date: circa 1907

French Military Hospital, Damscus, Syria - Hopital Militaire Henri de Verbizier Date: circa 1910

Damascus, Syria - General View Date: circa 1950s

Victoria Hotel in Damascus, Syria
The Victoria Hotel in Damascus, Syria, one of the largest tourist hotels in Syria at the time, famous for a meeting between Allenby, King Faisal and Lawrence of Arabia. Date: circa 1910

Al-Hamidiyah Souq in old town Damascus, Syria. It is the largest and the central souq in Syria, located near to the Citadel. Date: circa 1905

Al-Salihiyah (Salehiye) in Damascus, Syria
Al-Salihiyah (Salehiye), a neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria, at the foot of Mount Qasioun. Date: circa 1910

Bayt Shamiyya (Maison Chamieh), Damascus, Syria
Courtyard and pool of the Bayt Shamiyya (Maison Chamieh), Damascus, Syria, with women in traditional costume. Located on Zankat Bab Tuma in the Christian Quarter of the old city

Damascus, Syria - Djemal-Pacha Avenue
Damascus, Syria - Rue Djemal-Pacha (named after the Ottoman Military leader Ahmed Djemal Pasha (1872-1922) - Governor of Greater Syria in 1915-16). Date: circa 1920

Bridge and Gate of Bab Tuma - Damascus, Syria
An absolutely stunning-quality postcard of the Bridge of Bab-Touma at Damascus, Syria. Bab Tuma (" Thomass Gate" ) - a borough of Old Damascus in Syria

City Hall of Damascus, Syria
City Hall of Damascus, the capital city of Syria, at the beginning of the 20th century. Date: circa 1910

Barada river in Damascus, Syria
Bridges over the Nahr Barada, the main river in Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1918

Martyrs Square in Damascus, Syria
General view on Damascus, Syria, with Martyrs Square in the foreground with Telegraph Monument (right) and trams. Date: circa 1918

Part of the Temple of Jupiter in Damascus, Syria
Part of the Temple of Jupiter built in the first century AD by the Romans in Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1918

Dervish monastery and Al-Salihiyah in Damascus, Syria
Dervish monastery and the Al-Salihiyah neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria, in the distance at the foot of Mount Qasioun. Date: circa 1918

Street in Damascus, Syria
Street with a few donkeys and their owner in Damascus, Syria Date: circa 1910

Al-Rabwa valley near Damascus, Syria
Valley of Al-Rabwa, today part of the Mezzeh district of Damascus, Syria. Date: 1920s

Interior of Azm (Azem) Palace in Damascus, Syria
Interior of the palace of As ad Pasha al-Azm in Damascus, Syria. As ad Pasha al-Azm was the governor of Damascus under Ottoman rule from 1742 to 1757

Damascus Straight Street, Syria
Damascus Straight Street (Street Called Straight; today Midhat Pasha Street and Bab Sharqi Street) in the historic district, Syria. Date: circa 1910

Damascus, Syria - The Town Hall. Date: 1914

Damascus, Syria - Entrance to the House of Saint Ananias
Entrance to the House of Saint Ananias (also called Chapel of Saint Ananias) - an ancient underground structure in Damascus, Syria, alleged to be the remains of the home of Ananias of Damascus

Damascus, Syria - Midan Bazar. Date: circa 1909

Soufanieh Bridge and Gate of Bab-Touma at Damascus, Syria
The Soufanieh Bridge and Gate of Bab-Touma at Damascus, Syria. Bab Tuma (" Thomass Gate" ) - a borough of Old Damascus in Syria

Damascus, Syria - Al-Hamidiyah Souq
Al-Hamidiyah Souq - the largest and the central souk in Syria, located inside the old walled city of Damascus next to the Citadel

Damascus, Syria - Ancient Walls and the Bab Sharqi Gate
Damascus, Syria - (left) Ancient Wall - connected (in some way) to the flight of Saint Paul, forced to flee the city under the cover of night after explosive reactions from Jews opposed to his

Damascus, Syria - The Bazar Date: circa 1910s

Damascus, Syria - Bedouin men making (and drinking) coffee Date: circa 1910s

Damascus University - The Faculty of Law
Damascus University, Syria - The Faculty of Law Date: circa 1910s

Damascus, Syria - Bab Tuma Gate - Thomass Gate
Bab Tuma (" Thomass Gate" ) - a borough of Old Damascus in Syria, one of the gates inside the historical walls of the city which owes its name to Thomas

Spain. First Carlist War (1836). Map of Spain

Fountain of the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria
Ablution fountain in the yard of the Umayyad Mosque (Great Mosque) in Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1910

Valley leading to Rabwey near Damascus, Syria
Valley leading to the village Rabwey near Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1910

Damascus bazaar, Syria
Bazaar at a street in Damascus, Syria. Date: circa 1916

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