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 unknownPertevniyal Valide Sultan Mosque in Aksaray
41.0083, 28.9503
Date unknownDemolitions around the New Mosque in Eminönü
41.0182, 28.9700
Date unknownÇürüksulu waterfront mansion in Salacak
41.0265, 29.0151
Date unknownHistoric peninsula from Sarayburnu to Süleymaniye
41.0150, 28.9655
Date unknownMaiden's Tower and Galata from Salacak
41.0256, 28.9742
Date unknownHagia Sophia Mosque
41.0083, 28.9800
Date unknownGalata from Eminönü
41.0182, 28.9700
Date unknownOtto Ritter and Helmuth Cuno at the construction of Haydarpaşa Station
40.9913, 29.0246
Date unknownKadıköy Square
40.9913, 29.0246
Date unknownRıhtım Avenue in Kadıköy
40.9913, 29.0246
Date unknownHaydarpaşa and Kadıköy
40.9913, 29.0246
Date unknownUnkapanı and its surroundings
41.0221, 28.9609
Date unknownGolden Horn and the shipyard
41.0412, 28.9458
Date unknownRoad construction on Ordu Avenue
41.0083, 28.9503
Date unknownSimkeşhane after demolition of its facade
41.0083, 28.9503
Date unknownRemoval of tram tracks in Beyazıt Square
41.0097, 28.9665
Date unknownDemolition and widening works on Ordu Avenue
41.0083, 28.9503
Date unknownDemolition and widening works on Ordu Avenue
41.0083, 28.9503
Date unknownRedevelopment works in Aksaray Square
41.0083, 28.9503
Date unknownAdnan Menderes inspecting redevelopment works
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownİsmet İnönü in Beyazıt Square
41.0097, 28.9665
Date unknownTurgut Cansever examining an architectural model
Location not yet established
Date unknownGas storage facilities
41.0064, 28.9759
Catalogue date · 1881Opening of Yedikule Gasworks
40.9935, 28.9269