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 unknownBeyazıt, Süleymaniye, Şehzadebaşı and Karaköy in the late nineteenth century
41.0064, 28.9759
Date unknownThe walled city with Üsküdar, Harem and Selimiye across the water in the late nineteenth century
41.0104, 28.9702
Date unknownFatih municipal building
41.0193, 28.9479
Date unknownThe Beyoğlu municipal office
41.0284, 28.9737
Date unknownAn Eyüp street in the late nineteenth century
41.0478, 28.9327
Date unknownThe Eminönü municipal office
41.0182, 28.9700
Date unknownOfficial opening of the Fatih municipal office
41.0193, 28.9479
Date unknownOfficial opening of the Fatih municipal office
41.0193, 28.9479
Date unknownOfficial opening of the Fatih municipal office
41.0193, 28.9479
Date unknownOfficial opening of the Fatih municipal office
41.0193, 28.9479
Date unknownThe Kadıköy municipal office
40.9913, 29.0246
Date unknownThe Sublime Porte in the nineteenth century
41.0111, 28.9781
Date unknownÇengelköy Police Station
41.0546, 29.0282
Date unknownFenerbahçe Police Station
41.0546, 29.0282
Date unknownKocamustafapaşa Police Station
41.0546, 29.0282
Date unknownKumkapı Police Station
41.0546, 29.0282
Date unknownVoyvoda Police Station in Galata
41.0256, 28.9742
Date unknownTaksim Police Station
41.0381, 28.9855
Date unknownThe Sublime Porte in the late nineteenth century
41.0111, 28.9781
Date unknownTekfur Palace
41.0339, 28.9403
Date unknownTeachers and students of the Darülfünun law department
41.0064, 28.9759
Catalogue date · 1959Sukarno and Celal Bayar reviewing the guard of honor at Dolmabahçe Palace in 1959
41.0391, 29.0003
1950–1959Dolmabahçe Palace in the 1950s
41.0391, 29.0003
Catalogue date · 1910King Ferdinand of Bulgaria visiting Istanbul in 1910
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