More awakening of the Turks. New motor fire apparatus to replace the hand pump and runners of ancient times. The first day this was used after the Allied withdrawal, it passed through a couple of houses on a street corner A typical porter or hamal of Constantinople ; Five times daily priests or Hoxhas mount these minarets, appear on the balcony and call in wierd [i.e., weird] the faithful to prayer.

Many of the mosques of Constantinople were formerly Christian churches. There is a belief among the Christians that when the old frescoes of Saint Sophia appear again through their coating of Turkish paint, the city will fall to Christian hands In the late afternoon the setting sun silhouettes these giant toothpicks or minarets against the eastern sky making the city from the sea fairyland of beauty.

Turkish graveyard art. This picture was taken in the graveyard back of the Mohammedan mosque in Skoplje, Serbia. Note the peculiar tombstones. The one in the center is mounted with a sculptures fezz, the prescribed headgear for all true believers in the Koran. In this city of the Balkans there are as many Turks as Christians. They received an equal share with everyone else in the distribution of American Red Cross relief supplies, which led them to write a letter of thanks to the Red Cross headquarters regarding the American organization's policy of recognizing "neither race nor creed" in its humanitarianism

Sultan's private mosque. One of the most beautiful buildings in Constantinople is the private mosque of the Sultan. Every Friday morning at a scheduled hour the Sultan leaves his palace with all the pomp and ceremony of pre-war days and goes publically to worship in this private building. Thousands of people throng the streets each Friday waiting for a glimpse of the Sultan while hundreds of soldiers, police and firemen guard the streets along when he passes

Ways of the East. Although Constantinople is one of the busiest ports in the world with vessels from every country calling at her harbor, there are none of the modern conveniences for handling freight or passengers to be found. Practically all boats must be unloaded by means if lighters for there are no large docks. Boat hoists do their own work. This picture shows American Red Cross supplies bound for south Russia being transferred from the American steamer to lighters in the harbor of the Turkish capital

In Turkish Serbia. Many landmarks still remain in southern Serbia to tell of the days when this territory was part of the Turkish empire. Every little village still has its Turkish mosque and hundreds of people still worship Mohammed. This picture shows the tall minaret of the mosque rising from the little village of Skopjle, still called Uskub on many maps. This town is one of the centers of American Red Cross distribution of medicines and hospital supplies for the south of Serbia

More awakening of the Turks. New motor fire apparatus to replace the hand pump and runners of ancient times. The first day this was used after the Allied withdrawal, it passed through a couple of houses on a street corner A typical porter or hamal of Constantinople ; Five times daily priests or Hoxhas mount these minarets, appear on the balcony and call in wierd [i.e., weird] the faithful to prayer.

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Photographs show a fire truck in the street, half-length portrait of a porter, and a mosque, Istanbul, Turkey.

Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26.
On page: no. 1412 (top left image), no. 1414 (top right image) and no. 1413 (bottom image).
Text under image no. 1412: Same as image no. 1409.
In album: European pictures (1923 trip), p. [77].
Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels.
Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).

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01/01/1923

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Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924, photographer

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Silahtarağa (Istanbul, Turkey), 41.06667, 28.93333

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