Cumba Collection

Aleppo, Syria - al-Safahiyeh Mosque and Street scene. It is unclear whether this wonderful structure is still standing... Date: circa 1920s

The Palace of the Ambassdor to France at Therapia, Istanbul. Date: circa 1906

Narrow Arab Street in Algiers, Algeria Date: circa 1930s

Istanbul, Turkey, Ottoman Empire - Entrance to Ayasofya
Istanbul, Turkey, Ottoman Empire - One of the entrances to the Ayasofya. Date: circa 1905

Libyan Street Scene Date: circa 1920s

Buildings in Sawakin (Suakin) - north-eastern Sudan - The Quarantine Office. Date: circa 1925

Thessaloniki, Greece - Rue Sabri Pacha. Date: 1901

Turkish house with Cumba
Traditional Turkish wooden house. The upper rooms overhanging the street are called Cumbas, designed in order to catch any breath of air in the heat of the summer

Magnificent Wooden villas - banks of the Boshorus, Istanbul
A very fine real photographic postcard of a set of Magnificent Wooden waterfront and a ferry Station jetty villas - banks of the Boshorus, Istanbul - exact location (as yet) unknown (Yenikoy?)

Damascus, Syria - Street in the Arab Quarter Date: circa 1910s

Aleppo, Syria, Place Telal. Date: circa 1905

Damascus, Syria - Road close to the Umayyad Mosque ( The Great Mosque of Damascus ). Date: circa 1910s

Lima - Peru - Palacio Torre Tagle Date: circa 1930s

Istanbul, Turkey - The Old Quarter
Istanbul - The Old Quarter (Eski Mahalle). Date: circa 1910s

Sfax, Tunisia - Rue de la Republique
The Rue de la Republique with the British Vice Consulate at Sfax, Tunisia. The Consulate is right next door to a general store, selling pottery, overcoats and flat caps

Minieh, Egypt
A small town in Egypt - Minieh

A traditional Jumba house - Istanbul
A traditional Jumba house - Constantinople (Istanbul)

Eskisehir, Turkey - seen from the west. In Latin it was known as Dorylaeum. Founded by the Phrygians in c.1000 BC. Famous for Meerschaum stone

A street in Buyukdere, Istanbul, Turkey. Old traditional Ottoman houses at the end of the Sultunate. The upper rooms overhanging the street are called Cumbas

Water transportation - Baku, Azerbaijan
Water carriers - barrels mounted on mules transporting fresh water through the streets in Baku, Azerbaijan

Metelin, Greece
Metelin, Lesbos, Greece - The Street of the Mosque - after the Island was handed back to Greece from Turkey

Yemen - Hodeidah - English Consulate in the old Turkish Quarter of the city with its fine Ottoman-influenced architecture (note the cumba)

Constantinople - Street scene with cumbas
Street scene in Istanbul with cumbas

The opening of Parliament - Constantinople
The opening of the Parliament - Constantinople around the time of the revolution and the declaration of the new constiution

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