Water front at Suryma, the leading big market of the world – Antique Photo Print
![Water front at Suryma, the leading big market of the world, [between 1909 and 1919] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/95/95e141e9f088-L.webp)
(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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Water front at Suryma, the leading big market of the world
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The record gives the place as "Suryma," a spelling it marks as unverified, but it most likely refers to Smyrna, the busy Aegean port now called İzmir in Turkey. For centuries Smyrna was a major commercial hub, and its waterfront drew merchants, cargo, and traders from across the eastern Mediterranean. The picture is part of a group of glass negatives from the National Photo Company, a commercial firm that issued travel views between about 1909 and 1919. Streaks and blemishes on the plate come from the gradual decay of its original coating.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1919] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. This glass negative might show streaks and other blemishes resulting from a natural deterioration in the original coatings. Temp. note: Batch four. |
| Source | Library of Congress, National Photo Company Collection |
| Original scan | 6,065 × 4,401 px · prints to 20 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-NPC-248711 |
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