Sultan's private mosque. One of the most beautiful buildings in Constantinople is the private mosque of the Sultan. Every Friday morning at a scheduled hour the Sultan leaves his palace with all the pomp and ceremony of pre-war days and goes publically to worship in this private building. Thousands of people throng the streets each Friday waiting for a glimpse of the Sultan while hundreds of soldiers, police and firemen guard the streets along when he passes

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Sultan's private mosque. One of the most beautiful buildings in Constantinople is the private mosque of the Sultan. Every Friday morning at a scheduled hour the Sultan leaves his palace with all the pomp and ceremony of pre-war days and goes publically to worship in this private building. Thousands of people throng the streets each Friday waiting for a glimpse of the Sultan while hundreds of soldiers, police and firemen guard the streets along when he passes

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Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Paris Office.
Data: T.T. & C. Group title: Mosques. Turkey.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 24

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Date

01/01/1920
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Location

constantinople
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html

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