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 unknownThe nursery at Darülaceze
41.0638, 28.9832
Date unknownOrphans at Darülaceze
41.0638, 28.9832
Date unknownThe orphans' dormitory at Darülaceze
41.0638, 28.9832
Date unknownGirls learning carpet weaving at Darülaceze
41.0638, 28.9832
Date unknownChildren at Darülhayr
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownA completely destroyed primary school in Sultanhamam
41.0182, 28.9700
Catalogue date · 1894Unkapanı Mosque, badly damaged in the 1894 earthquake
41.0150, 28.9655
Date unknownInterior of Mihrimah Sultan Mosque in Edirnekapı after an earthquake
41.0333, 28.9294
Catalogue date · 1894Clearing rubble outside the Ministry of War after the 1894 earthquake
41.0097, 28.9665
Catalogue date · 1894Tents sheltering survivors of the 1894 earthquake
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownRepairs to the Ottoman Printing House after the 1894 earthquake
41.0064, 28.9759
Catalogue date · 1894The Çemberlitaş area after the 1894 earthquake
41.0085, 28.9711
Catalogue date · 1894Buildings destroyed in the 1894 earthquake
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownThe city left in ruins after an earthquake
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownThe fire brigade bugle and drum corps
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownThe fire service demolition squad established in 1929
41.0064, 28.9759
Catalogue date · 1932Firefighters and equipment ready outside the fire station, 1932
41.0064, 28.9759
Catalogue date · 1932Firefighters and equipment ready outside the fire station, 1932
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownThe naval fire brigade battalion
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownÖdön Széchenyi and the leaders of the Ottoman fire service
41.0064, 28.9759
Catalogue date · 1954Ice on the Bosphorus, February 1954
41.0849, 29.0567
Catalogue date · 1954Ice on the Bosphorus, February 1954
41.0849, 29.0567
Catalogue date · 1954Ice on the Bosphorus, February 1954
41.0849, 29.0567
Catalogue date · 1954Ice floes filling the Bosphorus, February 1954
41.0849, 29.0567