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 unknownKaraköy in the nineteenth century
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Date unknownBüyük Hendek Street in nineteenth-century Galata
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Date unknownSarayburnu from Tophane: Topkapı Palace and Hagia Sophia
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Date unknownKariye Mosque
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Date unknownInterior of Zeyrek Mosque
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Date unknownExterior of Zeyrek Mosque
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Date unknownCopyright © 2019 Cornelius Gurlitt. All Rights Reserved.
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1870–1879Ağalar Office Hospital, Beylerbeyi · 1870s
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Date unknownKasımpaşa Marine Hospital
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Catalogue date · 1894Demirkapı Telkıhhane-i Şahane (Agriculture House), 1894
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Date unknownEngineerhouse-i Berri Humiayun, Halıcıoğlu
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Catalogue date · 1894Gedikpaşa Tebhirhane, 1894
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Date unknownCağaloğlu
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Date unknownFethiye Mosque
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Date unknownYavuz Sultan Selim Medresesi · Carpeters
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1903Idam Tables in Eminönü · May 3, 1903
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Date unknownYıldız Mosque and Palace — Archive image
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Date unknownYıldız Mosque and Palace — Archive image
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Date unknownShipping Date Cards — View from the archive
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Date unknownTopkapı Sarayı — Archive record
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Date unknownTaksim — View from the archive
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Date unknownSultanahmet — Archive record
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Date unknownSOKERS — Archive image
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Date unknownSEBİL-nevşehirli damat ibrahim paşa
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