HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS
Istanbul’s Memory: Districts, Buildings, and Daily Life
Historical photographs tracing Istanbul’s changing urban fabric, from districts and daily life to schools and waterfronts.Inside this collection
Cities, places and album subjects
Istanbul: General Views and Institutions473 images ↗Beyazıt and Historic Bazaars47 images ↗Eminönü and Sirkeci58 images ↗People and Their Stories40 images ↗Sultanahmet and Topkapı Palace54 images ↗Aksaray, Topkapı and Yedikule28 images ↗Golden Horn and Eyüp29 images ↗Beyoğlu and Taksim48 images ↗Fatih and Saraçhane36 images ↗Galata and Karaköy69 images ↗Şişli and Harbiye37 images ↗Beşiktaş and Dolmabahçe37 images ↗Üsküdar and Beylerbeyi106 images ↗Scenes with Unconfirmed Locations17 images ↗Bosphorus Shores33 images ↗Ortaköy and Yıldız15 images ↗Bakırköy and Zeytinburnu18 images ↗Süleymaniye and Unkapanı19 images ↗Kadıköy and Haydarpaşa42 images ↗Tophane, Fındıklı and Kabataş11 images ↗Balat and Edirnekapı8 images ↗Princes’ Islands4 images ↗
Date unknownEyüpsultan Cemetery
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Catalogue date · 1918A demonstration outside Yeni Mosque, 1918
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Catalogue date · 1918A demonstration outside Yeni Mosque, 1918
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Catalogue date · 1912Ottoman cavalry in Istanbul, 1912
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Catalogue date · 1958Şehzadebaşı, 1958
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Catalogue date · 1929A man studying the new Turkish alphabet in Beyazıt, 1929
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Catalogue date · 1908The Blue Mosque, 1908
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Catalogue date · 1890Aziziye Mosque in Kağıthane, 1890
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Catalogue date · 1913Karacaahmet Cemetery, June 1913
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Date unknownSait Faik, Özdemir Asaf and Sabahattin Eyüboğlu in Emirgan
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Catalogue date · 1960–1969A lahmacun seller in Eminönü, 1960s
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Catalogue date · 1936Lit lamps in Süleymaniye Mosque, 1936
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Catalogue date · 1934Istanbul, 1934
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Catalogue date · 1934Istanbul, 1934
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Catalogue date · 1934Istanbul, 1934
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Catalogue date · 1934Istanbul, 1934
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Date unknownIhlamur Pavilion
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Date unknownMihrimah Sultan Mosque in Üsküdar
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Date unknownA scrap dealer in Istanbul
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Catalogue date · 1960–1969Sultanahmet Square, 1960s
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Catalogue date · 1862Galata Tower, 1862
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Catalogue date · 1908Boatmen in Istanbul, 1908
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Catalogue date · 1900A person looking between gravestones in Karacaahmet, 1900
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Catalogue date · 1875Topkapı Cemetery, 1875
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