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Baghdad
1900 AD.

#Baghdad1900
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Baghdad
1901 AD.

#Baghdad1901
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Baghdad
1902 AD.

#Baghdad1902
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Baghdad
1903 AD.

#Baghdad1903
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Baghdad
1904 AD.

#Baghdad1904
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Baghdad
1905 AD.

#Baghdad1905
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Baghdad
1906 AD.

#Baghdad1906
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Baghdad
1907 AD.

#Baghdad1907
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Baghdad
1908 AD.

#Baghdad1908
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Baghdad
1909 AD.

#Baghdad1909
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Baghdad
1910 AD.

#Baghdad1910
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Baghdad
1911 AD.

#Baghdad1911
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Baghdad
1912 AD.

#Baghdad1912
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Baghdad
1913 AD.

#Baghdad1913
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Baghdad
1914 AD.

#Baghdad1914
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Baghdad
1915 AD.

#Baghdad1915
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Baghdad
1916 AD.

#Baghdad1916
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Baghdad
1917 AD.

#Baghdad1917
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Baghdad
1918 AD.

#Baghdad1918
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Baghdad
1919 AD.

#Baghdad1919
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Baghdad
1920 AD.

#Baghdad1920
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Baghdad
1921 AD.

#Baghdad1921
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Baghdad
1922 AD.
- King Faisal I
- A Christian procession
- Street pavements
- Cafe
#Baghdad1922
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Baghdad
1923 AD.

- Bank of Tigris
- Horse racing
- General Maude's Statue
- Jewish wedding photo
#Baghdad1923
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Baghdad
1924 AD.

- Parliament
- Iraqi police
- Laura Khadouri school
- Three kings / brothers
#Baghdad1924
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Baghdad
1925 AD.

- General view
- Midan
- Bread sellers
- Foreign visitors
#Baghdad1925
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Baghdad
1926 AD

- Opening of the National Museum
- Flood of Baghdad
- A kindergarten
- 3 generations
#Baghdad1926
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Baghdad
1927 AD.

- 2 Kurds posing 4 a photo
- Baghdad theatre
- Sultan Said bin Taimur at secondary school
- Sir / Dr Harry Chapman Sinderson with the king
#Baghdad1927
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Baghdad
1928 AD.

- Karrada
- Al-Rashid Str
- Zahawi & Rasafi
- Scouts
#Baghdad1928
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Baghdad
1929 AD.

- Shanasheel
- Postcard from Baghdad
- Belle of Baghdad
- Street map in English
#Baghdad1929
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Baghdad
1930 AD.

- Horse cart
- Cobbler
- Beer advert in newspaper
- Fadhil Jamali's family
#Baghdad1930
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Baghdad
1931 AD.

- Graduation of Markazia Middle School.
- Baghdad College
- Cooking lessons
- Iraqi Air Force
#Baghdad1931
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Baghdad
1932 AD.

- Tagore in Baghdad
- Um Kalthoum in Baghdad
- Independence Day
- New currency
#Baghdad1932
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Baghdad
1933 AD.

- Al-Rashid Sreet
- Funeral of King Faisal I
- King Ghazi I
- Graduation Of the medical college
#Baghdad1933
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Baghdad
1934 AD.

- Cafe
- Cinema
- Turban
- King
#Baghdad1934
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Baghdad
1935 AD.

- Al-Rashid Street
- Al-Kadhymia
- Train conductor
- Dentist
#Baghdad1935
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Baghdad
1936 AD.

- Orchestra
- Katateeb ( road side schools)
- Funeral of Al-Zahawi
- Royal cemetry
#Baghdad1936
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Baghdad
1937 AD.

- Martyrs' / Al-Mamoun Bridge
- Demonstration
- Arab scouts in Baghdad
- Court clerk
#Baghdad1937
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Baghdad
1938 AD.

- Chamber of Commerce
- School of Engineering
- Family photo
- Buses to Beirut
#Baghdad1938
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Baghdad
1939 AD.

- Girls demonstrating
- Markazia Middle School
- Funeral of King Ghazi I
- Faisal II, King of Iraq at the age of 4
#Baghdad1939
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Baghdad
1940 AD.

- Al-Sadoon Str
- Al-Rashis Str
- Royal family
- A bride
#Baghdad1940
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Baghdad
1941 AD.

- Zawra cinema
- Nursing school graduation
- Watching a news reel
- British troops on the Tigris
#Baghdad1941
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Baghdad
1942 AD.

- Baghdad Airport
- Photography
- Lottery
- Wedding
#Baghdad1942
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Baghdad
1943 AD.

- Overview
- Al-Rashid street
- Radio broadcaster
- Cyclist
#Baghdad1943
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Baghdad
1944 AD.

- Rahibat (nuns) School
- Baha'i convention
- Baghdad College yearbook
- Map of Baghdad
#Baghdad1944
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Baghdad
1945 AD.

- Ahrar (freemen) Bridge
- Posing 4 a photo
- Wedding
- Iraqi delegation to the UN
#Baghdad1945
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Baghdad
1946 AD.

- Abu Nawas Corniche
- Um Kalthoum in Baghdad
- Nazem al-Ghazali with fans
- Cairo-Baghdad movie
#Baghdad1946
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Baghdad
1947 AD.

- Al-Sadoon Str
- Family picture
- Royal princess
- Miss Baghdad
#Baghdad1947
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Baghdad
1948 AD.

- Al-Sibaa (Lions) Square
- Medical school graduates in fancy dresses
- Picnic
- Regent visiting Taher Yahia wounded in Palestine War
#Baghdad1948
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Baghdad
1949 AD.

- Al-Sarafiya bridge
- Fancy dress party
- Night club
- A lady from Baghdad
#Baghdad1949
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Baghdad
1950

- Traffic police
- Wedding photo
- A beauty from Baghdad
- Breakfast of Agatha Christie
#Baghdad1950
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Baghdad
1951

- Kadhimya
- Housing project
- Fattah Pasha's textile factory
- Secondary school girls watching football
#Baghdad1951
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Baghdad
1952

- Al-Rasafi square
- Abu Hanifa
- Marathon
- Over Tigris
#Baghdad1952
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Baghdad
1953

- Coronation of King Faisal I
- Baghdad International Railway Station
- Double decker buses
- Al-Kifah street
#Baghdad1953
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Baghdad
1954

- Private residence
- Iraqi TV live
- Races
- Flood
#Baghdad1954
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Baghdad
1955

- Overview
- Adhamya
- Bus stop
- Rafidain Bank
#Baghdad1955
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Baghdad
1956

- Alleyway
- Roxy cinema
- Fashion show
- Radio drama
#Baghdad1956
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Baghdad
1957

- Iraqi Airways over Baghdad
- Salhiya with King Faisal I statue
- Imams bridge opening
- Ladies picnic
#Baghdad1957
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Baghdad
1958

- Semiramis hotel
- International railway station
- Private home by Mohammed Makkiya
- Photoshop displaying pictures of Abd al-Karim Qasim
#Baghdad1958
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Baghdad
1959

- Al-Tahrir Square
- Al-Firdous Square
- Institute of Fine Arts
- Abd al-Karim Qasim / Abdul Karim Qasim
#Baghdad1959
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Baghdad
1960

- Al-Rashid street
- Banks street
- Jewellery shop on River street
- President of Indonesia Ahmad Sukarno in Baghdad
#Baghdad1960
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Baghdad
1961

- Motherhood statue by Khaled ِAl-Rahal
- Tahrir Square with Liberty/Freedom statue of Jawad Saleem
- Al-Aqida High School sports
- TV interview with Latif Al-Ani (right, photographer of 2 & 3)
#Baghdad1961
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Baghdad
1962

- Al-Tahrir square
- Abu Nawas sreet
- Celebrating the millennium of the city
- Miss Baghdad
#Baghdad1962
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Baghdad
1963

- Baghdad museum facade
- Jazz legends Duke Ellington & Paul Gonsalves
- Al-Khudhairy house designed by engineer Dr Mohammed Makkiya
- Abd al-Karim Qasim toppled in a coup by Abdul Salam Arif
#Baghdad1963
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Baghdad
1964

- Al-Khulafa Mosque opened across a Coptic church
- Suspension Bridge opened
- Abdel Halim Hafez in Baghdad
- Graduation of a high school
#Baghdad1964
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Baghdad
1965

- Al-Firdos Square
- Inside the National Museum
- Abdel Halim Hafez with president Abdul Salam Arif
- Graduates of engineering
#Baghdad1965
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Baghdad
1966

- Foreign tourist
- Medical students
- Portuguese footballer Eusébio with Benfica in Al-Shaab stadium opening
- Funeral procession of president Abdul Salam Arif
#Baghdad1966
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Baghdad
1967

- Al-Mansour District
- Avenue with date palm trees
- Storks atop a Latin church
- King Hussein I of Jordan with president Abdul Rahman Arif
#Baghdad1967
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Baghdad
1968

- Al-Firdos Square
- Lettuce sellers by Al-Jumhorya Bridge
- University students
- Coup d'état in July
#Baghdad1968
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Baghdad
1969

- Rasafa bank
- Children of Baghdad
- Bab Al-Sharji
- Iraqi Airways' first flight to Berlin
#Baghdad1969
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Baghdad
1970

- Khillani Square
- Abdul Qadir Al-Gilani Mosque
- TV set
- Lunch menu at Alwiya Club
#Baghdad1970
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Baghdad
1971

- Picnic in Baghdad
- Ballet school
- Medical students
- Introducing uniforms in universities.
#Baghdad1971
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Baghdad
1972

- Atlas cinema
- Miss Iraq (last 1 in the 20th century)
- Little musician
- Winning football team of military world cup
#Baghdad1972
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Baghdad
1973

- Al-Bunnyia Mosque in Alawy Al-Hilla
- Baghdad in Kuwaiti magazine Al-Arabi
- Chemistry department in the University of Baghdad
- Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, 1918-2004, in Kadhymia
#Baghdad1973
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Baghdad
1974

- Al-Nijoom (Stars) Cinema
- Double-decker with Bata advertisement.
- Alawi
- Public school
#Baghdad1974
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Baghdad
1975

- Tourists in Agarguf
- University students
- Traffic policewoman
- Fine Arts students
#Baghdad1975
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Baghdad
1976

- International train station
- Swimming pool of Al-Masbah
- Under freedom statue
- Flight cover of the first journey from Bombay
#Baghdad1976
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Baghdad
1977

- Al-Tahrir Square
- Al-Rashid Street
- Kadhymia
- Mustansyria
#Baghdad1977
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Baghdad
1978

- A busy street
- Escalator in Palestine Street
- Spanish King Juan Carlos visit
- Anthony Quinn & Moustapha Akkad
#Baghdad1978
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Baghdad
1979

- Al-Mansour Melia hotel
- Souq / Market
- Kurdish band in Al-Khuld auditorium
- A classroom
#Baghdad1979
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Baghdad
1980

- Allawi Al-Hilla
- Safafeer Market
- Secondary school
- Cafe by Rifat Chadirji
#Baghdad1980
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Baghdad
1981

- Sinak Bridge
- Busy street
- Front garden
- Student engineers
#Baghdad1981
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Baghdad
1982

- Overview
- South Korean by Kahramana
- Al-Sadeer Novotel Hotel
- Baghdad College school
#Baghdad1982
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Baghdad
1983

- Murjan mosque
- Al-Khayyam cinema
- Architectural engineering graduates
- International school
#Baghdad1983
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Baghdad
1984

- Martyr Monument
- Demonstrating Queen Shubad jewellery
- Construction site
- A household
#Baghdad1984
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Baghdad
1985

- Liberty Monument
- Gold market
- Nizar Qabbani in Baghdad
- A shop off Al-Sadoun Street
#Baghdad1985
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Baghdad
1986

- Al-Firdous Square
- River Street shoppers
- Hussein Saeed with Zico of the Brazillian Flamengo in a friendly match
- Al-Karkh secondary school
#Baghdad1986
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Baghdad
1987

- Al-Mansour Melia Hotel
- The ship statue
- Shooting of "Love in Baghdad" movie
- Academy of Fine Arts
#Baghdad1987
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Baghdad
1988

- Al-Khulafaa Mosque
- By Martyr's Memorial Monument
- University of Baghdad
- Traffic police car celebrating the end of Iraq-Iran war on 8/8/1988
#Baghdad1988
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Baghdad
1989

- Al-Tahrir Square
- Tourist on a camel
- Jewish synagogue of Bghdad
- Sukhoi Su-22M4 in a military air show
#Baghdad1989
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Baghdad
1990

- City center
- Cafe
- Kathem / Kadim Al-Saher rises to fame
- Muhammad Ali on mission to release hostages.
#Baghdad1990
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Baghdad
1991

- Haifa Street
- 2nd Gulf War ( Operation Desert Storm)
- Imprint of a burning person in Amiriyah shelter
- Suspension Bridge
#Baghdad1991
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Baghdad
1992

- Military parade
- Shopfront
- Mar Gewargis Cathedral
- Children
#Baghdad1992
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Baghdad
1993

- University car park
- Art gallery
- Uday Saddam Hussein
- Local cigarettes
#Baghdad1993
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Baghdad
1994

- Near Al-Mustansirya
- 6th of January celebration
- Mural of the president
- With a cat
#Baghdad1994
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Baghdad
1995

- Photographers
- Sweets
- Univ of Baghdad
- Joint wedding
#Baghdad1995
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Baghdad
1996

- Sindbad Park
- Auction 4 households
- Primary school
- Graffiti
#Baghdad1996
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Baghdad
1997

- Inside the National Museum
- Boys
- Military Police
- Volunteers
#Baghdad1997
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Baghdad
1998

- Shorja
- Shortage of drugs
- Al-Sadr/ Thawra city
- Christiane Amanpour of CNN
#Baghdad1998
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Baghdad
1999

- Martyr Monument
- Kadhmiya
- Guards
- Medicinal shortage
#Baghdad1999
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Baghdad
2000

- Double-decker buses
- Army Day
- Drug shortage severely affects children
- 1991 American POW revisits his jail
#Baghdad2000
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Baghdad
2001

- Al-Sadoon Street
- Welcoming Adel Imam
- Joint wedding
- Night out
#Baghdad2001
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Baghdad
2002

- Karrada
- Al-Zahawi Cafe
- Al-Mutanabbi Street
- Street graffiti
#Baghdad2002
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Baghdad
2003

- Al-Firdous Square
- Garrison / Barrack
- Fall of the statue
- President George W Bush serves a turkey
#Baghdad2003
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Baghdad
2003 / 2004
Photographs by Moises Saman
#Baghdad2003
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