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Vassilaki Kargopoulo Photographs Collection
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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
Gift of the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund (AM 2023-094).
This collection was processed by Kalliopi Balatsouka in 2023. Finding aid written by Kalliopi Balatsouka in 2023.
No materials were removed from the collection during 2023 processing beyond routine appraisal practices."
Organization
Subject
Place
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Author
- Kalliopi Balatsouka
- Finding Aid Date
- 2023
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further duplication 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 Special Collections 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
Consists of (19) album pages with twenty-six photographs mounted on verso and recto, containing one to eight per side. Images depict various views of the city of Constantinople and the wider area, including the Tunnel station at Pera, Bosporus, the Goldern Chorn, Galata and Therapia, the Süleymaniye Mosque, a panoramic view of the mosque Ortakeuy, a Turkish neighborhood, the cemetery of Eyoub, the port of Istanbul, Pointe Du Serail, the Dolmabahçe Palace, the Galata Tower, the tower of the Yedikule Fortress (Castle of Seven Towers), and street scenes. Also included are twenty-six photographs of portraits showing professions and traditional costumes such as Zeibekides, fishermen, military men, flower sellers, etc. They are captioned in French, numbered and signed in negative. Signed: B. Kargopoulo, phot. Dimensions 6 x 9 cm to 27.3 x 21 cm.
There are also seven engravings pasted on the verso of equal cardboards depicting a sultan during the ceremony of investiture; boatmen of Bosporus; a panoramic view of Constantinople with the Galata Tower in the foreground; and the ship M.AB.BP passing through the Bosporus Strait in Istanbul among the rest.
Physical Description1 folder
Consists of two album pages with six photographs mounted recto and verso, one to three per side (21.2 x 26.8 cm) Images depict general views of the Princes' Islands and Chalkē (Heybeli (İstanbul İli)); regattas in the Princes' Islands; and four portraits with traditional costumes. Captions, number and signature in negative or cardboard in French. Signed: B. Kargopoulo, Phot.
Consists of three photographs (27 x 21 cm) mounted on both sides of card board of loose album pages. Images depict the mosque of Sultan Selim, a panoramic view of Adrianople and Mikhal Keupru. Included also are two etchings attached on the verso of two of the album pages: Villa Neriman, where preliminaries talks for the Peace treaty of San Stefano (today Yesilkoy) took place Istanbul, Turkey, the Russian-Turkish war were discussed)(18.5 x 12 cm); and Le Pont de Plerre sur la Toungia in Adrianople (23.5 x 12 cm).
Physical Description1 folder