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December 27, 2009

it’s Istanbul not Constantinople

[Kara-Keui (Galata) bridge, Constantinople, Turkey] (LOC)

Place de Tophane, Constantinople (LOC)

Istanbul was Constantinople

[Yeni Cami mosque and Eminönü bazaar, Constantinople, Turkey] (LOC)

Now it’s Istanbul not Constantinople

[Feuerbagd'sche (i.e., Fenerbahçe) on Sea of Marmora (i.e., Marmara), Constantinople, Turkey] (LOC)

Been a long time gone…

[A part of the Eyoub (i.e., Uyüp) cemetery, I, Constantinople, Turkey] (LOC)

Old Constantinople’s still has Turkish delight

[Cook in the rue de Stamboul, Constantinople, Turkey] (LOC)

On a moonlight night – Jimmy Kennedy (Four Lads).

[Yeni-Djama (i.e., Yeni Cami) by moonlight, Constantinople, Turkey] (LOC)

Photochroms from the Library of Congress (you’ll have to supply your own tunes!).

Posted by Cris Stoddard
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