A trove of old photographs

Afghanistan, Algeria, Central Asia, Folklore and Proverbs, Iran, Jordan, Palestine, Photography, Turkey


The photograph illustrates Luce Ben Aben, Moorish women preparing couscous, Algiers, Algeria.

There is a trove of old photographs from around the Middle East at the website http://www.azerbaijanrugs.com/oldphotos/old-photographs-me.htm


Kurds in national costumes


Young girl of Bethlehem. This color photochrome print was made between 1890 and 1900.