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
Summary
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
Tags
Date
01/01/1920
Location
constantinople
Source
Library of Congress
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