image courtesy of Eda Kaçar, 2009
The former Hanson house in Buca (Vali Rahmi Bey mah. Uğur Mumcu cad. no: 24 Buca), now serving as an educational institution.
image courtesy of Eda Kaçar, 2009
image courtesy of Eda Kaçar, 2009
image courtesy of Eda Kaçar, 2009
A clue to one of the mercantile activities of the Hanson family in 1881, local agent for the Phoenix Fire Insurance company. A page from the trade almanac of Istanbul for that year (Indicateur Commercial - Par ordre Alphabétique -1881), held at the Ottoman Bank Musuem, at Galata - details.