Image Galleries

The website aims to collect and present images obtained from various sources and are intended to help researchers and descendants create the visual reference for how urban scenery has altered over time.

We welcome further submissions as many photos are unique records and each has a tale to tell. The images are arranged in catagories here for easy reference

Buildings of Boudjah - Buca (selection)

• Maiden tower [Kız kulesi]
• De Jongh house
• Gabriel Russo house
• Forbes house
• Rees house
• Baltazzi house
• Stephanie Farkoh house
• Russo house
• Capuchin monastery
• Davut Farkoh house
• Gavrili / Pengelley house
• Blackler house
• Barff house
• ‘All Saints’ Anglican church
• Nicola Aliotti house
• Marcel Balladur house
• Guest house
• Manoli hotel
• Boudjah station
• Buca Catholic church, St John the Baptist
• Caporal house
• Apack house
• Clician house
• Ernest Balladur house
• The former Aliberti house
• Hanson house
• Heginbotham house

Buildings of Bournabat - Bornova (selection)


• Paterson house
• Edwards house
• Bornova Anglican cemetery
• Charlton Whittall house
• St Mary’s Magdalene Anglican church
• Belhomme house
• Bardisbanian house
• Charlton Whittall ‘Big’ house
• Davy house
• Pierre Pagy house
• Steinbüchel house
• Tristram house
• Aliberti house
• The former English club house
• Bornova Catholic church
• Balliani house
• Barry house
• La Fontaine house
• Richard Whittall house
• Wilkinson house
• Edmund Giraud house
• Charnaud house
• D’Andria / Balladur house


Buildings of Bayraklı


• St. Anthony’s church
• Stella house
• Yahya Hayati Pasha mansion


Buildings of Punta - Alsancak (selection)


• The former French customs’ house
• St John’s the evangelist Anglican church
• St Polycarp R. Catholic church
• The former British seaman’s hospital
• Basmane railway station
• Alsancak train station
• The Former Greek hospital ?
• Catholic Cathedral of St. John
• St. Maria Catholic church
• S.S. Rosario Catholic church
• The former Lazarists School
• The former Bon house
• The former Dermond house
• The former Exarque house
• Papi house
• St Antonio Italian Hospital
• The former French Hospital Chapel
• The former La Centrale School


Buildings of Cordelio / Karşıyaka (selection - old views)


• St Helen Catholic church
• Löhner house
• Van der Zee house
• Penetti house
• Aliotti house


Buildings of Konak - Karataş - Göztepe - Basmane


• Clock tower
• Tram depot
• Notre Dame De Lourdes Catholic church in Göztepe
• Ethnographic museum in Izmir, formerly the French hospital of St Roche
• The former Orthodox Church of Agia Voukolos [Aya Vukla] in Basmane
• The former Orthodox Church of Agia Photini [Aya Fotini] in Alsancak
• The former Orthodox Church of and school Agios Ioannes o Theologos (Saint John the Theologian) in Kemeraltı
• The former Orthodox Church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos
• Former views of Karataş
• Former Armenian school of Karataş
• Former view of the British Consulate
• Former view of the British Crimean War Hospital


Istanbul


• British seaman’s hospital of Galata
• Old map of Feriköy Protestant cemetery
• Tarabya district - old views
• Büyükdere district
• Galata district - old views & St George Austrian hospital of Galata
• Rumeli Hisar district - old views & Yılanlı Mansion
• Bebek district on the Bosphorus
• Pera / Beyoğlu district
• St. Stephano (Yeşilköy) district on the Sea of Marmara
• Moda district
• St. Joseph College, Kadıköy

      Family albums

• De Jongh and Purser families
• David Forbes
• Blackler family
• Paterson family
• Lewis, Williamson, Pengelley families & further Williamson photos
• Warren family
• Whittall family, more
• Barker family of Egypt
• Alfred A. Simes
• Wratislaw family
• Streater family
• Holton family
• Abbott family
• Tubini family
• Richichi family
• Baltazzi family
• Exarhos family
• Charnaud family
• Testa family

      Cemeteries - Izmir

• Bornova Anglican
• Paşaköprü Catholic
• Dutch Protestant cemetery of Alsancak

      Cemeteries - Istanbul

• Haydarpaşa British military cemetery
• Catholic cemetery of Yeşilköy [San Stefano]
• Catholic cemetery of Feriköy
• Pervititch map of Şişli, Feriköy, Pangaltı, showing a range of cemeteries, hightlighted

      Miscelaneous

• Karaburun mercury mine
• Commemorative medal struck by the Italian Operaia society in Istanbul
• Bastille day celebrations by the French community of Istanbul 1942
• Paterson house layout
• ‘Levantine’ paintings
• Al Simes’ photos
• Vanmour’s depiction of a ‘Frank’ merchant
• Oriental carpet manufacturer’s trade catalogue
• Statue from the former R.C. cemetery of Kançeşme [Karavan bridge] in Smyrna
• Photos showing the fire of Smyrna
• Views of the Bornova football team and a cricket match in Constantinople
• Photos of the restored Levantine houses of Milas in the province of Muğla
• Publicity shot of Alec Issigonis, at his retirement.
• The former recreation spots of Istanbul and Izmir
• The former ‘Deaconess House’ in Smyrna
• The former French Consulate in Ayvalık
• The former The Dalmas fountain tap in Upper Kemer, Izmir
• An antique beer bottle from the Brasserie De La Pointe , Smyrna
• Selection of foreign Levant stamps
• Former ‘Istanbul hotel’ of Konak
• Rankin & Demas company business letter
• Walter Seager company business letter
• Award certificate for a long ministry of a priest at St. Marie Draperis Church
• Fire insurance plaques on a house in Tepecik, Izmir
• Former Müller farmhouse in Tepecik
• Former location of the Armenian Hospital in Alsancak, Izmir
• The Smyrna Daveroni company of printers invoice
• 1898 dated map of the region around the Anglican church of St. John, Smyrna
• Gilchrist Walker company complimentary map of Constantinople
• The Catholic Church of Mytilini, Lesvos, Greece
• The Catholic Church of Chios, Greece
• Catholic pilgrims to Mary’s House, 1930s-50s
• St. Joseph group 1947, elementary group, Izmir
• Views of the former customs house of Urla
• Examples of marriage certificates and baptisms in the Catholic community of the Levant 1926-61
• Examples of a diplomatic passport issued by the French Consulate in Smyrna, 1920
• Postcard view of Dr. Véras’s surgery Smyrna
• Postcard views of Italian boy-scout outing in Smyrna
• Article from the Independent magazine on the Constantinople Women’s College in War time from 1912
• Masonry from the former Genoese port castle of Smyrna
• Izmir Municipality officials
• Cornelis Haga, the first Dutch envoy to the Turkish court.
• Possible remains of the former Agios Archangelos Orthodox cemetery, of Izmir.
• Range of Smyrna business letter covers
• Armenian tombstone remains held at the Izmir archeaological museum
• The story of Laura d’Oriano, the Levantine spy during World War 2
• The former Icard pharmacy in Rue Franque
• Contents of the letter from American merchant (later first Consul) David Offley of Smyrna, 1821
• Former German School of Yedikule, Constantinople
• Vestiges of the former British community of Fener, Istanbul
• The former Bomonti brewery building, Istanbul
• Retailer’s token, Tallibart, Galata
• A French merchant in Galata trade letter to Marseille, 1731
• Medal issued to an American captain for resolving a diplomatic issue in Smyrna Harbour in 1853.
• MacAndrews & Forbes Company letter, 1919.
• Postcard featuring André Chénier, Constantinople
• Catholic street procession, Constantinople
• Mysteries.
• French Embassy of Constantinople letter to the Georgian Catholic School 1901.
• Margaret Fehim Pasha
• Death notice of Nicholas Dromocaiti, Smyrna 1881
• The former Greco-German Lycee, Smyrna
• The former Greco-French Lycee, Constantinople
• The former German Marine House, Yeniköy, Constantinople

Views of Istanbul

• The former Naum Theatre of Pera.
• Levantines of Pera studio shots
• Scenes of Pera
• Glavani building of Beyoğlu
• Botter building of Pera - Beyoğlu
• The Ralli Apt. at Teşvikiye Caddesi, Nişantaşı, Istanbul
• Huber mansion at Tarabya / Yenikapı, Istanbul
• Mizzi mansion at Büyükada, Istanbul
• The former Catholic girls’ Notre Damme de Sion school in Feriköy, Istanbul
• The former Russian Orthodox chapel and hospital in Pangaltı, Istanbul
• The former Latin dispensary in Pangaltı, Istanbul
• British Istanbul boat races

      Old views of Smyrna

• Carnival at Bella Vista
• St Mary’s valley aqueduct at Smyna
• Fig festival and a fig processing warehouse in Smyrna
• Scene of Belle-vue quarter of Punta
• Bournobat Levantines dressing up
• Street in Boudjah
• Punta dockside
• Views of Smyrna sea-front
• US Consulate building Punta seafront
• Painting by David Wilkie
• Copeland map engraving of scene from anchorage
• Railway line to Boudjah
• Boudjah train station
• Bournobat football team
• Smyrna opera house
• Punta ORC railway station
• French custom’s pier of Pasaport
• Armenian quarter of Smyrna
• Buca 1930s to 1880s
• Bayraklı 1934 and before
• Bournabat
• Darağaç (North end of Punta)
• Diana’s baths (North-east of Punta)
• Cordelio (Karşıyaka)
• Smyrna American College
• Smyrna Orthodox Hospital
• Waterworks of Smyrna
• St Catherine Orthodox Church
• Agia Fotini Orthodox Church
• Evangelistria Orthodox Church
• Keraschoras Orthodox Church
• American Protestant Church
• Map of the Armenian quarter of Smyrna
• The effects of the 1930 flood of Izmir
• The former Ottoman Gas Company Ltd. buildings in Izmir
• Possible former German Club-house of Smyrna
• Possible remains of the Knights’ fort of St Peter

      Archive city views

• Smyrna (Izmir)
• Constantinople (Istanbul)
• Mersina (Mersin)
• Adana
• Antioch (Antakya)
• Alexandretta (Iskenderun)
• Andrinople (Edirne)
• Chanak (Çanakkale)
• Gallipoli (Gelibolu)
• Mudanya
• Ayvalık
• Lice (Çeşme)
• Scala Nova (Kuşadası)
• Bodrum
• Marmaris
• Trebizonde (Trabzon)
• Adalia (Antalya)
• Nicomedia (İzmit)
• Bursa (Prussa)
• Manisa (Magnesia)
• Zonguldak
• Ankara
• Aleppo
• Damascus
• Acre
• Beirut - Lost Houses of Beirut
• Haifa
• Jaffa
• Jerusalem
• Cairo
• Alexandria
• Port Said
• Odessa
• Batum
• Athens
• Salonica
• Island of Chios
• Island of Syra
• Island of Mytilene
• Island of Tinos
• Island of Naxos
• Island of Rhodes - the Catholic cemetery
• Island of Samos
• Island of Crete
• Piraeus
• Leghorn
• Trieste
• Venice
• Malta
• Marseille