A view of the Baku Alexander Embankment from the 1880s. The Maiden Tower dominates the waterfront.The double gates leading into the Icheri SheherThe 9th century walls of the Icheri Sheher (Baku’s old city).Oil derricks on the Baku oilfieldsPAUL VON FRANKEN1818-1884 The Maiden Tower in Baku signed in Latin and dated 1880Old Baku waterfront with the dominating Maiden Tower.European couple arriving at Pier no 4 on the Alexander Embankment 1895Unknown women of Baku 1890Nikolayevskaya Street, Baku – inspiration for the Sabroski house