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[The gun and engine stores at the Imperial Naval Arsenal] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople. – Vintage Print

[The gun and engine stores at the Imperial Naval Arsenal] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph
[The gun and engine stores at the Imperial Naval Arsenal] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople., [between 1880 and 1893]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

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[The gun and engine stores at the Imperial Naval Arsenal] / Abdullah Frères, Constantinople.

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The gun and engine stores of the Imperial Naval Arsenal in Constantinople appear here, with the arsenal's working interior laid out in the frame. Abdullah Frères, the studio of Ottoman court photographers, made the print sometime between 1880 and 1893, a period when the empire was modernizing its fleet and depended on the Golden Horn shipyards for guns, machinery and repairs. Albumen prints like this one were made from glass negatives and mounted in albums, and the caption appears in both Ottoman Turkish and French, which suggests it was meant for viewers beyond the palace. It belongs to the album of Abdul-Hamid II, which documents the arsenal alongside the naval academy and the navy department.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1893]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenreAlbumen prints 1880-1900.
NotesTitle translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 23. No. 24. In album: The Imperial Naval Academy, Imperial Naval Arsenal, Navy Department, and bridges, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsNaval yards & naval stations--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Armories--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,157 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-154000

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