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 unknownWater delivery to neighborhoods by tanker
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownQueue for water at a fountain
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownMerzifonlu Kara Mustafa Paşa Mosque in Karaköy
41.0229, 28.9740
Date unknownCamcılar Mosque in Aksaray
41.0083, 28.9503
Catalogue date · 1941Süleyman Subaşı Mosque
41.0221, 28.9609
Date unknownRoad construction in Aksaray
41.0083, 28.9503
Date unknownCargo handling at Istanbul Port
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownA printing house and its workers in Istanbul
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownTextile production
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownDomestic Goods Week in Istanbul
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownShopping in Mahmutpaşa
41.0112, 28.9698
Date unknownMahmutpaşa Bazaar
41.0112, 28.9698
Catalogue date · 1935Pulses displayed with their prices
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownAn egg seller in Istanbul
41.0064, 28.9759
1930–1939Production in Istanbul factories
41.0064, 28.9759
1930–1939Production in Istanbul factories
41.0064, 28.9759
Catalogue date · 1928Exchange boards at the Fourth Vakıf Han
41.0182, 28.9700
Catalogue date · 1931Fourth Vakıf Han
41.0182, 28.9700
Date unknownA bank branch in Istanbul
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownTrading hall of the Grain Exchange
41.0064, 28.9759
Catalogue date · 1930Domestic goods exhibition at Galatasaray High School
41.0284, 28.9737
Catalogue date · 1930Cotton sacks on Istanbul streets
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownIstanbul Commodity Exchange
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownIstanbul Commodity Exchange
41.0064, 28.9759