23 Incredible Pictures Of The World Over 100 Years Ago

Summertime on the Santa Monica beach.

The Kalaoun Mosque in Cairo documented on a hand-colored lantern slide.

Construction of the subway station in the Rue de Rome on March 17, 1902.

Barges carrying wares are guided along a canal.

A photographer at work over the roofs of Berlin.

Residential buildings and farms in Jakarta.

Palm trees rise behind the balconied buildings on Girgaum Road.

People crowd a busy street in 1910.

The Tower Bridge is seen under construction with river traffic in the foreground.

Residents of Baghdad crowd the streets.

Czarist soldiers with bayonets mounted stand guard on a St. Petersburg street.

Children carry jugs of water on their heads during a race against each other. The winner is the one who arrives at the goal without spilled water.

The Brooklyn Bridge is seen at the time of its completion.

Left: Nanjing Road in Shanghai. Right: The Bund in Shanghai.

A hand-colored photograph of Constantinople (later named Istanbul).

The silver chariot of the Chettiars, a title used by various castes from South India, seen here in Saigon.

The Yoshiwara District in Tokyo, documented in a hand-colored photograph.

Boys play in front of City Hall in Karachi.

A military parade on Mexican Independence Day takes place at the Plaza de la Constitución in Mexico City.

Crowds of people gather at an unspecified rally in the city's streets.

Pedestrians make their way down Arbat Street within the Garden Ring of Moscow.

One of the last remaining gates of Tehran frame a bustling street scene.