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 ↗
Catalogue date · 1932Turkish Quran recitation ceremony at Sultanahmet Mosque, 1932
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Date unknownTurkish Quran recitation and call to prayer ceremony at Dolmabahçe
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Date unknownCeremony for the Turkish call to prayer at Dolmabahçe Palace
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Date unknownWorshippers performing ablutions outside Yeni Valide Mosque in the early twentieth century
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Date unknownGümüşhanevî Dervish Lodge
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Date unknownThe Surre procession leaving Dolmabahçe Palace for Kabataş Pier on its pilgrimage journey
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Date unknownSacrificial livestock for sale in Beyazıt Square
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Date unknownThe Armenian church built at Darülaceze by Abdülhamid II
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Date unknownThe Greek Orthodox church built at Darülaceze by Abdülhamid II
41.0638, 28.9832
Date unknownOfficial opening of the Physical Education School
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownOkçular Meydanı in the early nineteenth century
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Catalogue date · 1949Turkey's winning team at the 1949 European Freestyle Wrestling Championships in Istanbul
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Date unknownPhysical Education School students practicing fencing
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Date unknownThe Kabataş High School sports club
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Date unknownThe Fenerbahçe football team, champions of the 1911–1912 season
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Date unknownPhysical education teacher Faik Bey with his Galatasaray High School students
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Date unknownA gymnastics demonstration
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Date unknownA rowing race in Büyükada
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Date unknownNaval Academy students practicing swimming
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Date unknownA toy seller in Istanbul
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Date unknownMembers of the Ottoman Red Crescent central committee
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Date unknownA hospital ward at Darülaceze
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Date unknownElderly patients at Darülaceze
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Date unknownChildren in the nursery
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