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[A group photograph of the students and the teachers of the Mekteb-i Tibbiye-yi Mülkiye (Civil Medical School)] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople. – Antique Photo Print

[A group photograph of the students and the teachers of the Mekteb-i Tibbiye-yi Mülkiye (Civil Medical School)] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople., [between 1880 and 1893] — historic photograph
[A group photograph of the students and the teachers of the Mekteb-i Tibbiye-yi Mülkiye (Civil Medical School)] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople., [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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Step back in time with [A group photograph of the students and the teachers of the Mekteb-i Tibbiye-yi Mülkiye (Civil Medical School)] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople., a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[A group photograph of the students and the teachers of the Mekteb-i Tibbiye-yi Mülkiye (Civil Medical School)] / Abdullah Frères, Phot., Constantinople.

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Among the school portraits in this album, this one stands out for its anatomical props: the record lists skeletons, dissection, and uniforms, which suggests the students were photographed alongside the tools of their training. It shows students and teachers of the Mekteb-i Tibbiye-yi Mülkiye, the Civil Medical School in Istanbul, taken by the Abdullah Frères studio, whose work was widely known across the Ottoman capital. The Abdul-Hamid II collection the print belongs to was assembled in the 1880s and 1890s, when the sultan promoted modern schools and institutions as signs of state progress. Medical education was part of that effort, and the formal group setting reflects how the school presented itself to the public.

Created / published[between 1880 and 1893]
Medium1 photographic print : albumen.
GenrePortrait photographs 1880-1900.Group portraits 1880-1900.Albumen prints 1880-1900.
NotesTitle translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 30. In album: Schools, libraries, student and teacher portraits, Istanbul and environs, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
SubjectsDead persons--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Dissections--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Medical education--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Medical students--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Skeletons--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900. Uniforms--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,189 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-142337

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