Istanbul Collection (page 32)

Turkish Woman in their wagon
Turkish women with attendants in their traditional covered (and lavishly decorated) wagon, drawn by oxen

Carpet Sellers - Constantinople, Turkey
Carpet Selling in the Constantinople Bazaar from an open stall

Cooking Utensil Salesman
Itinerant cooking utensil salesman, with a wicker backpack and hand basket, containing brushes and wooden platters

A Turkish Woman - portrait photograph
A studio portrait of a veiled woman resting her arm on the back of a wooden seat

Offal seller - Constantinople
In Turkey, unwanted offal is used to feed cats. Here an offal vendor cuts off some dinner for a womans pet cat. Possibly a liver seller

A Group of Turkish Women - Constantinople
A Group of Turkish Women walking in Constantinople, Turkey

Grand Turkish Lady
A Grand Turkish Lady with fine wall decoration behind

Mademoiselle Rosalia
The Charming and Fragrant beauty of Constantinople - Mademoiseel Rosalia

Miss Calavalava - a known beauty. Smoking a hookah pipe and leaning on a divan

A dancing girl - Constantinople, Turkey
A beautiful young dancing girl from Constantinople, Turkey, holding a tamborine

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

Constantinople - Sultan Ahmet I Mosque
Constantinople - The Sultan Ahmet I Mosque - The Blue Mosque, viewed from the Hippodrome. The Mosque has six minarets. Completed in 1616 - architect Mehmet Aga

Babies from many racial groups in Istanbul
The Taste of Milk - 50 babies in Istanbul at the Lazarist Mission, who are Turkish, Greek, Armenian, Syrian and Israeli!

German Embassy - Constantinople, urkey
The German Embassy to Ottoman Empire at the time of World War One - Constantinople, Turkey

Buyukada - Monastery of christ
Buyukada (also known as Prinkipo) - the Monastery of Christ

Ministry of War
The Entrance to the Ministry of War in Constantinople and the Tower of Seras Kierat

Peasant man with horse
A peasant working man in Istanbul on the Asian side of the Bosphorus stands with his white horse carrying two large metal containers on either flank

View toward Topkapi across mouth of Golden Horn
View toward the Topkapi Palace across mouth of Golden Horn - the photograph is framed in a red background and sits above an illustration of the British Naval Flag

Stylised view of a rider approaching Constantinople, with the distinctive outline of a Mosque on the horizon

View from Asian side of Bosphorus to European side, with Ciragan Palace on the horizon, now turned into a luxury Hotel

Ottoman newspaper with Dervishes (centre)
An Ottoman newspaper reproduced on a postcard, with a central photograph of Mevlevi Dervishes with ney player and Koranic reader

Fantasy card - Istanbul - Telegram form
Fantasy postcard in the form of a telegram form, featuring a street scene in Constantinople (Kara Koy). The Imperial Ottoman Post and Telegraph Service

View of the Arsenal on the Golden Horn - Constantinople

Armenian newspaper - Harem girl photograph
Armenian newspaper - with Harem girl in centre. Interesting juxtaposition here, as the printing occured prior to the commencement of difficulties between the Armenians and the Turks

Turkish street scene - Istanbul
Typical back street scene in Constantinople in the 1920s. Mud, rubble and wooden houses predominate the view

Istanbul - Ancient Fountain at Scutari (Uskudar)

Ladies collect water - Constantinople city walls
Women collecting water in their water bottles/jars at a fountain in Istanbul, located just outside the city walls

Street coffee House - Constantinople
A street coffee house in Constantinople (Istanbul). The gentleman seated on left is smoking a pipe of great length, whilst the standing coffee house owner on the right holds a coffee cup

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

Traditional Yali house - Istanbul
Traditional Turkish houses. This specific style of building is known Yali - " Waterside Mansion"

A Constantinople fantasy harem lady dancing exotically, Turkey

A ferry boat crossing the Bosphorus. Typical scene showing a crossing of a wide section of the Bosphorus with six oarsmen (quite unusual)

Group of Street Musicians - Turkey
Group of Turkish street musicians eat bread served off a drum. In Turkey the principle constituent of every meal is bread, with meat or fish serving only as the adjunct

Istanbul -
So near, but yet so far - satirical comment on class distinctions in early 20th century Turkey between wealthy Turk and a poor penniless Armenian beggar

Turkish Christmas Card
Christmas card sent by Ferdinando de Paruta who was the Director of the International Couriers and Guides Office of Pera, Constantinople. Card produced by Sebah and Joaillier in Constantinople

Constantinople - Turkish religious scholar, reading the Koran, seated on a fine carpet

Constantinople - Kadikoy - School of St. Joseph, run by Christian brothers

Constantinople - Dervish at prayer with Minarets in the background

Ferikoy - Constantinople - Notre Dame de Zion School. School children at play (on swing) with nun

Constantinople - Muezzin - Call to prayer in village of Rumeli Hisari

Turkish Beggar - Constantinople

Muslims praying at Tomb / funeral of a local Sufi
Muslims praying at Tomb or funeral of a local Sufi in Istanbul, Turkey

Constantinople - Orthodox Church Patriarch Joachim with various bishops. Standing before a series of ceremonial items, some wrapped in black cloth

Constantinople - Whirling Dervish Group with ney players, zither player and Koranic reciter. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

Mevlevi Whirling Dervish turning. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Whirling Dervishes - young and old (Constantinople). The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

Constantinople - Young child practising whirling with Father playing the Ney. The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia)

Whirling Dervish - Constantinople (portrait). The Mevlevi Whirling Dervishes of Konya (Konia). This Dervish order was founded in memory of Jelaluddin Rumi (1207 - 1273) - mystic and poet

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