Azerbaijani Collection (page 3)

Baku, Azerbaijan - The Parapet
The Parapet, Baku, Azerbaijan Date: circa 1910

Wide view of a Grand Street in Baku, Azerbaijan Date: 1904

Nicolas Street and the Town Hall, Baku - Azerbaijan
Baku - Republic of Azerbaijan. Nicolas Street (named after the Tsar one presumes) and the Town Hall. Date: circa 1910s

North Staffordshire soldiers on road to Baku, WW1
A group of 7th North Staffordshire soldiers on the road to Baku, Armenia. They formed part of the Dunsterforce during the Armenian-Azerbaijani War

Baku - Azerbaijan - The port and Customs
Baku - Azerbaijan - The Harbour, Port and Customs buildings. Date: circa 1907

Street scene in Baku, Armenia, WW1
A street scene in Baku, Armenia, showing the approach to the main quay. British troops had just arrived there after a long march as part of the Dunsterforce during the Armenian-Azerbaijani War

Electric power lines crossing a sea. Photographed in June 1998, in Azerbaijan

Naptha fire at Sourakhani, Baku - Azerbaijan
A Naptha (a term which refers to flammable liquid mixtures of hydrocarbons) fire at Sourakhani, Baku - Azerbaijan

The Ancient Walls of Baku - Azerbaijan

Railway Station - Baku, Azerbaijan
The magnificent Railway Station at Baku, Azerbaijan, likely to have been financed by the success of the local hydrocarbon industries

General view of Baku - Azerbaijan
General view of Baku and standard port (right) - Azerbaijan

Water transportation - Baku, Azerbaijan
Water carriers - barrels mounted on mules transporting fresh water through the streets in Baku, Azerbaijan

Well, Bibi-Eibat, Baku - Azerbaijan
Naphta burnout at a well at Baku, owned by Rothschilds, who began drilling in Azerbaijan in 1892. Rothchilds fuel interests in the region were bought out by Royal Dutch Shell in 1911

The Opera House at Baku, Azerbaijan

Religious School (Islamic) Medressa in Baku, Azerbaijan

The Harbour and Boulevard Baku, Azerbaijan
A rather desolate scene of the harbour and boulevard of Baku, Azerbaijan

Ceil Well, Baku - Azerbaijan - producing Petrol and naphta

Brickworks by the harbour at Baku, Azerbaijan

The Town Hall, Baku - Azerbaijan. The grandiose nature of the structure attests to the wealth of this oil-rich region

Chaksei-Vakhsei Procession, Baku - Azerbaijan
The Old Chaksei-Vakhsei Procession, Baku - Azerbaijan - the exact meaning of which has very sadly been lost in the mists of time

The Parapet, Baku, Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan - Transporting bricks
An Azerbaijani builders merchant with his horse-drawn wagon filled with red bricks

The School of Commerce, Baku, Azerbaijan

Baking Flatbreads at Elisabetpol, Azerbaijan
Baking Flatbreads at Gjandzja (Elisabetpol), Western Azerbaijan

The State University and Nicolas Street, Baku
The State University and Nicolas Street (named after the Tsar?), Baku, Azerbaijan

Festival of the Kings - Baku, Azerbaijan
Festival of the Kings (celebrated across Europe) on the 6th January - Baku, Azerbaijan. A festival to celebrate the Three Kings - 12 days after Christmas Day. Date: 1904

Olga Street, Baku, Azerbaijan

View of the Black Sea Coast at Baku, Azerbaijan, with a forground dominated by some local types and their empty horse-drawn high-sided cart

The Petrovski Quay at Baku, Azerbaijan

The Public Gardens, Baku, Azerbaijan

The Bailoff (Military Port), Baku - Azerbaijan

Tartar Carriage, Azerbaijan
Tartar Carriage - used by local people in the district of Baku, Azerbaijan

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