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![On the waterfront of the Golden Horn at Constantinople From the windows of the old Pashas palaces that fronted on this shore undesirable persons and harems that had become too large were reduced by being sewed in a sack and droped [sic] onto the Bosphorus.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDUvb24tdGhlLXdhdGVyZnJvbnQtb2YtdGhlLWdvbGRlbi1ob3JuLWF0LWNvbnN0YW50aW5vcGxlLWZyb20tdGhlLXdpbmRvd3Mtb2YtZGM2MzJiLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "On the waterfront of the Golden Horn at Constantinople From the windows of the old Pashas palaces that fronted on this shore undesirable persons and harems that had become too large were reduced by being sewed in a sack and droped [sic] onto the Bosphorus.")
Sailing over the blue waters of the Bosphorus one sees great white palaces on the shores where Sultans lived in the heyday of harems and slaves Among other ships riding quietly at anchor in the Bosphorus was a Russian "red" or Bolshevick steamer. However it was black in color.
Summary
Photographs show hamals (porters) standing in street, Istanbul, Turkey.
Negative series code written on page: C262.
On page: no. 1343 (top image) and no. 1345 (bottom image).
In album: European pictures (1923 trip), p. [43].
Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels.
Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
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Date
01/01/1923
Contributors
Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924, photographer.
Location
Silahtarağa (Istanbul, Turkey), 41.06667, 28.93333
Source
Library of Congress
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