Map showing mosques of Constantinople in 1910s.
“Nature study in an Orphanage.”
A Turkish orphanage in Istanbul/Constantinople (1920).
“…Armenian, Turkish, and Greek Orphanages Of the many thousands of motherless and fatherless children whom recent wars, deportations, and massacres in Turkey have cast on their communities for protection, nearly 10,000 are located in the Constantinople district.The figures resulting from our investigation are as follows:
Armenians 3827
Turks 2798
Greeks 1548
Jews 279
Russians 280
Page 229. From the book “Constantinople to-day; or, The pathfinder survey of Constantinople; a study in oriental social life” (1922) by Johnson, Clarence Richard.
“Ice cream merchant, Constantinople”
Photographed and published by Kilburn,Benjamin West. 1898 March 12.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.
Gymnastics in a Turkish Girl’s School
Photographed by T.J Damon. (Most probably in 1919-1920)
From the book “Constantinople to-day; or, The pathfinder survey of Constantinople; a study in oriental social life” (1922) by Johnson, Clarence Richard.
“Selling Strawberries in the Stamboul Market”
Photographed by T.J Damon. (Most probably in 1919-1920)
From the book “Constantinople to-day; or, The pathfinder survey of Constantinople; a study in oriental social life” (1922) by Johnson, Clarence Richard.
” In one of these rooms, was a man with a genius for decoration; he had constructed out of prison bread a number of miniature deer, geese, dogs, and other animals, placing them on a garden box with real grass growing in it.”
Written after a visit to Sultan Ahmed Central Prison in Stamboul on March 19,1921.
From the Book “Constantinople to-day; or, The pathfinder survey of Constantinople; a study in oriental social life” (1922) by Johnson, Clarence Richard.
Warship Kaiser on which Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany came to Constantinople. By Abdullah Frères.LOC archives
Group of irregular cavalrymen (başıbozuks) enjoying their nargile.
by Abdullah frères
“Turkish shop and merchant”
Another street scene by Studio Sebah & Joaillier.1880-1900.LOC Archives
Students of the School for the Blind. Constantinople. Photograph by Abdullah Frères, photographes de S.M.I. le Sultan.
The students of the Imperial Military Middle School for Pharmacy and Veterinary Medicine in Eyüp. Photograph by Studio Phébus.1890-93
“Dogs choosing their sleeping quarters for the night-Constantinople.”
17 July 1911
Several dogs converge on curb of busy street corner in Istanbul, Turkey.
By Underwood&Underwood. LOC Archives.
Original caption : “Cook in the rue de Stamboul, Constantinople”.
1 photomechanical print : photochrom, color.
Exact date unknown,between 1890-1900.
LOC Archives
Rue à Stamboul / date unknown 1870-1910
by Berggren, G. (Guillaume), 1835-1920.
One of the picturesque Turkish streets leading down to the Bosphorus from the Mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople. Photograph by Underwood & Underwood. 1912 July 26. LOC Archives
