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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.

This Turkish woman in the bazaar keeps up with the modern styles in he...

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.

Hamals or porters are trained from infancy to carry great loads on their backs. The son succeeds the father in the business and becomes a member of the union Parasols are carried by fat Hoxhas or priests to protect them from the hot sun. Their religion does not allow them to wear broad brimmed hats as they cannot shade their eyes from Allah.

Hamals or porters are trained from infancy to carry great loads on the...

Photographs show porter with basket crossing the Galata Bridge and an imam carrying an umbrella walking down the street, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code stamped on page: LC-C26. On page: no. 1392 (top... More

In the absence of auto trucks, in Constantinople hamals, or porters, carry mammoth loads on their backs. The saddle shown here is strapped to the back with the piano or load resting on it

In the absence of auto trucks, in Constantinople hamals, or porters, c...

Photographs show hamals (porters) standing in street, Istanbul, Turkey. Negative series code written on page: C262. On page: no. 1341 (left image) and no. 1342 (right image). Text under image no. 1342: Same a... More

Donkeys and men are the beasts of burden in this city of the east Hamals or porters are trained from infancy to carry great loads on their backs. The son succeeds the father in the business and becomes a member of the union.

Donkeys and men are the beasts of burden in this city of the east Hama...

Photographs show a man with a cart and donkey and porters carrying baskets on the Galata Bridge with Galata Tower in the background, Istanbul, Turkey.