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Sart House. Samarkand
The caption identifies this homestead as belonging to a Sart, a term used in the early 1900s to refer not only to town dwellers, but also to people who inhabited this area before the coming of Uzbek...
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View toward Samarkand from Shah-i Zindah Mosque
This view was erroneously identified by the photographer as taken from the Shah-i Zindah Mosque in Samarkand. More likely it is from the Hazrat Hyzr Mosque, located on a hillside near the ancient...
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Mirza Ulugh Beg. Registan. Samarkand
In the center of Samarkand is the Registan complex, consisting of three examples of the madrasah (religious schools). The oldest component is the Ulugh Beg Madrasah, built in 1417–20 by the scholar...
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Map of the Branco or Parimé River and of the Caratirimani Uararicapará...
This map shows the network of rivers and tributaries flowing through northern Brazil. The map focuses on the Rio Branco, one of the main tributaries to the Rio Negro, and several smaller tributaries,...
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General Map of the Diocese of Pará: Shows the Division of Parishes Where the...
This map shows the territory of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belem do Pará. The diocese was founded in 1720, following its separation from the Diocese of São Luis do Maranhão, and was centered in the...
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Hand-Drawn Maps and Plans of Recife in Pernambuco, All Saints’ Bay, and the...
This six-leaved, hand-drawn atlas shows the coastal area of Brazil’s Pernambuco and Bahia states as they appeared in the early 1630s. The maps include details of the city of Recife and All Saints’...
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Distinguished Moorish Women I, Algiers, Algeria
This photochrome print of two young women in the interior of a home in Algiers is part of “Views of People and Sites in Algeria” from the catalog of the Detroit Publishing Company (1905). The women in...
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Luce Ben Aben School of Arab Embroidery I, Algiers, Algeria
This photochrome print of the interior of a school of embroidery in Algiers is part of “Views of People and Sites in Algeria” from the catalog of the Detroit Publishing Company (1905). In 1845 the...
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Arabs Disputing, Algiers, Algeria
This photochrome print of men arguing on a street in Algiers is part of “Views of People and Sites in Algeria” from the catalog of the Detroit Publishing Company (1905). The 1911 edition of Baedeker’s...
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Arabs before a Cafe, Algiers, Algeria
This photochrome print of Arabs at a café in Algiers is part of “Views of People and Sites in Algeria” from the catalog of the Detroit Publishing Company (1905). The 1911 edition of Baedeker’s The...
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Moorish Women Making Arab Carpets, Algiers, Algeria
This photochrome print of women making carpets in Algiers is part of “Views of People and Sites in Algeria” from the catalog of the Detroit Publishing Company (1905). Carpets in Algeria traditionally...
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Luce Ben Aben, Moorish Women Preparing Couscous, Algiers, Algeria
This photochrome print showing a young girl preparing couscous with two companions under the watchful eye of an older woman in Algiers is part of “Views of People and Sites in Algeria” from the...
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Luce Ben Aben School of Arab Embroidery II, Algiers, Algeria
This photochrome print of the interior of a school of embroidery in Algiers is part of “Views of People and Sites in Algeria” from the catalog of the Detroit Publishing Company (1905). In 1845 the...
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Distinguished Moorish Women II, Algiers, Algeria
This photochrome print of three young women in the interior of a home in Algiers is part of “Views of People and Sites in Algeria” from the catalog of the Detroit Publishing Company (1905). The women...
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The Cascades, Constantine, Algeria
This photochrome print of a scene in Constantine (present-day Qacentina), Algeria, is part of “Views of People and Sites in Algeria” from the catalog of the Detroit Publishing Company (1905). The...
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Arab Dancing Girls, Algiers, Algeria
This photochrome print of women dancing on the terrace of a home in Algiers is part of “Views of People and Sites in Algeria” from the catalog of the Detroit Publishing Company (1905). The 1911...
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Moorish Family in the Cemetery, Algiers, Algeria
This photochrome print of a family visiting a cemetery in Algiers is part of “Views of People and Sites in Algeria” from the catalog of the Detroit Publishing Company (1905). The 1911 edition of...
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Negroes Playing Chess, Algiers, Algeria
This photochrome print of a group of men playing chess in Algiers is part of “Views of People and Sites in Algeria” from the catalog of the Detroit Publishing Company (1905). The 1911 edition of...
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The Ravine, II, El Cantara, Algeria
This photochrome print from El Cantara (present-day El Kantara), Algeria, is part of “Views of People and Sites in Algeria” from the catalog of the Detroit Publishing Company (1905). The Romans built...
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The Ravine, I, El Cantara, Algeria
This photochrome print of the plunging ravine at El Kantara, Algeria, is part of “Views of People and Sites in Algeria” from the catalog of the Detroit Publishing Company (1905). The town was...
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