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Old photos of Iquitos

24 photographs of Iquitos, from 1923 to 2024 — each pinned to the exact place it was taken.

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What the photos show

The 24 photographs of Iquitos on PlaceWas span 4 decades, from 1923 to 2024. 9 of them were taken before 1980; the other 15 are recent views of the same streets and landmarks.6 spots were photographed more than once, so you can compare the same street, square or building across the years.24 of the photos carry a written caption explaining what is in the frame. Every picture is pinned to the place it was taken, so the map below shows where the photographers stood.

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Places in Iquitos through time

Spots photographed more than once — compare the same place across the years.

Ett torg i Iquitos - NRM - DM3 31, Iquitos — photos through time
Ett torg i Iquitos - NRM - DM3 31 8 photos · 1923–1924
C001 Casa de Hierro, Iquitos — photos through time
C001 Casa de Hierro 2 photos · 2021
C014 Sin nombre 1, Iquitos — photos through time
C014 Sin nombre 1 2 photos · 2021
C038 Sin nombre 1, Iquitos — photos through time
C038 Sin nombre 1 2 photos · 2021
C049 Sin nombre 1, Iquitos — photos through time
C049 Sin nombre 1 2 photos · 2021
Iquitos Peru 05, Iquitos — photos through time
Iquitos Peru 05 2 photos · 2021–2024

Stories from Iquitos

What contributors wrote about these photographs.

Local traffic, Iquitos, 2011
Local traffic 2011 Street traffic in Iquitos, Peru, in 2011. The city, one of the largest in the world with no road connection to the rest of the country, relies heavily on motorcycle taxis, known locally as motocarros.
C044 Casa de Pinasco 1, Iquitos, 2021
C044 Casa de Pinasco 1 2021 Casa de Pinasco stands in Iquitos, the largest city in the Peruvian Amazon and a settlement reachable only by river or air, where rubber-boom-era mansions like this one were built with imported tiles in the early 20th…
C001 Casa de Hierro, Iquitos, 2021
C001 Casa de Hierro 2021 The Casa de Hierro, or Iron House, in Iquitos, Peru, seen here in 2021, is a prefabricated cast-iron building dating from the city's rubber-boom era at the turn of the twentieth century, when imported metal facades…
C052 Casa de Fitzcarrald 2, Iquitos, 2021
C052 Casa de Fitzcarrald 2 2021 This riverside house in Iquitos carries the name of Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald, a rubber baron whose wealth helped fund the ornate mansions built along the city's streets during the Amazon rubber boom of the late…
C059 Casa de Santillan 2, Iquitos, 2021
C059 Casa de Santillan 2 2021 Identified locally as the Casa de Santillán, this Iquitos residence reflects the eclectic, tile-faced architecture that rubber-era merchants brought to the city around the turn of the twentieth century.
C049 Sin nombre 1, Iquitos, 2021
C049 Sin nombre 1 2021 A residential facade in Iquitos, Peru, in the riverside district where rubber-boom merchants once built their townhouses, often importing tiles and ironwork from Europe to display their newfound wealth.
Iquitos Peru 05, Iquitos, 2024
Iquitos Peru 05 2024 Iquitos, Peru, photographed in 2024 at the start of a FOSS4G SotM Latam field trip. Situated deep in the Peruvian Amazon, Iquitos is one of the largest cities in the world with no road access, reachable only by river or…
Mercado de Belén, Iquitos 01, Iquitos, 2024
Mercado de Belén, Iquitos 01 2024 The Belén Market in Iquitos, Peru, photographed in 2024. Iquitos is the largest city in the world unreachable by road, situated deep in the Peruvian Amazon and accessible only by air or river.
1920s · 8 photos
1950s · 1 photo
2010s · 2 photos
2020s · 13 photos · showing 12, all 13 on the map ↗