HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTIONS
Bosphorus Shores
Historical photographs tracing Istanbul’s changing urban fabric, from districts and daily life to schools and waterfronts.Photographs are grouped at their city or area centre. Purple markers indicate approximate locations.
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Construction of the Bosphorus Bridge at Beylerbeyi, 1972
41.0064, 28.9759
People walking across the Bosphorus Bridge in the snow, 2004
41.0064, 28.9759
The Bosphorus and Rumeli Fortress from Sevda Hill, 1958
41.0064, 28.9759
The Bosphorus, 1950s
41.0064, 28.9759
Rumeli Fortress, 1962
41.0064, 28.9759
The opening of the Bosphorus Bridge, 1973
41.0064, 28.9759
Construction of the Bosphorus Bridge, 1972–1973
41.0064, 28.9759
The Bosphorus and Kanlıca from above Rumeli Fortress, 1973
41.0064, 28.9759
The opening of the Bosphorus Bridge, 1973
41.0064, 28.9759
Rumeli Fortress and Anadolu Fortress, 1930s
41.0064, 28.9759
Rumeli Fortress from Sevda Hill in Kandilli, 1950s
41.0064, 28.9759
Rumeli Fortress from Sevda Hill in Kandilli, 1950s
41.0064, 28.9759
Istanbul from the hills above Rumeli Fortress, 1960s
41.0064, 28.9759
Fahri Korutürk inspecting construction of the Bosphorus Bridge, 1973
41.0064, 28.9759
Rumeli Fortress, 1942
41.0064, 28.9759
The Bosphorus from the towers of Rumeli Fortress, 1962
41.0064, 28.9759
Istanbul from the terrace of Robert College, 1972
41.0064, 28.9759
Rumeli Fortress and the Bosphorus, 1907
41.0064, 28.9759
Rumelihisarı before restoration
41.0849, 29.0567
Yorgaki Çelebi House in Bebek
41.0790, 29.0440
Passenger ferry leaving a Bosphorus pier
41.0849, 29.0567
A ferry on the Bosphorus
41.0849, 29.0567
Car ferry on the Bosphorus
41.0849, 29.0567
Paddle steamer on the Bosphorus
41.0849, 29.0567