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In the terraced garden rising behind his home on the Bosphorus, the Honorable G.B. Ravendael [i.e., Ravndal], American Consul-General in Constantinople, points out the Giant's Hill (or Goliath's Hill??) over on the Asiatic side and in the shelter of it the huge tanks of Standard Oil Co.

In the terraced garden rising behind his home on the Bosphorus, the Ho...

Frank Carpenter (left) and American Consul General Gabriel Bie Ravndal, full-length portrait, standing on balcony, facing right, Bosporus, Turkey. Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress). I... More

Old forts built centuries ago to hold back the Turkish invasion In the terraced garden rising behind his home on the Bosphorus, the Honorable G.B. Ravendael [i.e., Ravndal], American Consul-General in Constantinople, points out the Giant's Hill (or Goliath's Hill??) over on the Asiatic side and in the shelter of it the huge tanks of Standard Oil Co.

Old forts built centuries ago to hold back the Turkish invasion In the...

Photographs show a palaces on the shores of the Bosphorus, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1370 (top image) and no. 1371 (bottom image). Text under image no. 1370:... More