Indoor costume. Constantinople 1902. Turkish woman.

A Turkish woman with indoor costume from Constantinople, 1902.

Ottoman Empire. Costume of an urban resident of Istanbul.

Source: Living Races of Mankind. A popular illustrated account of the customs, habits, pursuits, feasts, and ceremonies of the races of mankind throughout the world, by Henry Neville Hutchinson (1856-1927), John Walter Gregory and Richard Lydekke. Published by Hutchinson & Co. Paternoster Row, London 1902.

Continuing

The costume of Turkey. Ottoman Empire. Officials and ethnic groups.

Historical Turkish male and female costumes from the european part.

The Cistern of Binbirdirek called the Thousand and One Pillars.

The Theodosian Walls. The Triple Wall of Constantinople.

The Kiz Koulasi. Leander’s, or The Maiden’s Tower on the Bosporus.

The Great Cemetry of Scutari. Turkish necropolis, the cities of the dead.

Yerebatan Serail – The Subterranean Palace. Basilica Cistern, Istanbul.

The people and scenery of Turkey. The Oriental Album.

Asia costumes by Auguste Wahlen. Based on authentic documents.

The Oriental Album by Prisse d’Avennes. In The Valley Of The Nile.