Black Sea lifesaving stations,ports,mines,factories,Turkey,Greece,Ottoman Empire

Black Sea lifesaving stations, naval facilities, ports, mines, and factories, Turkey and Greece, Ottoman Empire
Title: Black Sea lifesaving stations, naval facilities, ports, mines, and factories, Turkey and Greece, Ottoman Empire
Related Names:
Abdülhamid II, Sultan of the Turks, 1842-1918 , donor
Date Created/Published: 1880-1893.
Summary: Photographs show ships; the lifesaving station and crew at Riva on the Black Sea Coast; the Suda Naval Arsenal on Crete including barracks, factories, and a signal tower; coal mining in Egreli and vicinity; coal and port offices in Mytilene; ports in Sakiz (Chios) and Izmir (Smyrna); the Naval Fire Brigade doing training exercises; and the Imperial Naval Arsenal.
Notes:
Text on album cover translated from Ottoman Turkish: It has been presented as a gift to the National Library of the United States of America by His Majesty Emperor Abdülhamid II, King of the Kings al-Gazi, the Emperor of the Sublime Ottoman Empire which is based on the Divine Assistance. The year 1310. Text in English on album cover (on other side): Gift made by H.I.M. the Sultan Abdül-Hamid II to the National Library of the United States of America 1893.
LOT title devised by Library staff.
Photographs captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French.
Forms part of: Abdul-Hamid II Collection (Library of Congress).
Gift; Abdülhamid II; 1893.
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Subjects:
Hamidiye (Ship)--1880-1900.
Lifesaving stations--Turkey--Black Sea Coast--1880-1900.
Rescue workers--Turkey--Black Sea Coast--1880-1900.
Coal mining--Turkey--Eregli (Zonguldak Ili)--1880-1900.
Buildings--Greece--Mytilene (Lesbos Island)--1880-1900.
Factories--Turkey--Eregli (Zonguldak Ili)--1880-1900.
Factories--Greece--Suda Bay--1880-1900.
Armories--Greece--Suda Bay--1880-1900.
Piers & wharves--Turkey--Izmir--1880-1900.
Piers & wharves--Greece--Chios Island--1880-1900.
Government facilities--Greece--Chios Island--1880-1900.
Barracks--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900.
Barracks--Greece--Suda Bay--1880-1900.
Fire fighters--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900.
Fire engines & equipment--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900.
Armored vessels--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900.
Naval yards & naval stations--Greece--Suda Bay--1880-1900.
Naval yards & naval stations--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900.
Navies--Turkey--Istanbul--1880-1900.
Turkey--History--1878-1909.
Turkey--History--Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918.
Gelatin silver prints--1880-1900.
Group portraits--1880-1900.
Photograph albums--1880-1900.
Portrait photographs--1880-1900.
Bookmark /2003680700/
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