Photographic views of Itchan Kala, the inner town of the old Khiva oasis. Visible monuments are the Kalta Minor minaret (1;2), the minaret of the... Show morePhotographic views of Itchan Kala, the inner town of the old Khiva oasis. Visible monuments are the Kalta Minor minaret (1;2), the minaret of the Juma Mosque (2;13;14), the Pahlavan Darvaza and the Islam-Khodja Complex (15;16); the Alla-Quli Khan Madrasa (6-10) and the carved wooden pillars of the Tash-Khovli Palace (17-18). Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2019.0028 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25639948 BIB-ID: 2712469 Show less
Photograph taken with the Express Détective Nadar camera, one of the first portable photographic tools, by the French photographer Paul Nadar who,... Show morePhotograph taken with the Express Détective Nadar camera, one of the first portable photographic tools, by the French photographer Paul Nadar who, between August and November 1890, embarked on a trip across Europe and Asia to Turkestan following the ancient silk route. He acted as an early photojournalist, documenting his travels and photographing sites as diverse as bazaars, mosques, and desert landscapes. Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2013.0012 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21978086 BIB-ID: 2352549 See Hannavy, J. (2008). Encyclopedia of nineteenth-century photography. New York: Routledge, p. 975; Nadar, P., Bernard, A.-M., & Malécot, C. (2007). L'odyssée de Paul Nadar au Turkestan, 1890: Photographies de Paul Nadar. Paris: Monum, Éditions du patrimoine p. 157. Show less
Women, Women--Asia, Central--Portraits, Mausoleums, Mausoleums--Uzbekistan--Photographs, Islamic architecture, Islamic architecture--Asia, Central
Title and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2013.0014-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21978700 BIB-ID: 2352573 Show moreTitle and date devised by Library staff. Main Heritage Display General HC.HP.2013.0014-0001 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21978700 BIB-ID: 2352573 Show less
Scientific expeditions, Scientific expeditions--Asia, Central
The collection documents the expedition made by Henry René d'Allemagne, archivist and paleographist at the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal in Paris, to... Show moreThe collection documents the expedition made by Henry René d'Allemagne, archivist and paleographist at the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal in Paris, to Central Asia and Turkestan, on behalf of the French Ministry of Education, in 1898. The mission—touching Kiev, Odessa, Vladikavkaz, Tbilisi, Baku, Krasnovodsk (today Türkmenbaşy) and the cities along the railway connecting Ashgabat to Bukhara and Samarkand—was intended to survey ancient monuments in Transcaspia and Turkestan. Photographs include views of the above-mentioned cities, pictures of the Ulugbek Madrasa, Kyrgyz yurts and more traditional architectures; portraits of Caucasian type, Russian soldiers and Turkmen riders. Title from item, date devised by Library staff. Glass plates are conserved in the original box titled "Positifs sur verre. Voyage au Turkestan". Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2016.0030 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i23116298 BIB-ID: 2450670 Gorshenina, Svetlana. Explorateurs En Asie Centrale: Voyageurs Et Aventuriers De Marco Polo À Ella Maillart. Genève: Olizane, 2003, p. 303. Show less
Vernacular architecture, Vernacular architecture--Qatar--Photographs, Hotels, Central business districts
Title and date from item. Slides housed in a plastic sheet captioned by the author. Catalogue 1, sleeve 8. Transparencies 99-108. Main Heritage... Show moreTitle and date from item. Slides housed in a plastic sheet captioned by the author. Catalogue 1, sleeve 8. Transparencies 99-108. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2019.0051 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i25811861 BIB-ID: 2742346 Show less
دار الصياد (بيروت، لبنان), Banks and banking, Central, History
Title from item. There is a stamp in Arabic at the back of the photograph stating that the photo is part of the Archives of Dār al-Ṣayyād... Show moreTitle from item. There is a stamp in Arabic at the back of the photograph stating that the photo is part of the Archives of Dār al-Ṣayyād Publishing House. Photograph n. 270 Banks, Qatar. Main Heritage Compact General HC.HP.2015.0010-0060 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i2388650x BIB-ID: 2539807 Show less