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📷 Studio Portrait of an Ottoman Pasha, 1890s (Colorized Photo)
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✏️ The Guest Room of a Bulgarian House in #Bebrovo (#Bulgaria), 1860s (Colorized Illustration)
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📷 British Soldiers in Istanbul During the Crimean War, 1854 (Colorized Photo)
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📷 Portrait of Three Zeybeks (Ottoman Irregular Soldiers) Practicing Marksmanship at a Military Camp in the Countryside of Istanbul, c. 1855 (Colorized Photo)
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🎨 #Athens (#Greece), 1751 (Restored Painting) Click for Original Painting: facebook.com/photo?fbid=1574…
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📷 Studio Portrait of Two Ottoman Men in Shkodra (#Shkodër, #Albania), January 29, 1906 (Colorized Photo)
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📷 A Coffee House and a Wooden Bridge over the River, Istanbul, 1910s (Colorized Photo)
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✏️ #Shumen (#Bulgaria), 1853 (Colorized Illustration) Click for Original Illustration: facebook.com/photo/?fbid=157…
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📷 Portrait of a Member of the Ottoman Imperial Council, Said Bey, 1890s (Colorized Photo) facebook.com/photo?fbid=1573…
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📷 Portrait of an #Amenian Family, #Diyarbakır (Southeast Anatolia), 1900s (Colorized Photo)
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📷 An Ottoman Elementary School in Uskub (#Skopje, #Macedonia), 1900s (Colorized Photo) 📷#Üsküp'de Bir Mekteb-i İbtidaiye (İlkokul), #Makedonya, 1900'ler
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📷 The Mutasarrifate (Provincial Governor’s Office) of #Teke Sanjak, #Antalya (Southern Anatolia), 1900s (Colorized Photo)
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✏️ Janina (#Ioannina, #Greece), 1833 (Colorized Illustration)
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📷 Cretan Criminals Responsible for the Murder of Dragoş, Captured in the Village of Bitoşa, #Florina, with Ottoman Soldiers (#Greece), 1907. (Colorized Photo)
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📷 Studio Portrait of an Ottoman Naval Officer in Uniform, Istanbul, c. 1910 (Colorized Photo)
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📷 Salonica (#Thessaloniki, Greece), 1863 — The Oldest Known Photograph of the City (Colorized Photo)
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📷 Keepsake Portrait of an Elderly Ottoman Woman and a Doctor’s Mother in Her Home, Rabia Hanım, Istanbul, 1900s. (Colorized Photo)
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