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[The Imperial Sishane Police Station in Beyoglu] – Antique Wall Art

[The Imperial Sishane Police Station in Beyoglu], [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph
[The Imperial Sishane Police Station in Beyoglu], [between 1880 and 1893]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[The Imperial Sishane Police Station in Beyoglu] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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The picture shows the Imperial Sishane Police Station in Beyoğlu, the district on the European side of Istanbul that held many of the city's foreign consulates, shops, and embassies. It is one of a series of photographs of police stations and other public buildings in an album from the collection of Sultan Abdul Hamid II, who ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1876 to 1909. The album's captions appear in both Ottoman Turkish and French, which reflects how the Ottoman state presented its public works to a European audience during this period.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1893]
Medium1 photographic print : gelatin silver.
GenreGelatin silver prints 1880-1900.
NotesTitle translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 24. No. 8. In album: Police stations and other buildings, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsPolice stations--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,343 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-154705

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