Indigenous Collection (#98)

Convent of Mar Saba. The Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas
Vintage 19th century photograph: Convent of Mar Saba. The Holy Lavra of Saint Sabbas, known in Syriac as Mar Saba, is a Greek Orthodox monastery overlooking the Kidron Valley at a point halfway

Pontoon bridge near Colombo, Ceylon, Sri Lanka
Vintage 19th century photograph: pontoon bridge near Colombo, Ceylon, Sri Lanka, c.1890, group of indigenous people on the bridge

Egyptian money changer, Egypt, c. 1890
Vintage 19th century photograph: Egyptian money changer, Egypt, c. 1890

bullock cart, two well-dressed women, British India
Vintage 19th century photograph: bullock cart with driver and two well-dressed women, British India, proably Burma, Myanmar, c.1890

Street in Jerusalem, the house of St Veronica
Vintage 19th century photograph: street in Jerusalem, Holy Land, Palestine, modern Israel, with the house of St Veronica

Donkey cart, passengers - Egyptian women, Egypt
Vintage 19th century photograph: man with donkey cart and passengers - a group of veiled Egyptian women, Egypt, c.1880 s

Ainu men with swords in a studio setting, Japan
19th century vintage photograph - three Ainu men with swords in a studio setting, Japan, c.1880 s

Bronze goods workshop, Japan
19th century vintage photograph - craftsmen making household and tourist items from bronze, Kyoto, Japan, c.1880s - workshop, studio of N. Nogawa

Two men with tattoos, tattooing, Japan, c. 1870 s
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Two men with tattoos, tattooing, Japan, c.1870 s

Abyssinian soldiers, Ethiopian, Ethiopia, likely taken in Egypt
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Abyssinian soldiers, Ethiopian, Ethiopia, likely taken in Egypt

Coffee factory, weighing beans, Ceylon, Sri Lanka
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Coffee factory, weighing beans, Ceylon, Sri Lanka

Street scene, Hong Kong, China, street vendors
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Street scene, Hong Kong, China, street vendors

Smiling girl, Ceylon, Sri Lanka
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Smiling girl, Ceylon, Sri Lanka

Coffee factory, drying beans, Ceylon, Sri Lanka
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Coffee factory, drying beans, Ceylon, Sri Lanka

Thursday Island, Torres Straits, pearl fishing, diving from a boat, c. 1900 s
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Thursday Island, Torres Straits, pearl fishing, diving from a boat, c.1900 s

Group of elephants, baby elephant, Ceylon, Sri Lanka
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Group of elephants, baby elephant, Ceylon, Sri Lanka

Chinese street vendors, Hong Kong or China
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Chinese street vendors, Hong Kong or China

Street scene, clock tower, Colombo, Ceylon, Sri Lanka
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Street scene, clock tower, Colombo, Ceylon, Sri Lanka

Elephanta caves, Bombay, Mumbai, India
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Elephanta caves, Bombay, Mumbai, India

Sas-Bahu Temple at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Sas-Bahu Temple at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

Horse and carriage, likely Lucknow, India
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Horse and carriage, likely Lucknow, India

Racecourse, horse racing, likely Singapore
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Racecourse, horse racing, likely Singapore

Group of elephants on parade, Ceylon, Sri Lanka
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Group of elephants on parade, Ceylon, Sri Lanka

Hussainabad Gate, Lucknow, India, Samuel Bourne image
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Hussainabad Gate, Lucknow, India, Samuel Bourne image

Empress Shoken, wife of the Meiji Empreor, Japan
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Empress Shoken, wife of the Meiji Empreor, Japan

Burmese village girl, Burma, Myanmar
Vintage late 19th century photograph: Burmese village girl, Burma, Myanmar

c. 1880s China - two Chinese women with bound feet
c.1880s China - two Chinese women with bound feet

1880s India - military procession, march-past, durbar

c. 1880s China - view of Shanghai - glass house in park
c.1880s China - view of Shanghai

c. 1880s China - view of Shanghai - bridge and creek
c.1880s China - view of Shanghai

China - workers in a factory processing tea or silk
c. 1880s China - workers in a factory processing tea or silk

c. 1880s India - busy street Char Minar, Hyderabad
c. 1880s India - busy street towards the Char Minar, Hyderabad

c. 1880s Egypt Cairo - selling bread on the streets
c.1880s Egypt Cairo - selling bread on the streets

c. 1880s Egypt Cairo - man and his transport donkey
c.1880s Egypt Cairo - man and his transport donkey

Egypt Cairo - women washing with water from a well
c.1880s Egypt Cairo - women washing with water from a well

c. 1880s Egypt Cairo -water carriers porters
c.1880s Egypt Cairo -water carriers porters

c. 1890s Jaffa Gate Jerusalem - sign for Thomas Cook office
c.1890s Holy Land Israel Palestine photochrome - Jaffa Gate Jerusalem - sign for Thomas Cook tourist office

c. 1880s Egypt Cairo - Muslim cleric, imam
c.1880s Egypt Cairo - Muslim cleric

c. 1880s - France French fisherwomen in Dieppe harbour
c.1880s - France French fisherwomen in Dieppe harbour

c. 1890s Egypt - dredger and ship on the Suez Canal
c.1890s Photochrome Egypt - dredger and ship on the Suez Canal

c. 1890s two Syrian bedouin men with a gun
c.1890s two Syrian bedouin men with a gun

c. 1890s Russia Moscow street scene and palace
c.1890s Russia Moscow street scene and palace

Israel Palestine - women and a baby from Bethlehem
c.1890s Holy Land Israel Palestine photochrome -group of women and a baby from Bethlehem

c. 1890s Turkey Istanbul Turkish men outside a cafe
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c. 1890s Russia Caucasus Caucasian people - Tartar house
c.1890s Russia Caucasus Caucasian people - Tartar house

c. 1880s Japan - bullock cart

c. 1880s Japan - women preparing a meal

c. 1880s Japan - young woman summer clothing, fan
c. 1880s Japan - young woman in summer clothing with fan

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