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 ↗
Soğukçeşme Street by Hagia Sophia, 1965
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A melon seller in Istanbul, 1943
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People in Istanbul, 1918
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People in Istanbul, 1918
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People in Istanbul, 1918
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People in Istanbul, 1918
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People in Istanbul, 1918
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People in Istanbul, 1918
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People in Istanbul, 1918
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Sultanahmet Square, 1967
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İstiklal Avenue, Galatasaray, 1926
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Mecidiyeköy, 1942
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Şair Mehmet Efendi Street in Küçük Ayasofya, 1970
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Cats in Istanbul, 1934
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Kadıköy, 1982
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A railway pointsman at Haydarpaşa Station, 1946
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The Hilton Hotel in Harbiye, 1957
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A postcard of Maltepe, 1980s
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A wedding car in Istanbul, 1974
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Istanbul, 1967
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Amber Ağa Fountain in Beşiktaş, 1970
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The Aqueduct of Valens, 1894
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The workers’ rally in Saraçhane, 31 December 1961
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Taksim Square, 1932
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