EU: No. 280. Baku - Pozos petroliferos (1930) through time

Baku 1876–1930 7 photos of this spot

7 photographs taken at the same spot in Baku, spanning 1876–1930 — 7 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

The Maiden's Tower, called 'Jungfrutornet' in this 1876 Swedish caption, stands in Baku's old walled city and remains one of the most recognizable landmarks of the Azerbaijani capital, though the origins of its construction are still debated by historians.

EU: Jungfrutornet, Baku (1876) 1876 The Maiden's Tower, called 'Jungfrutornet' in this 1876 Swedish caption, stands in Baku's old walled city and remains one of the most recognizable landmarks of the Azerbaijani capital, though the origins of its construction are still debated by historians.

EU: Naftaproduktions Bolaget Bröderna Nobel. Petroleumfabriken, Baku (1895) 1895 The petroleum works of the Nobel Brothers' Naphtha Production Company in Baku, photographed in 1895 during the height of the city's oil boom, an enterprise founded by relatives of Alfred Nobel.

EU: Elddyrkaretemplet, Baku (1900) 1900 The 'Elddyrkaretemplet', Swedish for fire-worshippers' temple, near Baku, photographed around 1900; sites of this kind were long associated with Zoroastrian and Hindu fire rituals fed by the region's natural gas seeps.

EU: Bailorbukten, Baku (1900) 1900 Bailov Bay on the outskirts of Baku, photographed around 1900 along the Caspian Sea coastline, in an area that later became closely associated with the city's oil industry.

EU: Guvernörsträdgården, Baku (1900) 1900 The Governor's Garden in Baku, photographed around 1900, a public park in the city during the period of Russian imperial administration over the Caucasus region.

EU: Gamla staden, Baku (1900) 1900 The old walled quarter of Baku, known as Icharishahar, photographed around 1900; the district's narrow streets and historic buildings predate the city's rapid growth during the oil boom era.

EU: No. 280. Baku - Pozos petroliferos (1930) 1930 Oil wells near Baku photographed in 1930, by then one of the world's most productive petroleum-extraction regions under Soviet administration, decades after the city's oil boom first began.