Constantinople Collection (page 21)

Prayers inside Aya Sofya, Istanbul
Prayers inside the Aya Sofya Mosque, Istanbul - nowadays this incredible building is no longer a Christian Church (original usage) or a Mosque (later usage), but houses a museum. Date: circa 1905

Seraglio Point and Topkapi Palace, Istanbul
The Tophane Mosque and view toward Sarayburnu (Seraglio Point), the Sea Walls and Topkapi Palace, Istanbul. Date: circa 1910s

Ottoman Tombstone - Fatih Mosque, Istanbul Date: circa 1930

Yeni Cami - Istanbul
The Yeni Cami ( New Mosque of the Valide Sultan ) at Constantinople, Turkey. Standing at the Stanboul end of the Galata Bridge

View toward the Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul - the main administrative centre of the Ottoman Empire from 1856 to 1922. The Dolmabahce Mosque (architect: Garabet Balyan) can be seen in the foreground

Turkish infantry drilling, Yedikule, Turkey, WW1
Turkish infantry drilling at Yedikule (Fortress of the Seven Towers), near Istanbul, Turkey, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Istanbul, Turkey - Eyup
View from The Eyup Cemetery in Istanbul overlooking the Golden Horn. The Mosque of Eyup lies over the grave of Eyub-el Ensari, the Prophet Muhammeds companion and standard-bearer

War damage, Haidar Pacha, Constantinople, WW1
Factories and a munitions train burnt out at Haidar Pacha, the western terminus of the Anatolian Railway, Constantinople, Turkey, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Constantinople, Turkey - Muhurdar, Kadikoy Date: circa 1910s

Regiment of Lancers - Constantinople
Officers of the Regiment of Lancers of the Imperial Guard, Constantinople, Turkey - pictured at the Selimiye barracks. Date: 1913

Blue Mosque, Istanbul and the Hippodrome
The Blue Mosque (The Sultan Ahmed Mosque - designed by royal architect Sedefhar Mehmet Aga, a pupil of Sinan), Istanbul (Constantinople) and the Hippodrome

Turkey - Constantinople
The Yeni Cami ( New Mosque of the Valide Sultan ) at Constantinople, Turkey. Standing at the Stanboul end of the Galata Bridge

Allied fleet firing salute in the Bosphorus, WW1
Allied fleet firing a salute in the Bosphorus to signal Peace, probably towards the end of the First World War. Date: circa late 1918

Kaiser Wilhelm II and Mehmed V of Turkey
The Turkish Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Mehmed V (1844 - 1918) entertaining his ally the German Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859 - 1941), during his visit to Istanbul in 1917, during WWI. Date: 1917

The Column of Theodosius - Istanbul Date: circa 1930s

Opening of the Sultan Hamidie Hospital, Pera, Istanbul - final touches are being made to the decorations. Date: circa 1910s

Rumeli Hisari - Istanbul, Turkey
Part of the Rumeli Hisari, a Fortress on the European side of the Bosphorus. Built by Mehmet II 1451-1452 prior to his conquering of Constantinople. The castle was completed in 4 months

Kaiser Wilhelm II in Constantinople (2 / 2)
German Kaiser Wilhelm II visiting Constantinople during World War One - leaving the Ayasofya after a brief visit Date: 1917

View across the Glata Bridge, Istanbul
A blue view from Karakoy toward Galata and the Yeni Camii Mosque across the New Bridge (Galata Bridge) - Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1919

Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey - The Moorings
At Karakoy, the tourist liners moor up today. View showing little ferry boats (some had awnings to keep the sun off the delicate passengers, so this is likely to be off-season!)

Turkish Man and Woman from Constantinople. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century

Promotional card for Aegean Sea Cruise line
A promotional postcard for an Italian Aegean Sea Cruise Line. The liner is the Albano, under the command of Captain Persich

Istanbul, Turkey - Buyuk Ada
View of Buyukada, Istanbul

Tophane and the Bosphorus, Istanbul
A panoramic view of Tophane and the Bosphorus, set within the frame of a large shell

Karakoy Place - Constantinople
Karakoy, the modern name for the ancient Galata, is a commercial neighborhood in the Beyoglu district of Istanbul, Turkey

Kaiser Wilhem I in Turkey - WWI
Turkey - Kaiser Wilhem II and Sultan Mehmet Rashad V meet in Istanbul during WWI. As is evident in this photograph, the Kaiser had a withered left arm as a result of a traumatic breech birth

Turkish lady in Constantinople
A veiled turkish woman in house clothes from Constantinople

Turkish lady in Street Costume
Turkish lady posing in Street Costume

Tombs of Sultans - Constantinople
Constantinople - The Tombs of Sultan Aziz and Sultan Mahmud. Two Imams sit before the sarcophagi (flanked by some impressive candles) reciting the Koran

Sweet Waters - Constantinople
Group of Gypsies seated by the Sweet Waters, Constantinople, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey - Horse-drawn cart

Istanbul, Turkey - Traffic on a large new road
Fine illustration of the major re-development in Istanbul in the 1970s - a wide new boulevard to accomodate the severe increase in traffic

Irregular Firemen - Constantinople, Turkey
A Gang of irregular Firemen and their manual hand pump, by the walls of Constantinople, Turkey

Portrait of a Woman, Constantinople
A fine portrait of a rich woman of European extraction. Photograph by Abdullah Freres, Pera, Constantinople. They were the best court portrait photographers in Turkey

Baker delivering bread - Constantinople, Turkey
A Turkish Baker delivering the morning bread in Constantinople, Turkey. He lifts a stack of loaves out of one of a pair of large reedwork panniers, strapped to the flanks of his pony

Affluent Ottoman Family
A wonderful photograph of the children of an affluent Ottoman Family. The decorated eldest son sits on the right. The photograph was taken by Nikolaos Andriomenos (d.1929)

Ciragan Palace - Constantinople - View across Bosphorus
View from the Asian side, across the Bosphorus toward the Ciragan Palace, Constantinople, Turkey. Built during reign of Sultan Abdul Aziz in 1874

Park of Yildiz
Yildiz (" Star" ) Park - Constantinople, Turkey. A fine heavily European-influenced Fountain. On the European side of the Bosphorus, close to the Ciragan Palace

Mosque Interior, Constantinople
The lavish interior of a Mosque in Constantinople, Turkey with an ornate fountain and hanging chandeliers

Beyazidiye Mosque, Constantinople, Turkey
The Beyazidiye Mosque (built between 1501-1506) in Constantinople. The Mosque encorporated a number of educational buildings, public baths and tombs (turbes)

Russian Summer Embassy - Constantinople
The Russian Summer Embassy at Buyukdere, Constantinople, Turkey on the Bosphorus beyond Tarabya. Standing at the North end of a large Bay - its Turkish name means Large Valley while in Byzantine

Russian Monument - San Stefano, Constantinople
The Exterior and interior of the imposing Russian monument, set up in San Stefano, Constantinople to commemorate the conclusion of the Treaty of San Stefano (of March 1878)

New Bridge (Galata Bridge) in the rain
View toward Karakoy across the New Bridge (Galata Bridge) on a very wet day - Constantinople, Turkey

Saray Burnu, Constantinople, Turkey
Palace Point, Constantinople - La Pointe du Seraile or Saray Burnu (in Turkish)

Selimiye Barracks, Haydar Pasa
The Selimiye Barracks at Haydar Pasa (built by Mahmud II in 1828), known in Turkish as Kisla - the site of Florence Nightingales British Military Hospital during the Crimean War

Inauguration of the Fountain of Kaiser Wilhelm II, Constantinople on the occasion of the Emperors second visit to the city on the 27th January, 1901

Constantinople - View of Kuzguncuk
This little village is between Beylerbey and Uskudar on the Asian side of Bosphorus. A quiet place, which takes its name from Kuzgun Baba

Fire at Kasim Pasa, Constantinople
A fire at Kasim Pasa, Constantinople, Turkey. The city was very prone to fires (which broke out regularly) due to wooden buildings and charcoal cooking fires, resulting in regular conflagrations

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