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Historic Collection (page 6)

Background imageHistoric Collection: The old city of Damascus, Syria

The old city of Damascus, Syria
19th century vintage photograph: view of the city centre of the old city of Damascus, Syria, by Francis Frith 1857

Background imageHistoric Collection: Yangtze River, Hanyang - Hankow, Wuhan area, China

Yangtze River, Hanyang - Hankow, Wuhan area, China
Early 20th century photograph: Houses and boats, Yangtze River, Hanyang - Hankow, Wuhan area, China

Background imageHistoric Collection: Group of Korean men, Korea

Group of Korean men, Korea
Early 20th century photograph: Group of Korean men, Korea

Background imageHistoric Collection: Group of women and children, Korea, c. 1910

Group of women and children, Korea, c. 1910
Early 20th century photograph: Group of women and children, Korea, c.1910

Background imageHistoric Collection: Imperial Palace, Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, Korea

Imperial Palace, Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, Korea
Early 20th century photograph: Imperial Palace, Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, Korea, c.1910

Background imageHistoric Collection: Boats tied up along Yangtze River, China, c. 1910

Boats tied up along Yangtze River, China, c. 1910
Boats tied up along Yangtze River, China, c.1910, likely Hankow, Hanyang area, now Wuhan

Background imageHistoric Collection: Blackbeards Castle, Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, now US Virgin Islands

Blackbeards Castle, Charlotte Amalie, St Thomas, now US Virgin Islands
Late 19th century photograph -

Background imageHistoric Collection: The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania, Algeria

The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania, Algeria
Late 19th century photograph - The Royal Mausoleum of Mauretania, Algeria

Background imageHistoric Collection: Queen Victoria Building, QVB, Sydney, Australia

Queen Victoria Building, QVB, Sydney, Australia
Vintage 19th century photograph: Queen Victoria Building, QVB, Sydney, Australia

Background imageHistoric Collection: Aboriginal family group, Queensland Australia

Aboriginal family group, Queensland Australia
Vintage 19th century photograph: Aboriginal family group, Queensland Australia

Background imageHistoric Collection: Meenakshi Temple, Gopuram, Madurai, India

Meenakshi Temple, Gopuram, Madurai, India
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Meenakshi Temple, Gopuram, Madurai, India

Background imageHistoric Collection: Women from Bethlehem in the Holy Land, c. 1890

Women from Bethlehem in the Holy Land, c. 1890
Women from Bethlehem in the Holy Land, c.1890

Background imageHistoric Collection: Japanese emperor Meiji, first portrait by Uchida Kuichi

Japanese emperor Meiji, first portrait by Uchida Kuichi
Late 19th century vintage photograph: (µÿĵ▓╗Õñ®þÜç, Meiji-tenn┼ì, 3 November 1852 - 30 July 1912) Japanese emperor Meiji, first portrait by Uchida Kuichi, Japan c.1872

Background imageHistoric Collection: Straight Street, Street called Straight, Damascus, Syria

Straight Street, Street called Straight, Damascus, Syria
19th century vintage photograph - Straight Street, or the Street called Straight, Damascus, Syria. Image by Francis Frith, 1857

Background imageHistoric Collection: Bedouin women and children, Egypt or Holy Land

Bedouin women and children, Egypt or Holy Land
Group of Bedouin women and children, Egypt or Holy Land, c.1880 s

Background imageHistoric Collection: Indigenous Ainu or Aino man, Hokkaido, Japan, c. 1880

Indigenous Ainu or Aino man, Hokkaido, Japan, c. 1880
Indigenous Ainu or Aino man, Hokkaido, Japan, c.1880 Vintage late 19th century photograph

Background imageHistoric Collection: The Madras Club, Chennai, India, c. 1880 s

The Madras Club, Chennai, India, c. 1880 s
Vintage 19th century photograph: The Madras Club, Chennai, India, c.1880 s

Background imageHistoric Collection: Late 19th century - young Japanese woman, masseur

Late 19th century - young Japanese woman, masseur
Vintage 19th century studio portrait, Japan

Background imageHistoric Collection: Late 19th century - young Japanese woman, parasol

Late 19th century - young Japanese woman, parasol
Vintage 19th century studio portrait, Japan

Background imageHistoric Collection: Late 19th century - young Japanese women playing game

Late 19th century - young Japanese women playing game
Vintage 19th century studio portrait, Japan

Background imageHistoric Collection: Late 19th century - young Japanese woman, hair down

Late 19th century - young Japanese woman, hair down
Vintage 19th century studio portrait, Japan

Background imageHistoric Collection: Little girl off to the shops with her pet lamb, Epping

Little girl off to the shops with her pet lamb, Epping, 1932

Background imageHistoric Collection: Man riding a zebra, Bostocks Royal Italian Circus

Man riding a zebra, Bostocks Royal Italian Circus, Swindon, 1930 s

Background imageHistoric Collection: 12th of July march, Orange Order, Belfast, c. 1890 s

12th of July march, Orange Order, Belfast, c. 1890 s
12th of July march, Orange Order, Shaftesbury Square, Belfast, c.1890 s

Background imageHistoric Collection: Young children, Siam (Thailand) or Burma c. 1880

Young children, Siam (Thailand) or Burma c. 1880
Two young children, Siam (Thailand) or Burma c.1880

Background imageHistoric Collection: Russia - Sevastopol Sebastopol inner harbour, Crimea Ukraine

Russia - Sevastopol Sebastopol inner harbour, Crimea Ukraine
19th century vintage photograph Russia - Sevastopol Sebastopol inner harbour, Crimea Ukraine

Background imageHistoric Collection: China c. 1880s Jade Spring Hill Summer palace, Peking, Beijing

China c. 1880s Jade Spring Hill Summer palace, Peking, Beijing
Vintage 19th century photograph China c.1880s - pagoda, Jade Spring Hill, near the Summer palace, Peking, Beijing

Background imageHistoric Collection: King Mongkut, Rama IV of Siam, Thailand

King Mongkut, Rama IV of Siam, Thailand
19th century vintage photograph: Mongkut The Great, also known as King Rama IV, reigning title Phra Chom Klao Chao Yu Hua. 18 October 1804 - 1 October 1868

Background imageHistoric Collection: WW2 Beethoven statue, Bonn, Germany

WW2 Beethoven statue, Bonn, Germany
Vintage WW2 World War Two photograph - statue of Beethoven in the centre of Bonn, Germany, stands amid the rubble following an Allied bombing raid

Background imageHistoric Collection: Excavation of the ruins of Herculaneum, Italy, 1869

Excavation of the ruins of Herculaneum, Italy, 1869
19th century vintage photograph - archaeological excvation of the ruins of Herculaneum, Italy, 1869. Located in the modern-day comune of Ercolano, Campania, Italy

Background imageHistoric Collection: Young Burmese woman with mangoes, Burma

Young Burmese woman with mangoes, Burma, India, c.1890, Myanmar

Background imageHistoric Collection: Veddah men with bow and arrow, axe, Ceylon, Sri Lanka

Veddah men with bow and arrow, axe, Ceylon, Sri Lanka, c.1880 s

Background imageHistoric Collection: Strand Road, Rangoon, Yangon, Burma, Myanmar

Strand Road, Rangoon, Yangon, Burma, Myanmar, c.1890

Background imageHistoric Collection: Chinese official in sedan chair, China, c. 1880s

Chinese official in sedan chair, China, c. 1880s
Chinese official in sedan chair, China, c.1880s

Background imageHistoric Collection: Aboriginal woman smoking a pipe, Australia, c. 1890

Aboriginal woman smoking a pipe, Australia, c. 1890
Aboriginal woman smoking a pipe, Australia, c.1890

Background imageHistoric Collection: Prison ship Success Australia, c. 1890

Prison ship Success Australia, c. 1890
Image show offcers quarters on board. The ship was converted into a floating museum and used to display the horrors of the penal era. She was destroyed by fire in 1946

Background imageHistoric Collection: Hong Kong - street corner, Wyndham Street

Hong Kong - street corner, Wyndham Street
Vintage 19th century photograph: Hong Kong (China) c.1880s - street corner, Wyndham Street

Background imageHistoric Collection: Snow shed Canadian Pacific Railway, Canada c. 1890

Snow shed Canadian Pacific Railway, Canada c. 1890
Snow shed on the Canadian Pacific Railway, Canada c.1890

Background imageHistoric Collection: Grande Rue de Pera, Constantinople Istanbul Turkey

Grande Rue de Pera, Constantinople Istanbul Turkey
Vintage 19th century photograph - steps on the Grande Rue de Pera, Constantinople (Istanbul) Turkey, image c.1890 s

Background imageHistoric Collection: 1940s East Africa - street scene, Nairobi, Kenya

1940s East Africa - street scene, Nairobi, Kenya Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Background imageHistoric Collection: Wives of King Mongkut Rama IV - Siam Thailand

Wives of King Mongkut Rama IV - Siam Thailand
c.1860s South East Asia - wives of King Mongkut - Chao Chom Manda Beng and Chao Chom Manda Huang, Siam Thailand

Background imageHistoric Collection: The Hairy Family of Burma - hypertrichosis lanuginosa

The Hairy Family of Burma - hypertrichosis lanuginosa
c. 1860s India - the hairy family of Burma - congenital hypertrichosis lanuginosa - they became famous as a show attraction and freak show act

Background imageHistoric Collection: India - bullock cart

India - bullock cart
19th century vintage photograph India - bullock cart

Background imageHistoric Collection: India - Raja of Mahmudabad

India - Raja of Mahmudabad
19th century vintage photograph India - Raja of Mahmudabad

Background imageHistoric Collection: c. 1880s India - fakir or holyman, beggar

c. 1880s India - fakir or holyman, beggar
c. 1880s India - image from an album of Indian types and trades designed to illustrate India to a British viewer - fakir or holy man

Background imageHistoric Collection: Portrait of a young woman, north Africa, c. 1890

Portrait of a young woman, north Africa, c. 1890
Portrait of a young woman, north Africa, c.1890

Background imageHistoric Collection: Japanese samurai with two swords, Japan, c. 1880 s

Japanese samurai with two swords, Japan, c. 1880 s
Japanese samurai with two swords, Japan, c.1880 s

Background imageHistoric Collection: Group of Burmese women, Taungoo, Burma, Myanmar

Group of Burmese women, Taungoo, Burma, Myanmar, c.1890



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