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This Turkish woman in the bazaar keeps up with the modern styles in her black and white color scheme of costume Along the docks, hamals or porters are numerous carrying their burdens from the incoming ships.
Summary
Photographs show a woman wearing çarşaf without a face veil walking through a market and a porter carrying bags in front of the offices of "J. Chryssophos & Co., steamship agents and brokers", Istanbul, Turkey.
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Date
01/01/1923
Contributors
Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924, photographer
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Source
Library of Congress
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