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Description: Upper body shot of a townsman in light-coloured urban clothes.
Comment: Kosta Ćuković - District Head of Sarajevo and its surroundings - was also called 'Hofrat'.
Date: Not before 1895, Not after 1918
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina


Description: Half-length portrait of a townswoman in an urban dress and a short jacket with wide sleeves (libade).
Comment: Savka Jeftanović (née Despić) was Dimitrije Jeftanović' wife.
Date: Not before 1879, Not after 1912
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina



Description: Close-up portrait of a woman in urban clothes and a brooch.
Comment: Kristina Kraljević was married to Vuk Kraljević.
Date: Not before 1879, Not after 1888
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: Full-length portrait of a townswoman in a light-coloured dress. She is wearing a hat and leaning on an umbrella.
Comment: Mira Jeftanović (née Milišić) was married to Konstantin Jeftanović.
Date: Not before 1895, Not after 1915
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina


Description: Two completely veiled Muslim women, young boys in urban clothes and a man wearing a suit are passing the Šeher Ćehajin Bridge. In the background: Mustaj Pasha's square with a advertising pillar and the residence (konak) at Bendbaša.
Comment: The residence (konak) at Bendbaša was built in 1836 by Mustaj Pasha Babić. He was a well-known Sarajevo feudal lord.
Date: Not before 1914, Not after 1950
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mustaj-pasha's square (Mustaj pašin mejdan), © Bosniac Institute - Adil Zulfikarpašić Foundation

Description: A woman wearing a traditional Bey's costume with urban elements and a little felt hat (fezić) is sitting in a room and holding a bird in her hands. She is leaning her arm on a little inlaid table. The room is adorned with carpets.
Date: 1903
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina



Description: Men, children, but mostly women, in traditional and urban clothes sitting at tables. In the background: a balcony with people standing on it and flags fixed.
Comment: Most probably the people are attending a special event or are celebrating public holidays. The postcard was sent from Sarajevo to Bjelovar (Croatia) in 1934.
Date: Not before 1914, Not after 1934
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group of people sitting in an outdoor restaurant area, © Bosniac Institute - Adil Zulfikarpašić Foundation

Description: Muslim women with long shawls (called bošča) are walking in a Baščaršija street. A young boy in urban clothes and with a felt hat (fez) accompanies them. A man in traditional clothes 'à la turca' is standing in front of a shop which offers flatbread (lepinja or somun).
Date: Not after 1918
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: Street vendors selling corn at the Sebilj fountain on a busy market day. In the background: the Baščaršija Mosque.
Comment: Only one woman at the left edge of the picture can be identified. Uncirculated postcard.
Date: Not before 1918
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: Full-length portrait of a townsman in urban clothes with traditional elements.
Comment: Risto Hadžidamjanović was a merchant from Sarajevo.
Date: Not before 1854, Not after 1872
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: Shoulder close-up of a townsman wearing a suit, a bow tie and a felt hat (fez).
Comment: Fehim efendija Čurčić was the last Mayor of Sarajevo under the Austro-Hungarian rule (1910 to 1915).
Date: Not before 1905.03.09, Not after 1912
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina


Description: Young women in urban dresses weaving and doing embroidery.
Comment: 'Bez' is specially refined cotton. Uncirculated postcard.
Date: Not before 1904.11.01
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina


Description: Three men standing behind a bar with stucco (musandera). Two are wearing urban clothes, the other one is traditionally dressed. The bar is decorated with little cups, kettles (džezva), copper plates and water pipes.
Comment: The café located at the corner of Sarači street and Gazi Husrev bey street was very popular. Uncirculated postcard.
Date: Not before 1918, Not after 1939
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: Half-length shot of a young woman sitting on a chair. She is wearing a light-coloured urban dress and a cross as a necklace. Painted canvas backdrop.
Relations: http://gams.uni-graz.at/o:vase.2533
Date: Not before 1879, Not after 1912
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Studio portrait of the young Milka Hun, © Museum of City of Sarajevo


Description: Full-length shot of a Serbian man wearing richly embroidered clothes and a black hat. He is carrying guns in his belt and he is decorated with medals. He is posing with a rifle in his hands. In the background: chairs and a dog kennel.
Comment: Golub Babić (1824-1910) was a Serbian chieftain and one of the most important commanders during the Herzegovina Uprising (1875-1878).
Date: 1898
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Outdoor portrait of Duke (vojvoda) Babić in the garden, © The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: Full-length shot of a Muslim townsman in urban clothes and with a fez (felt hat).
Date: Not before 1879, Not after 1905
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Portrait of Mehmed Rudži-beg, © The Historical Archive of Sarajevo

Description: Mostly men in urban clothes sitting outside of the restaurant "Jugoslavija". Also in the row of houses: the Officer's Cooperative "Oficirska Zadruga" and Ibrahim Žuljević, the shoemaker.
Comment: The postcard was sent from Sarajevo to Vienna in 1938.
Date: Not before 1918, Not after 1938
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Leisure activities, © Bosniac Institute - Adil Zulfikarpašić Foundation

Description: Six men and one woman in urban clothes are standing in front of the Town Hall. In the background: electric masts and parts of Alifakovac, the eastern quarter of Sarajevo.
Comment: The City Hall was built in pseudo-Moorish style during the Austro-Hungarian period. It burnt down in 1992 and is currently being reconstructed. Positive print.
Date: 1906
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina


Description: A man is loading a cart in the middle of the street. People wearing urban clothes are watching the scene or passing the street lined with houses and barracks. On the street corner in the left foreground: Kosta Trnčić's shop.
Comment: Logavina Street klix back to the 16th century is one of the oldest streets in Sarajevo. The card was sent within Sarajevo in 1913.
Date: Not before 1904.11.01, Not after 1913
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: Half-length portrait of an old woman in an urban dress. In her right hand she is holding a book.
Comment: Ana Despić was Aleks Despić' wife.
Date: 1885
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: A person with an injured leg is treated under anesthesia. The female patient is lying in an operating room. Four people wearing scrubs are treating the woman. In the background: boards with medicine and medical instruments.
Date: Not before 1885, Not after 1916
Location: Sarajevo (probably)
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: The woman is wearing a light-coloured urban dress, a short jacket (jelek) and a little hat with filigree. She is adorned with jewelry and a watch. A man, also in urban Muslim clothes, is sitting next to her, playing the gusla (string instrument). He is also wearing a fez (felt hat). Painted canvas backdrop.
Comment: Džabija Muraqa Haraminčić was a teacher at > Gajret<, the Muslim society for the advancement and propotion of middle and high schools in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded in 1903 by Mirza Safvet beg Bašagić and Edhem Mulabdić. Positive print.
Date: Not before 1903, Not after 1918
Location: Sarajevo (probably)
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Džabija Muraqa Haraminčić posing next to a gusla player, © The Historical Archive of Sarajevo

Description: A group of men in urban clothes with traditional elements (the two men sitting in the front are wearing clothes for wealthy Muslim townsmen) are posing for a coffee scene in front of a house. They are drinking coffee, smoking cigars and a water pipe. A woman and a man are serving them. The woman is lighting a pipe (čibuk) while the man is serving coffee. The two men standing in the back are also wearing wealthy Muslims' townclothes.
Comment: The centrally positioned man with the white shirt is probably wearing traditional peasant attire. Positive print.
Date: Not before 1890, Not after 1916
Location: Sarajevo (probably)
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina



Description: The Emperor is welcomed upon visiting the Gazi-Husrev Bey's Mosque. Muslim representatives are saluting him.
Comment: Uncirculated postcard.
Date: Not before 1910, Not after 1911
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina


Description: Outdoor shot of a married couple. The woman is sitting on a chair, the man is standing next to her. Both are dressed in urban clothes.
Comment: Makso Despić belonged to the old Orthodox merchant familiy Despić from Sarajevo.
Date: Not before 1895, Not after 1915
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: Outdoor shot of a man in clerical clothing and with a military cap.
Comment: Izidor Poljak (June 7, 1883 in Bednja, Zagorje/Croatia, died August 22, 1924 in Brko/Bosnia) worked as a Chaplain and later in the military hospital in Sarajevo. He is also a well-known writer. His first collection of poems ''Pjesme'' was published in 1909 in Sarajevo.
Date: Not before 1903, Not after 1915
Location: Sarajevo (probably)
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina


Description: Three women and a boy in urban dress are standing in front of the German klix School.
Comment: The St Augustine´s Monastery was built in 1894 and housed the German Girl School until 1919. Today the building accomodates the Music Academy. Uncirculated postcard.
Date: Not before 1885, Not after 1904.10.31
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina


Description: Group portrait of men in sportswear. Among them: Veljko Čubrilović.
Comment: Veljko Čubrilović (July, 1886 - February, 1915) was a member of the Black Hand secret society and involved in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. He was thus executed on February 3, 1915. Uncirculated postcard.
Relations: http://gams.uni-graz.at/o:vase.2427
http://gams.uni-graz.at/o:vase.2428
Date: Not before 1912.07.02, Not after 1912.08.01
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: Women (most of them are fully veiled), men (wearing suits) and children sitting at tables outdoors. In the background two women wearing urban dresses and a boy in a uniform are sitting in a pavilion next to drums. The area is surrounded by a wooden bondary decorated with newspapers.
Date: Not before 1910
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: An outdoor shot showing mostly veiled women but also some children and men in urban dress.
Comment: The picture was most probably taken during an event. Uncirculated postcard.
Date: Not before 1910, Not after 1950
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina


Description: Full-length shot of a Muslim in traditional clothes (turban, close-fitting trousers with a low crotch). In his belt he is carrying a rapier and a pistol. In his left hand he is holding a gun.
Comment: Nurudžbeg Žahirović was a District Head.
Date: Not before 1888, Not after 1912
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: Relatives of Antonija Jeftanović. From left to right: her daughter Mara Jeftanović, her mother-in-law Joka Jeftanović (née Nikolić), her daughter Draginja Jeftanović, her father-in-law (a merchant from Bar) and her son Konstantin Jeftanović.
Date: Not before 1895, Not after 1918
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Portrait of the Serbian Jeftanović family, © The Historical Archive of Sarajevo

Description: An indoor group portrait of men wearing urban clothes, some with traditional elements. All of them are wearing felt hats (fez) or other kinds of caps.
Date: 1918
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Executive Committee of the National Muslim Organisations („Muslimanska narodna organizacija“ ), © Museum of City of Sarajevo

Description: Men and a boy standing at the Šadervan fountain, washing themselves or getting ready to do so. In the background: the entrance to the mosque.
Comment: Uncirculated postcard.
Date: Not before 1904.11.01
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

"Sarajevo. The Courtyard Of The Gazi Husrev Bey's Mosque", © Bosniac Institute - Adil Zulfikarpašić Foundation

Description: Souvenir photo of the actress celebrating 25 years of work.
Date: Not before 1918, Not after 1939
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Portrait of the actress Mara Vučičević, © Museum of City of Sarajevo
Description: Wounded people are lying on mattresses in a hospital. In the background there are a woman in traditional clothes and a boy. Two nurses are kneeling over a wounded man. Behind them, there are a man in traditional clothes and a person in a nurse's uniform.
Comment: Mara Vučičević was an actress.
Date: Not before 1912, Not after 1913

Mara Vučičević as a nurse during the Balkan Wars, © Museum of City of Sarajevo
Description: Shoulder close-up of a townswoman in urban clothes and a necklace.
Comment: Staka Odavić was the sister of the well-known merchant Hadži-Makso Despić (Nikolić).
Date: Not before 1890, Not after 1918
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: Full-length shot of a Serbian man wearing richly embroidered clothes and a black hat. He is carrying guns in his belt and he is decorated with medals. A little girl is standing on a small table next to him. She is wearing rich urban clothes with traditional elements and a little felt hat (fezić).
Comment: Golub Babić (1824-1910) was a Serbian chieftain and one of the most important commanders during the Herzegovina Uprising (1875-1878).
Date: 1898
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Outdoor portrait of Duke (vojvoda) Babić with a child in a pavillon, © The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: Shops in Franje Josipa ulica (Francis Joseph Street). In the background: the spire of the Orthodox church.
Comment: Nowadays the street is called 'Zelenih beretki'.
Date: Not before 1918
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: A man in urban clothes is sitting at the writing desk in his high school office (Velika gimnazija). On the wall behind him there is a portrait of Emperor Francis Joseph.
Comment: Martin Bedjanić was a Catholic Slovene. Positive print.
Date: 1902
Location: Sarajevo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: A woman is spinning in a hayfield next to a small flock of sheep and a cow.
Comment: Probably a Serbian woman wearing a dark urban dress. Donated to the The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art by Dr. E. Schneeweis.
Date: Not after 1915
Location: Šipovo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: A group of people (with children) is standing in front of the entrance to the kula, a two-storied building. There is a wooden oriel on the second floor.
Comment: Donated to the The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art by Dr. E. Schneeweis.
Date: Not after 1915
Location: Šipovo
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Watch tower (kula) from the Ottoman period, © The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art

Description: Three Romani women (one holding a baby in her arms) and three Romani men, all in ragged clothes, are sitting on the floor.
Relations: http://gams.uni-graz.at/o:vase.2204
Date: 1904.11.01
Location: Srebrenica
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group of Romanies from Srebrenica, © The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: Full-length shot of five women in ragged clothes standing at a house wall. One of them is holding a child in her arms. Two other children are standing in the group.
Date: 1904
Location: Srebrenica
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group portrait of Rom women and children, © The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: A group of men, women and children is posing in front of a house. All people are wearing traditional clothes; the men dark trousers (čakšire), short dark jackets (jelek) and black scarves wrapped around their heads; the women white dresses, embroidered aprons (pregača), jewelry and white shawls over their heads and shoulders; the children white trousers and shirts as well as dark sleeveless jackets and some of them dark caps.
Date: Not after 1915
Location: Stupna, near Jajce
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group portrait with Serbian peasants, © The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art
Description: A group of men, women and children is posing in front of a house. All of them are wearing traditional clothes; the men dark trousers (čakšire), short dark jackets (jelek) and black scarves wrapped around their heads; the women white dresses, embroidered aprons (pregača), jewelry and white shawls over their heads and shoulders; the children white trousers and shirts as well as dark, sleeveless jackets and some of them dark caps.
Date: Not after 1913
Location: Stupna, near Jajce
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Group portrait with Serbian peasants, © The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art
Description: Outdoor portrait of three women and two men wearing traditional clothes as they are posing in front of a house. One woman is holding a bottle in her hand, a man and another woman are holding flasks in their hands.
Date: Not after 1912
Location: Stupna, near Jajce
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Serbian peasants, © The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art

Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman wearing a dark urban dress (feredža) and a light-coloured shawl covering her head, face and neck. Painted canvas backdrop.
Comment: Most probably produced for commercial use with a model.
Date: Not before 1890, Not after 1910
Location: Travnik (probably)
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Muslim women's streetwear, © The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art

Description: Full-length shot of a woman in urban clothes with traditional elements (short jacket with wide sleeves called libade).
Date: Not before 1890, Not after 1918
Location: Travnik
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Studio portrait of a woman, © The Historical Archive of Sarajevo

Description: Military men with cavalry on a field in the mountains. Everyone is wearing military uniforms and weapons.
Comment: Uncirculated postcard.
Date: Not before 1913
Location: Vaganj, mountain
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

"Readiness For War In Bosnia 1912-1913. Communication Of Anticipated Troop Dispositions On Mount Vaganj Near Sarajevo.", © Museum of City of Sarajevo
Description: A group portrait of men wearing military uniforms.
Comment: Uncirculated postcard.
Date: Not before 1904.11.01, Not after 1910
Location: Unknown
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Officers of the Austro-Hungarian army, © Museum of City of Sarajevo

Description: Two men standing inside a building where goats' hair is spun into long threads.
Date: Not after 1912
Location: Varcar Vakuf
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

The processing of goats' hair, © The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art

Description: Two men and a boy wearing traditional clothes are posing in front of a house.
Date: Not after 1912
Location: Vardište
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Residential house, © The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art

Description: High angle panorama shot of a street scene depicting several buildings, passers-by and people gathered in the street.
Comment: The small town of Višegrad now belongs to Republika Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and is situated about eight kilometres from the Serbian border. The town became known through "The Bridge on the Drina", a novel by Nobel Prize winner Ivo Andrić, which is an homage to the Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge in Višegrad.
Date: Not before 1887, Not after 1890
Location: Višegrad
Country: Austria-Hungary



Description: A man and a child are standing in front of a big family house with an oriel window, an outbuilding and a fence made of planks. In the middle: two smaller plain residential buildings.
Comment: It is probably the yard of Muslim people. Donated to the The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art by Dr. E. Schneeweis.
Date: Not after 1912
Location: Vražic
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Description: Half-length shot of a man in military uniform adorned with medals.
Comment: Wilhelm von Württemberg (1828-1896), Commanding General of the 18th Army Corps in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1878 he was honored with the Grand Cross of the Order of the Iron Crown with war decoration (Orden der Eisernen Korne 1. Klasse mit Kriegsdekoration). From 1878 until 1881 he served as Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Date: Not before 1879, Not after 1896
Location: Unknown
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Studio portrait of William Württemberg, © Museum of City of Sarajevo

Description: Outdoor shot of family members (men, women, children) wearing traditional Ottoman-style clothes.
Comment: The original negative is at the The National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Donated to the The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art by Dr. E. Schneeweis.
Date: Not after 1912
Location: Unknown
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Portrait of a Herzegovinian family, © The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art

Object: Execution
Description: Four men have been hanged. They are surrounded by men in military uniforms. In the background a group of people is watching the scene.
Comment: The archive notes "Hanging of patriots during World War I."
Date: 1915
Location: Unknown
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Execution, © Museum of City of Sarajevo


Object: "Group Of Interned Serbs From Bosnia And Herzegovina In Arad 1914/15"
Description: Men guarded by soldiers walking down a street.
Comment: Uncirculated postcard.
Date: Not before 1916
Location: Unknown
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina

"Group Of Interned Serbs From Bosnia And Herzegovina In Arad 1914/15", © Museum of City of Sarajevo

Croatian women from the vicinity of Travnik, © Museum of City of Sarajevo

Object: Croatian women from the vicinity of Travnik
Description: Four women wearing typical Catholic clothes and headdresses from the Travnik area. They are sitting or leaning on a divan around a small wooden table. Each of them is holding a cigarette and a small coffe cup. In the background there is an ornamented rug.
Date: Not before 1890
Location: Unknown
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina


Traditional Croatian costumes from Herzegovina, © The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art

Object: Traditional Croatian costumes from Herzegovina
Description: Full-length studio portrait of two women wearing clothes typical of Mostar Catholics.
Comment: Franz Gaul collection: Bosnian and Herzegovinian folk types.
Date: Not after 1905
Location: Unknown
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina