Turkey Collection (#75)

Collector of Dung - Constantinople, Turkey with his pony bearing two wicker panniers to hold the gathered refuse and a spade to pick it up with!

Kitchen of the Commercial Religious Institute, Istanbul
Kitchen of the Commercial Religious Institute - Establishment of the Brothers at Kadikoy, Constantinople

The Main Post Office, Istanbul. There are different counters for local/ interior post and for International post. A clock above the counter unusually shows the time in two different time zones

A Turkish Tinker
A metal utensil manufacturer in Constantinople in his workshop. A Turkish Tinker, a mender of metal objects

Brush salesman
A brush seller in Constantinople, Turkey

Dardanelles - The Castles
Castles at the Dardanelles, Turkey, Ottoman Empire

Fish Salesmen, Constantinople
Two fish salesmen, Constantinople

Seller of Muhallebi, Turkey
Seller of Muhallebi - a milk pudding thickened with rice flour and optionally perfumed with rose water or orange flower water

Seller of little chickens
A Bohemian Gypsy lady chicken seller, specialising in little chickens. Pictures with her young male assistant

Hotel Tokatlian in Pera (another property owned by this Armenian Hotelier was in Therapia), Constantinople, Turkey

View across the Golden Horn
A general view across the Golden Horn toward Constantinople. The French flag flies on the stern of a boat in the Harbour. The skyline is dominated by the domes

Turkish Beggar - Albanian / Macedonian region
Turkish Beggar in the Albanian / Macedonian region of the Ottoman Empire

Harbour of Constantinople
General view of the Harbour of Constantinople, Turkey across the Golden Horn

Elderly porter - Constantinople, Turkey
An elderly porter carrying a leather case with a rug on top

Coal Merchant, showing a classic example of a leather back support, which enabled such potentially heavy and awkward loads to be transported

Chicken sellers, Constantinople
Two female chicken sellers, Constantinople, Turkey

Railway passing the Little Aya Sofya
The Turkish railway passing the Little Aya Sofya - the Saint Sergius and Saint Bacchus Church, now a Mosque. Begun by Justinian in 527

Antioch - Turkey - Hotel du Tourisme
Hotel du Tourisme - Antioch, Turkey (modern Hatay). On the Orontes River in the far south of modern Turkey. Founded in the 4th century BC

Turkish Fountain with Water Carriers
A Turkish fountain at Constantinople. Three Turkish water carriers filling up their backpack water bags at the source

Turkey - Istanbul - Ayasofya
The Ayasofya, Constantinople as viewed from the Blue Mosque with the Bosphorous in the background, looking toward Asia

Trackside Sellers of Sweetbreads
Selling of a selection of sweetbreads at the side of railway track, Turkey

Constantinople - Fruit Vendor
Constantinople - A happy fruit vendor, standing next to a well

Bethlehem - Working Mother-of-Pearl
Working Mother-of-Pearl used (amongst other things) in the decoration of furniture and small decorative items in Bethlehem, then very much part of the Ottoman Empire

Oriental Turkish Beauty from Constantinople
An oriental Turkish beauty from Constantinople - possibly a dancer. in highly decorated outfit with raised motifs and tassles

Turkish porter carrying two suitcases
A Turkish porter bent double under his load of two suitcases, a selection of Gentlemans canes and a fez hatbox!

Turkish woman with parasol
Turkish woman standing with an open white parasol in traditional street costume

Constantinople Ferryboat - Galata
The Ferryboat from Haydar Pasa at the Galata Dock/Station/Bridge at Constantinople, Turkey

Turkish porters - Constantinople
Turkish porter carrying (struggling beneath!) an enormous wooden crate up a street in Constantinople, Turkey

Interpreter and guard for travellers
A superb postcard showing an interpreter and guard that a traveller could hire for translation and protection!

Turkish Sweet Shop
Turkish Sweet shop in Constantinople, Turkey with a variety of interestingly shaped jars with a variety of interestingly flavoured sweet contents!

Constantinople Ferryboat on the Bosphorus (No. 33)

Turkish Gypsy twins
A pair of Turkish Gypsy twins in traditional costume

Travelling Barber - Turkey
Travelling Barber, Turkey - shaving a customer

Hardware shop - Turkey
A beautiful postcard showing a small Turkish hardware stall with a fantastic wooden surround in decorated panelling and even decoreted shutters. The hand-tinting of this card is particularly striking

Mrs Zia - An Istanbul Housewife - unusual pictures as she is un-veiled and allowing her portrait to be taken. Also unusual in the fact that she is not a professional model posing for the shot

Bohemian Women enjoying the high life
Gypsy Bohemian women in Turkey indulging in the high life

Seller of Quince, Constantinople, Turkey

Turkish beggar woman with baby
A Turkish beggar woman seated, holding her young child in very simple clothing. The Turkish people (particularly Turkish men) are mad about children

Turkish rug manufacture
The manufacturing of Turkish carpets. Women sit at the base of a large loom, with the different coloured balls of wool hanging on an upper strut

Turkish beauty - Constantinople
A Turkish Beauty from Constantinople standing in front of a hanging rug

Three Engineers and a large belt-drive
Three Turkish engineers stand proudly in front of a large piece of belt-driven machinery, possibly a generator

A Group of Cobblers
A Group of Turkish Cobblers repairing shoes

The Andrinople Gate - Constantinople, Turkey

Turkish Professor reading a text
A Turkish professor, wearing a large white turban, lies down to readi a text on a fine Turkish carpet (or four!) with a Hookah Pipe on a small hexagonal Mother-of-pearl inlaid table behind him

Regular Fireman - Constantinople, Turkey
Regular fireman in constantinople drill at their compound, practising scaling the side of a dummy building with long ladders and hosing down a fire

Carpet Selling - Constantinople Bazaar
Carpet sellers at the Constantinople Bazaar

Turkish Firemen - Constantinople, Turkey
Buyukdere fire brigade team in their striped uniforms and bobble hats! They surround their highly decorated maual firefighting pump

The Summer Palace Hotel - Constantinople
The Summer Palace Hotel - Therapia, Constantinople. Owned by M. Tokatlian, an Armenian

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