Name of Object:

The patients in Darülaceze Hospital

Location:

Istanbul, Turkey

Holding Institution:

Istanbul University, Nadir Eserler Kütüphanesi (Rare Books Library)

 About Ministry of Culture and Tourism (General Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Museums), Istanbul

Date of Object:

1895

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Photograph

Provenance:

Istanbul

Description:

One of the world's largest photo archives, Abdülhamid II's photo archives – knows as the Yildiz Albums – contain about 37 thousand pictures from that period of the Ottoman Empire. The photo archives contain images of cities, buildings which were built by sultan, schools, students, soldiers, mosques, ports, government departments, shipyards, railways, bridges, bazaars, machines, locomotives and factories. Darülaceze Hospital was established in Okmeydanı, Istanbul İn 1895 on the instructions of Abdülhamid II for the care of elderly, homeless and disabled people in need.

Citation of this web page:

"The patients in Darülaceze Hospital" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;tr;120;en

Copyedited by: Daniel de la VegaDaniel de la Vega

Daniel de la Vega is a copy editor based in Portland, Oregon. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in linguistics from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 2014 and has since done editing and localization work on everything from college applications to magazines to video game dialogue.

MWNF Working Number: TR2 116