Contemporary History Collection

Abdulmecit I (1823-1861). Ottoman Sultan (1839-1861)

Seventies, black and white photo, kermess, people on a chairoplane Siebziger Jahre, Schwarzweissfoto, Kirmes, Menschen auf einem Kettenkarussell, Seventies, black and white photo, kermess

Lansium parasiticum (Lansium domesticum), is a species of plant from the mahogany family, Meliaceae
art work, arts, artwork, artworks, asian, asiatic, black, black-and-white, black-white, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitally, dokong, drawing

Diwan-i-Chas Palace in Agra, 1890, India, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period
arts, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, companies, company, concern, concerns, construction, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, depiction

The Taj Mahal in Agra, seen from the side, 1865, India, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of
arts, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, burial ground, burial site, burial sites, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, cultural monument, cultural monuments

Secundra Bagh near Lucknow, the mausoleum of Akbar, the upper marble sarcophagus, c
arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, burial ground, burial site, burial sites, coffins, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, cropped, deaths, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital

The Taj Mahal in Agra in 1887, India, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time
10, 10th, arts, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, book covers, burial ground, burial site, burial sites, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, cover

Benares, Vishnu Pud Temple and other temples near the burning ghat, sacred bathing place for Hindus, 1887, India
arts, bathing area, bathing areas, bathing place, bathing spot, benares, black, black-and-white, black-white, body of water, book covers, building, buildings, burn, construction, contemporary

Shop for fruits, vegetables and other foodstuffs, c. 1870, Japan, Historic
4 people, arts, asian, asian ethnicity, asians, asiatic, black, black-and-white, black-white, characteristic, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, culture, custom, depiction, depictions

Shoe shop, c. 1870, Japan, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period
arts, asian, asian ethnicity, asians, asiatic, black, black-and-white, black-white, characteristic, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, culture, custom, depiction, depictions, descent, digital

Travelling salesman for baskets and wickerwork, c. 1870, Japan, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an
5 people, arts, asian, asian ethnicity, asians, asiatic, basketry, baskets, black, black-and-white, black-white, characteristic, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, culture, custom, depiction

Moonshi Bagh, River Landscape near the Town of Srinager, Kashmir, c. 1887, India, Historic
arts, benares, black, black-and-white, black-white, book covers, cities, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, cover, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization, digitally

Tea plantation, cultivation and harvesting of tea, around 1870, Japan, Historic
4 people, acreage, acreages, agrarian, agricultural, agricultural crop, agricultural crops, agriculturally, arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, contemporary, contemporary history, copy

Second-hand clothing shop, c. 1870, Japan, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period
2 people, arts, asian, asian ethnicity, asians, asiatic, attire, black, black-and-white, black-white, characteristic, clothes, clothing shop, clothing shops, contemporary, contemporary history, copy

Manufacture of paper lanterns, c. 1870, Japan, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the period
1 person, arts, asian, asian ethnicity, asians, asiatic, beam of light, black, black-and-white, black-white, characteristic, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, culture, custom, depiction

Hunting for Fleas, Man examining the hair of another for fleas and vermin, c
3 people, arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, bug, check, checking, checks, checkup, contemporary, contemporary history, controlling, copy, depiction, depictions, diagnose, diagnoses

View of Mount Fuji from the village of Omiya, 1890, Japan, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original
1 person, alpin area, alpin terrain, alpine, alpine landscape, arts, attraction, attractions, barrenness, black, black-and-white, black-white, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, countryside

View of the city of Bombay around 1870, India, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from an original of the time
arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, bombay, cities, city portrait, city scape, city view, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization

View of Athens from the Acropolis, 1860, Greece, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
1900s, 19th-century, acropolis, album, albums, altertum, ancient cities, ancient city, ancient civilizations, ancient greek civilization, ancient times, ancient world, antiquity, archaeologic

Dervish, Sufi, the member of a Muslim ascetic religious order, c. 1885, Turkey, Historical
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, commemorating, commemoration, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, cropped, darvesh, depiction

Street scene in Larissa, 1890, Greece, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
1900s, 19th-century, arts, balkan, balkan peninsula, black, black-and-white, black-white, cities, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, daily routine, depiction, depictions, digital

Two Women in Turkish Costume Sitting on a Sofa, 1870, Turkey, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th
1900s, 19th-century, 2, 3 people, album, albums, arts, attire, attraction, attractions, auf, black, black-and-white, black-white, buddhist, buddhistic, buddhistic temple complex, building, buildings

Landscape in the area of the Meteora Monasteries, Kastoria, 1876, Greece, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, 3 people, abbey, abbeys, area, areas, arts, attire, attraction, attractions, balkan, balkan peninsula, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, clothes

Ruins of Pergamos, Amphitheatre, c. 1870, Turkey, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century
1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, altertum, amphitheatre, ancient civilizations, ancient times, ancient world, antenna, antennas, antiquity, arts, attraction, attractions, berlin mitte

View of Constantinople, Constantinople, today Istanbul (1862), Turkey, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, arts, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, commemorating, commemoration, constantinople, construction, contemporary

The Step Pyramid of the Ancient Egyptian King Djoser, Djoser Pyramid, also Netjerichet Pyramid
1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, arts, b.c. before christ, black, black-and-white, black-white, commemorating, commemoration, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, depiction, depictions

In the harbour of Constantinople, today Istanbul, 1880, Turkey, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, bosporus, constantinople, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted, digital, digitalization

The Galata Tower in Constantinople, now Istanbul, 1889, Turkey, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th
1900s, 19th-century, airport building, airport control tower, airport control towers, airport grounds, airport terminal building, airport tower, airports, album, albums, arts, attraction

Smyrna, today's Izmir, the gate and quays, 1870, Turkey, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, boat jetty, boat landing stage, building, buildings, commemorating, commemoration, construction, contemporary

Athens. The Acropolis with the Temple of Jupiter, 1890, Greece, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, acropolis, altertum, ancient cities, ancient city, ancient civilizations, ancient greek civilization, ancient times, ancient world, antiquity, archaeologic, archaeological

Fountain, Fontaine de Sultan Ahmed, Constantinople, today Istanbul, 1889, Turkey, Historic
1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, commemorating, commemoration, constantinople, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, depiction, depictions, deserted

A man selling salapi, salep, sahlep, a sweet drink, 1890, Turkey, Historical
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, aboriginal, aboriginals, album, albums, arts, beverage, black, black-and-white, black-white, characteristic, commemorating, commemoration, contemporary

View of the Bosphorus, Constantinople, today Istanbul, 1870, Turkey, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, bosporus, commemorating, commemoration, constantinople, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, depiction, depictions

Constantinople, Hagia Sophia or St. Sophia Church, 1867, Istanbul, Turkey, Historic
1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, arts, attraction, attractions, ayia sofia, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, church building, church of st

Temple of Jupiter, Athens, c. 1880, Greece, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
1900s, 19th-century, altertum, america, ancient cities, ancient city, ancient civilizations, ancient times, ancient world, antiquity, archaeologic, archaeological, archaeological area

Bay of Eleusis in Attica, today Elefsina, cult site of Demeter and scene of the Mysteries of Eleusis
1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, arts, attica, balkan, balkan peninsula, bay, bays, black, black-and-white, black-white, cala, coast, coasts, commemorating, commemoration, contemporary

Studio portrait of a woman in traditional Greek dress beside a fountain, 1869, Greece, Historical
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, aboriginal, aboriginals, album, albums, arts, attire, balkan, balkan peninsula, black, black-and-white, black-white, britain, british, characteristic, clothes

Turkish family going out in a carriage pulled by oxen, 1870, Turkey, Historic
1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, animal breed, animal breeds, animal husbandries, arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, bos primigenius taurus, breed, breed of livestock, breeds

Water seller, c. 1890, Turkey, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, aboriginal, aboriginals, album, albums, arts, attire, attraction, attractions, black, black-and-white, black-white, buddhist, buddhistic, buddhistic temple complex

Port of Piraeus, ca 1875, Greece, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, arts, balkan, balkan peninsula, black, black-and-white, black-white, commemorating, commemoration, contemporary, contemporary history, copy, depiction, depictions

Tomb of Sultan Mahmoud and Aziz, 1870, Constantinople, Istanbul, Turkey, Historical
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, burial ground, burial site, burial sites, commemorating, commemoration, constantinople, contemporary

Tomb of Sultan Murad II, Murad b. Mehemmed, June 1404, 3 February 1451 was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1421 to
1900s, 19th-century, 3, album, albums, arts, black, black-and-white, black-white, bunch of, burial ground, burial site, burial sites, bursa, commemorating, commemoration, contemporary

National Library in Athens, c. 1880, Greece, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original
1900s, 19th-century, arts, athens, balkan, balkan peninsula, bibliothec, black, black-and-white, black-white, capital, capital city, capitals, cities, contemporary, contemporary history, copy

Stamboul, Golden Horn and Galata, Constantinople, today Istanbul, 1870, Turkey, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, arts, bay, bays, black, black-and-white, black-white, cala, coast, coasts, commemorating, commemoration, constantinople, contemporary, contemporary history, copy

Woman from the Harem, Lady of the Harem, c. 1870, Turkey, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, arts, belief, believer, believers, black, black-and-white, black-white, building, buildings, commemorating, commemoration, construction, contemporary

Golden Horn with view of old Constantinople, today Istanbul, c. 1870, Turkey, Historic
1900s, 19th-century, album, albums, arts, bay, bays, black, black-and-white, black-white, cala, coast, coasts, commemorating, commemoration, constantinople, contemporary, contemporary history, copy

Four men with coffee cup and hookah in front of a cafe in Constantinople, 1880, Turkey, Historical
1900s, 19th-century, 4, 4 people, album, albums, arts, beverage, black, black-and-white, black-white, bunch of, cafes, coffee, coffee cups, coffee house, coffee mug, coffee mugs, coffeehouse

Sightseeing escort, soldier on a horse, white horse, guard, Thessaly, c. 1890, Greece, Historic
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, animal breed, animal breeds, animal husbandries, arts, balkan, balkan peninsula, black, black-and-white, black-white, breed, breed of livestock, breeds

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"Exploring the Tapestry of Contemporary History: From Ottoman Sultan Abdulmecit I to Fruitful Discoveries in Asia" Step into the world as we unravel fascinating glimpses from different corners of the globe. Journey back to 19th-century India, where the reign of Ottoman Sultan Abdulmecit I shaped an era of transformation and progress. Witness the grandeur of Diwan-i-Chas Palace in Agra, a digitally restored masterpiece that takes us back to its historic glory. Venturing further into India's rich heritage, behold the iconic Taj Mahal from a unique perspective captured in 1865. The panoramic view showcases not only its timeless beauty but also offers a glimpse into Lucknow's tragic past during the Indian Uprising of 1857. Experience both awe and melancholy as you witness Devastation Caused by the Lucknow Massacre through a digitally restored reproduction. Delve deeper into Indian history with Secundra Bagh near Lucknow, home to Akbar's mausoleum adorned with an exquisite marble sarcophagus dating back to c. 1860. Explore Benares (Varanasi), where ancient temples like Arungzebe's Great Mosque and Vishnu Pud Temple stand proudly alongside sacred bathing ghats – all meticulously preserved through our digital restoration process. Embark on an Asian adventure as we transport ourselves to Japan circa 1870. Immerse yourself in vibrant market scenes filled with colorful fruits, vegetables, and other foodstuffs at bustling shops that have stood for centuries. Marvel at traditional craftsmanship showcased at shoe shops while encountering traveling salesmen offering intricate baskets and wickerwork. Contemporary history is not just about dates; it is about experiencing diverse cultures, witnessing monumental events, and cherishing forgotten moments brought back to life through meticulous restoration techniques. Join us on this captivating journey across time and continents as we uncover hidden gems from around the world.