Main content

Ottoman Empire Photographs Collection

Notifications

Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

The collection consists of an open collection of general photographs of Ottoman Empire sites. Currently, there are more than 39 19th-century photographs of Constantinople [Istanbul] and the surrounding area. Included are two photographs by Rubellin et fils, one photograph by D. Michailides, one carte de visite (ca. 1868) by Athanasios Calphas, one photograph by Vassilaki Kargopoulo, and two panoramas (in 6 parts and 8 parts) of Istanbul and the Bosporus by unidentified photographers. In addition, there are 7 postcard photographs of Smyrna and the surrounding area.

Photographs are grouped by accession number.

The photographs were purchased from Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books, K.A. Papadopoulos, Ex Libris Museum, and Krul Antiquarian Books in 2002-2008 with matching funds provided by the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund, and by the Department of Near Eastern Studies. Various AM.

Folder Inventory added by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

No appraisal information is available.

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

5 albumen stereoscopic prints from "Constantinople", circa 1870-1880. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Chateau d'Europe de Bosphore, Kiosque de Sultan Beyicos, Obelisques, Tour de Galat a Constantinople, Voiture turque.

Physical Description

1 folder

"View on Canal" from "Constantinople", circa 1890. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Postcards, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Portrait of a girl, Panorama of Constantinople, gelatine stereoscopic print of Smyrna, circa 1868-circa 1905. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Inteieur du Kiosque de Bagonbati par Sultan Mourad" from "Constantinople", circa 1890. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Interior of San Sofia" from "Constantinople", circa 1890. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Interior of San Sofia" from "Constantinople" (2), circa 1890. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Mosque of San Sofia" from "Constantinople", circa 1900. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Port and small palace" from "Constantinople", circa 1890. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Port and square" from "Constantinople", circa 1890. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Ste Sophie, interieur" from "Constantinople", circa 1890. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Tombe" from "Constantinople", circa 1890. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Street view" from "Smyrna", "Ruines d'une Mosquee a Ephese" by P.L. Dermond, circa 1895-circa 1900. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Reception Room" from "Constantinople, circa 1900. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Interieur de la mosquee Ste Sophie" from "Constantinople, circa 1890. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Cordoniers arabes", undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Untitled", undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Cafe Turc", undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Assorted Prints from "Constantinople", undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Ephesus" and "Temple of Diana", 1886. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

More "Ephesus" Prints, "Turkish Lady" from "Constantinople, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Materials Viewable Online
  1. View digital content
"Le Bosphore", undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

"Constantinople" Cover, undated. 1 folder.
Physical Description

1 folder

Print, Suggest