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 unknownChildren enjoying a traveling street swing in Istanbul
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Date unknownAn official holiday parade in Istanbul
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Date unknownAn outdoor restaurant in Istanbul
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Date unknownA restaurant in Istanbul
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Date unknownThe Spice Bazaar in the early Republic
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Date unknownRussian Hospital in Şişli
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Date unknownFrench Hospital
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Date unknownItalian Hospital
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Date unknownJewish Hospital
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Date unknownBalıklı Greek Hospital
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Date unknownOpening of Kâğıthane Hospital
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Date unknownAn operating room at Hamidiye Etfal Hospital
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Date unknownHamidiye Etfal Hospital
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Date unknownHaseki Hospital
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Date unknownBarracks at Serviburnu Quarantine Station
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Date unknownÜsküdar Disinfection Station
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Date unknownTophane Disinfection Station
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Date unknownA pavilion at Yedikule Tuberculosis Hospital
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Date unknownThe sanatorium of Hamidiye Etfal Hospital
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Date unknownHüseyin Remzi Bey and vaccination institute staff preparing a calf for smallpox vaccine production
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Date unknownA street cleaner
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Date unknownAbdülhamid II going to Yıldız Mosque for the Friday procession
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Date unknownThe Mese route at Çemberlitaş
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Date unknownThe Hippodrome, the Byzantine ceremonial square
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