Photo albums

Middle Eastern Special Collections

Contemporary Iran and Modernisation Through the Lens of an Album

Among the treasures in the Special Collections sits a remarkable photo album, Or. 25.777, purchased in 2000 from McBlain Books in the USA. Its twenty-five photographs document the inauguration of a hospital in 1955 in Shiraz, showing Iran’s 1950s modernization.

Guest author • 21-05-2026

Photography

A Photo Album of Julius Muller - Suriname 1883-1885

Julius Eduard Muller (1846-1902), an esteemed and influential politician in Suriname, was also an amateur photographer. His view of the colony lives on in a photo album created for a friend and business partner.

Anouk Mansfeld • 16-05-2023

Manuscripts, Archives and Letters · Photography

A rich Dutch East Indies family history impeccably preserved

A donation of an (almost) complete family archive, including photography, correspondence, official documents, but also textiles and clothing, provides a glimpse into life in the Dutch East Indies.

Anouk Mansfeld + 1 other • 19-07-2022

Manuscripts, Archives and Letters

Astronomers and their observatories in the picture: Van de Sande Bakhuyzen’s photo album

in grateful esteem for his services rendered to science and country

Guest author • 26-11-2011

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Contemporary Iran and Modernisation Through the Lens of an Album

A Photo Album of Julius Muller - Suriname 1883-1885

A rich Dutch East Indies family history impeccably preserved

Astronomers and their observatories in the picture: Van de Sande Bakhuyzen’s photo album