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Collection Photo, Print, Drawing Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus

About this Item

Title

  • Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus

Summary

  • General views of Istanbul, Izmir, Beirut, Damascus, Jaffa and Ramlah. Includes mosques, churches, tombs, cemeteries, city walls, gates, columns, bridges, waterfronts and obelisks. Archaeological sites including Roman temples and the Great Court in Baʻlabakk. Two photos of Turkish fire fighters and three portraits including a Chaldean man, a Circassian man and a woman.

Names

  • Bonfils, Félix, 1831-1885, photographer
  • Bergheim, P., photographer
  • Smallwood, Grahame T., collector
  • Abdullah Fréres, photographer

Created / Published

  • 1860-1890.

Headings

  • -  Archaeological sites--Lebanon--Baʻlabakk--1870-1880
  • -  Archaeological sites--Turkey--Istanbul--1860-1890
  • -  Castles & palaces--Turkey--Istanbul--1860-1890
  • -  Cemeteries--Syria--Damascus--1870-1880
  • -  Cemeteries--Turkey--Istanbul--1860-1890
  • -  City walls--Syria--Damascus--1870-1880
  • -  City Walls--Turkey--Istanbul--1860-1890
  • -  Columns--Lebanon--Baʻlabakk--1870-1880
  • -  Columns--Turkey--Istanbul--1860-1890
  • -  Courtyards--Syria--Damascus--1870-1880
  • -  Dwellings--Syria--Damascus--1870-1880
  • -  Fire fighters--Turkey--Istanbul--1860-1890
  • -  Fire engines & equipment--Turkey--Istanbul--1860-1890
  • -  Fountains--Turkey--Istanbul--1860-1890
  • -  Gates--Syria--Damascus--1870-1880
  • -  Gates--Turkey--Istanbul--1860-1890
  • -  Monuments & memorials--Turkey--Istanbul--1860-1890
  • -  Mosques--Syria--Damascus--1870-1880
  • -  Mosques--Turkey--Istanbul--1860-1890
  • -  Obelisks--Turkey--Istanbul--1860-1890
  • -  Roman temples--Lebanon--Baʻlabakk--1870-1880
  • -  Stone walls--Lebanon--Baʻlabakk--1870-1880
  • -  Streets--Syria--Damascus--1870-1880
  • -  Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Syria--Damascus--1870-1880
  • -  Tombs & sepulchral monuments--Turkey--Istanbul--1860-1890
  • -  Towers--Syria--Damascus--1870-1880
  • -  Towers--Turkey--Istanbul--1860-1890
  • -  Waterfronts--Israel--Jaffa--1860-1890
  • -  Waterfronts--Turkey--Istanbul--1860-1890
  • -  Istanbul (Turkey)--1860-1890
  • -  Izmir (Turkey)--1860-1890
  • -  Beirut (Lebanon)--1860-1890
  • -  Damascus (Syria)--1870-1880
  • -  Baʻlabakk (Lebanon)--1870-1880
  • -  Jaffa (Tel Aviv, Israel)--1870-1880
  • -  Ramlah (Israel)--1870-1880

Headings

  • Albumen prints--1850-1890.
  • Cityscape photographs--1850-1890.
  • Photograph albums--1900.
  • Portrait photographs--1850-1890.

Genre

  • Cityscape photographs--1850-1890
  • Portrait photographs--1850-1890
  • Photograph albums--1900
  • Albumen prints--1850-1890

Notes

  • -  Many album pages bear printed captions, others have hand written captions.
  • -  Many photos by Bonfils; several by P. Bergheim and Abdullah Fréres.
  • -  Many photos bear photographers' signature and number as printed from negative.
  • -  Gift, Graham T. Smallwood, Jr., 1957.

Medium

  • 1 album (86 albumen photoprints) ; 36 x 46 cm. (album)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LOT 7740 (H) [P&P]

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 92513175

Rights Advisory

  • No known restrictions on publication in the U.S. Use elsewhere may be restricted by other countries' laws. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions..." https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html

Online Format

  • image

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  • Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication in the U.S. Use elsewhere may be restricted by other countries' laws. For general information see "Copyright and Other Restrictions..." https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/195_copr.html
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Cite This Item

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Chicago citation style:

Smallwood, Grahame T., Collector, Bonfils, Félix, P Bergheim, and Abdullah Fréres, photographer. Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus. Istanbul Lebanon Ramlah Turkey Baʻlabakk Israel Tel Aviv Syria Beirut Izmir Jaffa Damascus, 1860. to 1890. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/92513175/.

APA citation style:

Smallwood, G. T., Bonfils, F., Bergheim, P. & Abdullah Fréres, photographer. (1860) Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus. Istanbul Lebanon Ramlah Turkey Baʻlabakk Israel Tel Aviv Syria Beirut Izmir Jaffa Damascus, 1860. to 1890. [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/92513175/.

MLA citation style:

Smallwood, Grahame T., Collector, photographers by Bonfils, Félix, P Bergheim, and Abdullah Fréres. Constantinople, Smyrna, Beyrout, Ba'albec, Damascus. to 1890. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/92513175/>.