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Bazaar in Bethlehem

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The bazaar in Bethlehem, sits in an square surrounded by miles of buildings. Several camels stand or lie in the square ad many people stand or walk in the square. Pack donkeys stand on the bottom...

Date Published
1891 to 1900

Bollnäs cottage

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Bollnäs cottage in Skansen, is a one-story house with three chimneys coming out of the top of the house. One woman in traditional dress stands on the covered porch in the center of the home at the...

Brahmin woman

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An unidentified Brahmin woman in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon], stands in front of banana leaves with her hands crossed on her lap as she looks off to the right. She wears ornate jewelry from her nose, ears...

Date Published
1894 to 1900

Building with women inside and in front of the structure

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Unidentified women stand outside an elaborate building in, possibly, Singapore, wearing traditional dress. One woman sits on a rickshaw with the rickshaw driver holding up the poles with which he is...

Date Published
1891 to 1900

Central police station and police court in Singapore

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The central police station and police court in Singapore, Singapore, is a large, European-style, Victorian building standing beside the busy, wide, unpaved street. Many carriages, rickshaws, and carts...

Date Published
1891 to 1900

Chief of Kandy and his family in Sri Lanka

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A Kandian chief and family are wearing traditional clothing and jewelry as they sit or stand in a room in Kandy, Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. He is the only male in the family. They all look somberly at...

Civic Forum

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A man and woman stand along a lane talking to another man among the ruins of the civic forum in Pompeii. An arched gateway is still intact among many fallen columns.

Date Published
1871 to 1880

Coastline near Odda, Norway

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Panoramic view of the town of Odda on the coast of Hardinger fjord in Norway. A couple stands on the road, just before a bridge that crosses the roiling water in a hollow between mountains. Printed in...

Crowd among trees

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A large crowd of men and women standing in the open areas among tall trees for an unknown event. A long roof can be seen behind the trees.

Date Published
1891 to 1900

Czar Cannon

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A man stands on a large cannonball to look down the bore of the Czar's cannon that sits on a large carriage and on a pedestal in Moscow, Russia. A crowd of men, women, and children stand about the...

Date Published
1895 to 1900

Damascus gate

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A view outside the Damascus Gate has several people—men, women, and two children—walking on the dirt road. One man stands beside his ladened donkey as another man, holding an umbrella to shade the sun...

Date Published
1891 to 1900

Family at their houseboat

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An unidentified woman holding a toddler, stands between two children. The one on the left is possibly a teenager and the other a young child in Sri Lanka [then Ceylon]. They stand in the water in...

Date Published
1894 to 1900

Folk dancers performing at Skansen

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Women folk dancers in traditional dress, pair up to entertain while a man plays the nyckelharpa next to them on the right side of the photograph. One woman in each pair wears a scarf on her head while...

Galata Bridge

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In a view from the port to the city, the Galata Bridge is crowded with people walking across it. The Galata tower stands tall above the entire city in the background. Rowboats are on the water on the...

Date Published
1891 to 1900

Galata Tower

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A view of the Galata Tower in Istanbul, Turkey, from down a lane that is being used by many men, women and children. Buildings line each side of the street. The tower was used as a fire lookout tower...

Date Published
1891 to 1900

Group of geishas are prepared to entertain

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A group of geishas sit on the floor each behind a dark box called a hakohibachi, a brazier encased in a wooden box, with an insignia on the front. They do not smile. A long cloth lays on the floor in...

Date Published
1891 to 1900

Group of geishas gather for a photograph

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A group of geishas gather in a courtyard for a photograph. The front row sit on chairs while the back row stands. Further behind in their living quarters, several more women stand in the open doorways...

Date Published
1891 to 1900

Karl Johans Street in Oslo, Norway

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A panoramic view of Karl Johans Street in Oslo Norway with the Grand Hotel on the right front of the photograph. Many men and women walk the sidewalks beside buildings with awnings over the windows...

Date Published
1895 to 1900

Peasant woman carries a basket on her head

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A peasant woman in Japan carries a large, round basket with low sides on her head, as she smiles at the camera. The basket is filled with large leaves. She stands on rocky barren soil. A donkey stands...

Relief of two women and a child holding a bird

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Relief depicting a seated woman being handed a bird by child. Another woman is standing behind the child holding a box, Attique. Printed in white ink on the bottom, left-hand corner of the photograph...

Date Published
1891 to 1900

Sami family setting up their home

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A family of Sami people are standing outside a dwelling of vertical logs that meet in the top, center. The top is covered with hides. The dwelling is either being taken down or being built in Lapland...