Constantinople is a city of hills and steps and stairs [graphic] ; Young Turkish girls are pretty with no paint but a black makeup under the eyes that sets off their dark orbs.
Carpenter, Frank G. (Frank George), 1855-1924, photographer.
still image
Gelatin silver prints 1920-1930. gmgpc
1923.
eng
Photographs show Camondo Stairs on Bankalar Caddesi in Galata and two young women wearing headscarves walking in street, Istanbul, Turkey.
Title from item.
On page: no. 1494 (top image) and no. 1495 (bottom image).
In album: European pictures (1923 trip), p. [127].
Negative series code written on page: C262.
Copyright by Carpenter's World Travels.
Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress).
Women--Clothing & dress--Turkey--Istanbul--1920-1930.
Stairways--Turkey--Istanbul--1920-1930.
Streets--Turkey--Istanbul--1920-1930.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g14916
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