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 unknownGovernor and mayor Muhittin Üstündağ at a Republic Day ceremony
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Date unknownAn election campaign in Istanbul
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Date unknownThe ballot box for the Pürtelaş Hasan and Kılıç Ali neighborhoods
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Date unknownCasting a vote
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Date unknownAn election campaign in Istanbul
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Date unknownKumkapı's ballot box being taken to the Eminönü district office
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Catalogue date · 1930Ballot boxes and voting in Istanbul
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Catalogue date · 1930Ballot boxes and voting in Istanbul
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Date unknownMehmed V Reşad arriving to open the Chamber of Deputies
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Date unknownBeyoğlu ballot boxes being carried along Cadde-i Kebir
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Date unknownVoting and election supervision in the Mekteb-i Sultanî courtyard
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Date unknownMülkiye students and graduates attending the opening of the Chamber of Deputies
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Date unknownSaid Paşa reading the imperial address at the opening of the Chamber of Deputies
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Catalogue date · 1908Opening of the Chamber of Deputies with Abdülhamid II standing in the central box
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Date unknownA street in old Istanbul
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Date unknownSüleymaniye neighborhood
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Date unknownHagia Sophia and its surroundings
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Date unknownYıldız Mosque and the Büyük Mabeyn Pavilion
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Date unknownIstanbul City Hall
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Date unknownIstanbul City Hall
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Date unknownIstanbul City Hall
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Date unknownConstruction of Istanbul City Hall
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Date unknownConstruction of Istanbul City Hall with a passing tram
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Date unknownLandscaping outside the Istanbul governor's office
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